@prolrage@todon.nl
People who live up to 4km from the border have been been getting some compensations for the forced evacuation. Generous ones, actually. The prices of rent in some places has jumped since.

However, the government (rightly so) wants people to return to their old homes and has announced that they will stop paying at the end of June. There's also a considerable "early birds" bonus for those who return by March 1st.

The town of Metula (along with two or three other villages: Manara and Avivim, not sure of others) had considerable damage from the war and will not be ready in time for that. The current plan for both Metula and for Manara is that by September most houses will be sort of ready. Some will require much more work.

Originally it was planned that those three municipalities will have their own special terms until the place is fit. Lately the government, wanting to cut spending, decided to skip that. This is he crux of the protest.

There are certainly many people from those places and all around the North who will not want to live next to the border again. After seeing how it was bombarded for more than a year and what plans (backed by enormous stashes of arms) the Hezbollah had there. But it seems most people will return.