Study: Four years after pullout, 16% of Gaza evacuees unemployed
More than a third of former Gaza settlers report an anxiety-induced insomnia, 19% say they are depressed.
By Dana Weiler-Polak Tags: Gaza Israel newsFour years after the completion of Israel's disengagement from the Gaza Strip, 16.2 percent of those evacuated from Gaza settlements are unemployed, a government report said on Tuesday.
The report, released by a Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry panel, also stated that the employment rate among Gaza evacuees was 63.2 percent.
The new data indicates a slight improvement over unemployment rates among Gaza evacuees released the previous year, which saw a jobless rate of 18.8 percent.
Official figures gauging employment rates prior to Israel's disengagement Gaza showed an employment rate of about 85 percent, with almost no unemployment at all.
In regards to the rate of evacuees given health and mental health care, newer figures show no improvement over the one's released last year at 50 percent.
In addition, 37 percent of former Gaza settlers reported an anxiety-induced insomnia, 31 percent complained of experiencing emotional stress, 24 percent of a loss of self-confidence, and 19 percent said they were depressed.
The official committee evaluating the treatment Gaza evacuees received from the State since the disengagement was due to submit its partial report on Tuesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch.
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I think myself along with most Israelis believe that Jews should be allowed to return to their homes in Gaza and rebuild. The cleansing of Jews in Gaza is now recognized as a historical mistake and a bad gamble of people's livelihoods. Let justice prevail and allow people to go back home!!!
We all forget that they lived in Gaza with our money subsadizing their 100% employment. That's why it was " heaven " for them. They had more teachers per head of population that any where else in Israel. Small classes of 15 pupils while the rest of us had 35-40 pupils per class. Their economy was was built up on false subsidies and lower taxes. Sorry guys, welcome to the real Israel !
Unemployment may be a large part of their problem, but I think the real question should be how many of them still have no real homes and are still living in hotels or trailders.
thrown into reality.
got gaza stuff nearly for free, got tons of money to leave, now time to fine a real job. sorry ex gaza folks, wake up and smell the coffee.