Prime Minister’s Office Director-General Ilan Cohen convened a meeting of the Director-Generals Forum, on the issue of disengagement.

All ministry director-generals attended the meeting.  They were briefed by IDF Deputy Chief-of-Staff Maj.-Gen. Dan Halutz, Israel Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi and ISA Director Avi Dichter.

IDF Deputy Chief-of-Staff Maj.-Gen. Halutz discussed the security establishment’s working plan for implementing the Disengagement Plan and the redeployment of IDF forces after the evacuation.  He added that logistical assessments ahead of the evacuation are currently being completed and said that personnel would be added in light of the need to shorten the implementation to a few weeks.

Israel Police Commissioner Karadi discussed the main centers of friction expected during the evacuation, both in the Gaza Strip and throughout the country.

SELA Administration Director Yonatan Basi estimated that a large majority of the settlers in the Gaza Strip would be evacuated voluntarily.

Prime Minister’s Office Director-General Cohen said that he intends to convene the Forum every two weeks.  He asked his fellow director-generals to prepare detailed assessments ahead of the implementation of the Disengagement Plan so that each ministry could focus on its particular missions, and added that the necessary resources would be put at their disposal.

The Director-Generals Forum will oversee coordination of the civil aspects of the Disengagement Plan and work to remove unnecessary obstacles.