Israelis spared road-blocking protest, for now
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Road-blocking protest put off
Pullout objectors decide to postpone plans to paralyze country, block major intersections and roads, in honor of train disaster victims. Radical activists unhappy with decision, say train wreck no reason for delay
TEL AVIV - Plans to paralyze the country by blocking major thoroughfares and intersections across the nation have been postponed for next week due to Tuesday’s train wreck, anti-disengagement right-wing activists say.
The decision was taken in honor of the disaster’s victims and in solidarity with victims’ relatives, the group behind the road-blocking campaign announced.
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The road blocking “operation” has been postponed to Wednesday, June 29, at 5 p.m.
However, not all right-wing activists agree with the decision. Although some support it, the more radical ones say the protest should have been delayed only had Prime Minister Ariel Sharon postponed the upcoming pullout by a week.
However, since Sharon made no such statement, there is no reason to delay the road-blocking plans, they say.
Initially, activists were planning to block a long line of roads and intersections across the country, including the Aluf Sadeh, Geha, and Morasha interchanges in central Israel, as well as the entrance to Jerusalem.
