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De ontruiming van Gaza

The mother of all demonstrations?

Jerusalem Times
August 7, 2005
From: This week in Israel... Behind the news with Gershon Baskin

The settlers and their supporters tried their best once again to bring thousands of people to march on Gush Katif. They tried their best to exhaust the police and army. They did bring thousands of people of all ages dressed in orange to Shderot and to Ofakim, and they did do scrupulous planning for how they would all get into Gush Katif in order to stop the disengagement. Apparently several hundred did manage to get into the Gush, mostly with the assistance of sympathetic soldiers who allowed them to pass by road blocks and checkpoints.

At the beginning of the week, settler leader Pinchas Wallerstein said that he brought his white shirt with him - indicating that he was planning to spend Shabbat either in Gush Katif or on the way to Gush Katif. But already by Thursday, most of the settler supporters had packed up and went home for the weekend. Wallerstein and his white shirt also went home. The struggle to save Gush Katif is winding down and at this point it seems that almost nothing could stop the disengagement.

This week the disengagement opposition will focus their attention on Jerusalem with a series of mass rallies planned for the Jewish Holy site at the Western Wall (the Kotel) which is just below the Haram al Sharif/ Temple Mount.

 
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