RANANA – Police found two piles of tires they said may have been set aside for a road-blocking protest by anti-disengagement activists.
The tires were discovered on main streets in Raanana, a suburban community 15 minutes north of Tel Aviv.
The discovery is believed to have foiled an anti-disengagement road-blocking protest. Following the discovery, city hall employees removed the tires from the area.
Police say they have boosted their patrols in the wake of repeated road-blocking incidents that seemed to catch authorities by surprise. In some cases, right-wing activists managed to block major thoroughfares across the country, including the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway and the Coastal Road connecting Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Mass road protest planned
Meanwhile, the Yesha Council is planning to hold an anti-disengagement protest Monday evening that would see tens of thousands of pullout objectors stopping their vehicles at the side of the road for 15 minutes and holding up anti-pullout signs.
Settlers are claiming more than 100,000 to take part in the anti-pullout display, organized in a bid to encourage the Knesset and government to reconsider the planned settlement evacuation.