Seven years have passed since the "Disengagement" and an estimated 350 families remain without permanent housing.

On Wednesday, Minister of Science and Technology and Head of the Ministers Committee for assisting evacuees of Gush Katif, Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz (Jewish Home Party) met with the Dr. Ophir Cohen, head of the Tenufah administration –in charge of helping evacuees of Gush Katif, along with Diaspora Minister Yuli Edelstein (Likud) and Welfare Minister Moshe Kachlon (Likud), to discuss this problem.