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Last update - 19:22 22/06/2008 Ministers nix bill to move Bedouin living near toxic disposal site By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service Tags: Environment Ministry  The Ministerial Legislative Committee ruled on Sunday that the government would oppose a bill seeking to ban residence within a five-kilometer radius of the national hazardous waste disposal site at Ramat Hovav. The bill, submitted by MKs Ophir Pines and Yossi Beilin, also stipulates that people who would have to be relocated would be entitled either to an alternative plot of land or to financial compensation. Last week, an Environment Ministry panel unanimously recommended the evacuation of people residing around Ramat Hovav, including a 2,400-student Bedouin school situated merely two kilometers from the site. The panel was set up following a leak of hazardous chemicals in April. Advertisement MK Pines said that the Ministers' Legislative Committee decision "defies the Environment Ministry recommendations, and neglects the well-being of the population residing in the environs of Ramat Hovav. Civilian casualty of hazardous chemicals is just a matter of time." Related articles: 11-year-old killed by unexploded IDF ordinance near Ramat Hovav The pollution relativity theory Ramat Hovav council head: Hazardous waste dump site violates the law Bookmark to del.icio.us   Sarkozy's promise 'France will never compromise Israel's security' Israel's agenda Is an Israeli strike on Iran still on the government's agenda?   1.   Bedouin near toxic disposale 19:14  |  Miriam 22/06/08   2.   For Shame 22:24  |  Shelley 22/06/08   3.   get it right 00:41  |  just me 23/06/08   4.   They build illegally with guns in hand 01:57  |  The fact is 23/06/08   5.   Getting it right 03:17  |  Miriam 23/06/08   6.   catch-22 03:18  |  danny 23/06/08   7.   The Bedouin were there first 07:34  |  wibism 23/06/08

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