Yesha Council officials announced Friday they would distribute a letter of explanation to residents of the West Bank ahead of next week's Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) holiday to explain "mistakes" made during the anti-disengagement struggle last summer. "We conducted a tremendous struggle," says the letter. "(It was) a struggle that showed unprecedented power by a quality, united public, that shouted the cry of democracy from the depths of its heart, and drew with it other groups that still have a Jewish heart. "But our path was not error-free, and we identify those mistakes here, and we will conduct deep soul-searching when we re-organize and continue the struggle." The letter then details the strategy leaders say they used during the fight to prevent disengagement, and outlines several mistakes during the heated protests. "At Kfar Maimon we did not have the right tools to distribute changing instructions to our supporters, our messages about how we perceived the struggle or our reasons for deciding not to break through the circle of police. Many participants at Kfar Maimon went home tired and frustrated, and we couldn't reach everyone to tell them how we reached our decision, because this wasn't done in the days immediately after." Could have done without the hugs Settler leaders also said they were sorry for hugging senior IDF and police officers, and for not conducting a more wide-ranging dialogue. "With all the high emotions surrounding Gush Katif, a few minutes before the last Jews were removed from the synagogue at Neve Dekalim, Yesha Council officials on site felt a need to demonstrate and to include the eviction forces in our pain. "We (now) feel we could have done without the hugs, we could have held a more wide-ranging dialogue, even if this would not have stopped the destruction machine," they said. Won't forgive, won't forget The leaders also stressed that "the State of Israel wants to return to everyday life and forget this crime. But we say tens of thousands of times each day 'Never forgive, never forget.' We will say it to anyone who wants to forget." The letter also says, "the coming danger is already here, and despite trying to learn the lessons from the current struggle – no one has all the answers. There is no secret way to attain victory over a government and an army without resorting to violence.