Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi has sent a letter to all former police officers in the country, asking them to volunteer for the police force this summer. He would like them to fill the places of those policemen who will be taking part in disengagement/expulsion work.
"It's no secret that the police face a major manpower shortage as the disengagement approaches," reports Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman. One former policeman who received Karadi's letter told Arutz-7 that he received a follow-up call from a police spokesman who "begged and pleaded that I join up... He said that the police [department] is simply collapsing."
Nearly 18,000 out of Israel's 24,000 policemen will be involved in some aspect or another of the disengagement, with about 5,000-6,000 of them expected to be involved in the actual expulsion work.
Additional evidence of the confusion reigning as the date of the disengagement/withdrawal approaches is an idea that has been raised in the Disengagement Authority office. The proposal involves the "purchase" of two religious kibbutzim - Chafetz Chaim and Ein Tzurim, both of them located in the greater Ashkelon/Ashdod area - and the relocation of the Gush Katif residents there. The current residents of the kibbutzim would be relocated elsewhere, according to Momo Tzimmerman, Deputy Disengagement Authority Chief.
MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union) confirms that he heard of the idea, but says he does not relate to it seriously.
Tzimmerman has reportedly been pressuring Gush Katif representatives to agree quickly to the deal. Asked how it would be possible to carry out such a program in only three months, Tzimmerman said that he would persuade Prime Minister Sharon to postpone the implementation of the disengagement for six months.
As of now, no concrete plan exists for the relocation of the nearly 9,000 Jews of all ages whom the government plans to displace from their homes only three months from now.
"It's no secret that the police face a major manpower shortage as the disengagement approaches," reports Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman. One former policeman who received Karadi's letter told Arutz-7 that he received a follow-up call from a police spokesman who "begged and pleaded that I join up... He said that the police [department] is simply collapsing."
Nearly 18,000 out of Israel's 24,000 policemen will be involved in some aspect or another of the disengagement, with about 5,000-6,000 of them expected to be involved in the actual expulsion work.
Additional evidence of the confusion reigning as the date of the disengagement/withdrawal approaches is an idea that has been raised in the Disengagement Authority office. The proposal involves the "purchase" of two religious kibbutzim - Chafetz Chaim and Ein Tzurim, both of them located in the greater Ashkelon/Ashdod area - and the relocation of the Gush Katif residents there. The current residents of the kibbutzim would be relocated elsewhere, according to Momo Tzimmerman, Deputy Disengagement Authority Chief.
MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union) confirms that he heard of the idea, but says he does not relate to it seriously.
Tzimmerman has reportedly been pressuring Gush Katif representatives to agree quickly to the deal. Asked how it would be possible to carry out such a program in only three months, Tzimmerman said that he would persuade Prime Minister Sharon to postpone the implementation of the disengagement for six months.
As of now, no concrete plan exists for the relocation of the nearly 9,000 Jews of all ages whom the government plans to displace from their homes only three months from now.