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Kibbutz Zikim Housing Waitlist Tops Two Years Amid Demand

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Kibbutz Zikim reports a two-year waiting list as housing demand spikes in the Gaza envelope.
Homeward Forum created Homeward Corporation, which won a regional-council tender to build a hotel and senior housing on council land.
A NIS 75 million plan was approved to rehabilitate “red” settlements whose homes were demolished.
Government provides families 2,000 shekels per month toward rent as part of relocation incentives.

History

Historical Context

In August 2005 Israel’s Gaza Disengagement Plan, championed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, dismantled 21 settlements and relocated over 8,000 families. The Knesset approved a compensation package costing about 3.8 billion NIS, later expanded, establishing a precedent for large-scale state funding of resettlement. Today, the Homeward Forum’s 75 million NIS redevelopment project and Kibbutz Zikim’s two-year housing backlog echo those same relocation pressures.

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Story summary

Kibbutz Zikim reports a two-year waiting list as housing demand spikes in the Gaza envelope.
Homeward Forum created Homeward Corporation, which won a regional-council tender to build a hotel and senior housing on council land.
A NIS 75 million plan was approved to rehabilitate “red” settlements whose homes were demolished.
Government provides families 2,000 shekels per month toward rent as part of relocation incentives.

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