MK Uri Ariel of the National Union party testified before the Knesset’s Investigation Commission on the Treatment of Gush Katif Expellees and came out strongly against tries by the Say to minimize harm payments to those expelled from their homes.

"The question of whether the State has money or not, should not be of interest to the commission", he stated, "The perimeter fence to be founded along the Egyptian border will cost a half billion shekels, yet even so it is not mentioned in the state budget. The Prime Minister simply decided that it should be established, and it will be. To state the State has no money for those expelled from Gush Katif is a lie. The difficulty is priorities, rather than a lack of money.