The Ministry of Agriculture wants to pay settlers in moshav Neot Sinai near El Arish, some IL 20 million in compensation for the vegetable fields they had to give up. The vegetable fields were evacuated by the settlers when El Arish was handed over to the Egyptians last May, after a violent confrontation with Israel Defense Force soldiers. The settlers agreed to give up their fields after they were promised adequate compensation.
However, members of the Knesset Finance Committee claimed today that the Ministry had actually proposed to pay double the value of the fields. They said that an assessor from the Ministry calculated the value of the fields as if they were covered with sophisticated hot houses, although most of them served to grow watermelons. The committee is scheduled to review the compensation request.
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