BEIJING, July 11 -- The implementation of the Israeli Disengagement Plan will start in about five weeks, and some Jewish settlers in Gaza and the West Bank are packing up. However, many are waiting till the last minute. CRI Jerusalem correspondent Liao Jibo reports.

    This is the settlement of Nisanit on the north border of Gaza. The houses here are beautiful, the trees are green, the children are playing outside. Every thing looks normal. But a heavy truck in front of a house indicates that everything will go. The family of Moshe Shitrit is packing and moving out.

    Moshe's family is among the dozen that have moved out of the settlement, where some 300 families live.

    Moshe 1:
In order to achieve peace, both sides in conflict need to talk each other¡­each side need to give up things. We gave up I think the most precious thing of all, that is the place you grew up¡­it is an immense sacrifice.

    While Moshe is busy loading plants from the garden onto the truck, his mother, Mrs Shitrit, is looking at the boxes inside the house. She has lived here for 15 years, and it is hard for her to leave.

    Mrs Shitrit 1:
It is painful to leave, I have cried to much. you see the garden¡­very hard to leave the garden. You can build a new house, but the it take many years to build such a garden. 15 years¡­sign¡­.

    The family has rented a house in the town of Moshav about 50 kilometers away. The government is building some temporary houses nearby, but Mrs Shitrit doesn't want to go there.

    Mrs Shitrit 4:
I don't like it, because it is too small. I want to live in a village, live in peace.

    Oshra Shakir shares the same concern. While showing us around her house, she says the temporary house will not be big enough for her family.

    It is half dumling, and the house is 250 square meters¡­the temporary houses in Ninsanim is only 60 square meters. It is too small, and I have five people in my family.

    About 70 percent of the residents in the neighborhood have agreed to leave, but they are negotiating with the government for a fair compensation.

    However, there are also some people who are determined to stay.

    Moshe 5:
Of course, not every one will leave a month early, they will move out in the last minute. They will move out, they have no other choice.

    Most of these families are extremely religious people. They account for about one third of the population here. They believe God gave all of Palestine to Israel, including Gaza, and they should be allowed to live there forever.

    This 20-year-old young man is one of many who believe this.

    "Right now we are doing only what God said to us, to live in Israel, all Israel. Now we are here, and no one will tell us to leave here. We are going to leave here for ever."

    But the Israeli government is more determined to evacuate Gaza and four small settlements in the West Bank. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reiterated that the disengagement will be carried out on schedule in mid August.

    In Nisanim, about 30 kilometers north of Gaza, 350 temporary houses are being built to accommodate people evacuated from Gaza.

    Bassman Refael, supervisor of the project, is confident that the project will be completed before the withdrawal.

    "We hope to finish the project at the middle of August¡­we shall succeed."

    So far, most of 900 settlers in the West Bank have agreed to leave, but in Gaza, the government is facing a tougher situation. Out of the 1600 families there, more than 11 hundred still refuse to leave their homes.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)