Gaza or bust, part two

Planning the next move: The Yesha Council announced Wednesday it is organizing an anti-pullout march to Gush Katif next Tuesday. The march, titled “To the aid of our heroic brothers in Gush Katif,” is scheduled to leave from the Negev town of Sderot at 6 p.m. and proceed toward the Kissufim crossing via Netivot and Ofakim. “This time we are not coming home until the expulsion plan (pullout) is thwarted,” one settler leader said. Some 20,000 police officers and IDF troops were summoned to maintain order during the recent mass anti-pullout demonstration at Kfar Maimon, and settler leaders hope the upcoming protest will draw just as many security forces in order to tie them up, thus preventing them from carrying out pullout-related tasks. South Mount Hebron Regional Council Head Tzviki Bar-Hai said, “The gathering will take place in Sderot thousands who feel they cannot sit at home will participate.” “Meanwhile, we will continue to help people penetrate Gush Katif by in any possible way,” he said. Binyamin Regional Council Head Pinchas Wallerstein said that the authorities have been notified of next week’s march, adding that organizers would remain in close contact with police during the event “even though we know there will be attempts to provoke us during the march.” Non-violent protest “We said we would engage in a non-violent struggle and we were had to face unprecedented provocations,” he said. “The people of Kfar Maimon were held hostage by the authorities. It is no coincidence that all Yesha Council heads were beaten, the demonstrators prevented the demonstrators from receiving food and refused to replace the chemical toilets –all this in contradiction to the agreements with the police.” Gush Etzion Municipality Head Shaul Goldstein said, “In the next three weeks we will do everything in our power to ensure that the pullout plan will not materialize.” “I would not be surprised if there were to be sporadic provocations and attempts by people to heat things up,” he said. The Yesha Council said in a statement that the march’s goal is to “Apply pressure on the decision-makers to postpone the implementation of the pullout plan, and present it to the people so they may decide on it via elections."

Gaza or bust, part two

Settler leaders plan second mass march to Gaza to protest pullout after failure of first attempt; Yesha Council: We want to delay, destroy disengagement