Their car and personal valuables were stolen while they were staying at the Paradise Hotel in Be'er Sheva. The family was sent to the hotel by expulsion officials after the government forcibly evicted them from their home in Kfar Darom last week.
The family reported the theft to the Be'er Sheva police, but said that the police department has not been handling the case seriously. Police still have not investigated the incident.
Ironically, dozens of Kfar Darom residents are being held in police custody in Be'er Sheva for allegedly disrupting the forced expulsion of town residents. Friends, relatives, and former neighbors are demonstrating in front of the jail where the detainees are being held.
The plight of the Shwartz family was echoed by another refugee, Ayala Azran, former resident of N'vei Dekalim in Gush Katif. “We carried out a funeral ceremony before we left out house,” she said. “We tore our clothes” and said prayers. “Now, we’re sitting at a hotel with lots of visitors, just like a period of mourning.”
“Before leaving the house, we had a talk with the children, with flowers on the table, the house still whole,” said Azran.
Referring to the Holocaust, Azran said “I told (the children) that 60 years ago, their grandfather was in the same situation and had to depart from his home.”
“Then there were many deaths,” she told her children. “We are not leaving in the same situation.”
The family reported the theft to the Be'er Sheva police, but said that the police department has not been handling the case seriously. Police still have not investigated the incident.
Ironically, dozens of Kfar Darom residents are being held in police custody in Be'er Sheva for allegedly disrupting the forced expulsion of town residents. Friends, relatives, and former neighbors are demonstrating in front of the jail where the detainees are being held.
The plight of the Shwartz family was echoed by another refugee, Ayala Azran, former resident of N'vei Dekalim in Gush Katif. “We carried out a funeral ceremony before we left out house,” she said. “We tore our clothes” and said prayers. “Now, we’re sitting at a hotel with lots of visitors, just like a period of mourning.”
“Before leaving the house, we had a talk with the children, with flowers on the table, the house still whole,” said Azran.
Referring to the Holocaust, Azran said “I told (the children) that 60 years ago, their grandfather was in the same situation and had to depart from his home.”
“Then there were many deaths,” she told her children. “We are not leaving in the same situation.”