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Israeli lawmakers discuss settler buyout plan
Israel's Cabinet on Sunday debated a proposal to offer compensation to Jewish settlers who would leave parts of the occupied West Bank.
- Agencies
- Published: 17:01 September 14, 2008
Occupied Jerusalem: Israel's Cabinet on Sunday debated a proposal to offer compensation to Jewish settlers who would leave parts of the occupied West Bank.
The vacated land would be handed over to Palestinians in a future peace deal.
A spokesman quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as describing it as an attempt to prepare "the Israeli consciousness" for territorial compromise.
The "evacuation-compensation" plan, which Olmert supports, would offer payment to settlers who agree to leave settlements in the occupied West Bank.
In the proposal, each family would get $308,000 as compensation.
At least 500,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank.
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