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| Huge Israeli Force to Block March on Gaza Settlements |
| 2005-08-02 |
| The Israeli Army and police were deploying in unprecedented numbers yesterday to block an attempt by tens of thousands of settlers and their supporters to march towards doomed Gaza Strip settlements. The government ordered organizers of the rally to change their plans, charging that a mass descent on the main settlement bloc of Gush Katif would be "illegal" and exacerbate the risk of violent clashes. Security sources said 17,000 soldiers and a further 8,000 police were taking part in the operation in southern Israel ahead of the rally today, 15 days before the scheduled start of the pullout of the 8,000 Gaza settlers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Cause the pro-settler protesters are trying to move en masse, in order to make the pullout more difficult. A hamas suicide bomber is a single individual moving stealthily (even so they catch quite a bunch). If the settler protesters were just trying to get one guy into Gaza, that would be a lot harder to stop - but what would be the point? |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-08-02 16:58 |
| #1 How come the IDF can mass 25,000 troops/cops to fight their own people, but they cant stop Hamas from walking across the border and blowing up the same people? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-02 15:37 |