Israeli police block rightist march on Gaza

Israeli police blocked thousands of Jewish settlers and their sympathisers who tried to march on the Gaza Strip yesterday in a last-ditch bid to scupper an impending withdrawal from the occupied territory. Activists strode out of the southern Israeli...

Israeli police blocked thousands of Jewish settlers and their sympathisers who tried to march on the Gaza Strip yesterday in a last-ditch bid to scupper an impending withdrawal from the occupied territory. Activists strode out of the southern Israeli town of Ofakim toward the main Gaza settlement bloc of Gush Katif, only to find themselves facing off with a massive police deployment.

At an order from ultranationalist rabbis leading the procession, the protestors sat down en masse on the road.

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