Up to 100,000 people are expected to cry out against a terrorist state inside the Land of Israel, this coming Wednesday evening in Jerusalem. The giant demonstration, under the auspices of the Yesha Council, will take place in Zion Square in downtown Jerusalem - while at the same time, Sharon, Bush, and Abbas will be wrapping up their summit meeting in Aqaba. Transportation to the rally will be provided from almost every locality in Israel. Bumper stickers with the "No to a Palestinian State" message will be distributed to volunteers who will in turn attempt to enlist drivers around the country to place them on their cars. See related news stories on this site.
Yesha Council spokesman Yehoshua Mor-Yosef, speaking with Arutz-7 today, estimated that "tens of thousands" will take part in the protest. He explained that it will be held after the tripartite summit meeting "on the assumption that the implementation of the Road Map can still be stopped, if the government wakes up in time…" Asked to what extent the Yesha Council will resist a decision to uproot outposts, Mor-Yosef said, "If they start uprooting families, then this will be a red line, and there will be a fight."
What will be said at the demonstration? Mor-Yosef said that speakers will be asked not to attack Sharon personally - "it's not yet time to despair of Sharon as Prime Minister; there will always be time later to do so, if we have to" - but old recordings of statements that he made in the past will be played. For example: "It’s not the people that are tired [of the situation], but the leadership - the leadership has become tired!" (Sharon said this when Ehud Barak was Prime Minister) and, "Let everyone get a move on and take some hilltops! Whatever we take, will be ours, and whatever we don't take, will not be ours" (Sharon said this following the Wye Plantation agreement).
The three-way summit will begin on Wednesday morning in Jordanian King Abdullah's palace in the port city of Aqaba, adjacent to Eilat. Sharon and Bush will meet first, and then Bush and Abu Mazen will get together while Sharon meets with King Abdullah. The leaders will meet together in the afternoon, after which they will make their long-awaited declarations. It appears that Sharon will make pro-Palestinian statements, including support for a Palestinian state, a desire to end Israeli control over the Palestinians, and his intention to dismantle outposts. The PA's Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), on the other hand, has rejected an American request that he take the opportunity to announce the PA’s recognition of the Jewish state - even though this was the basis of the Oslo Accords in 1993.
Yesha Council spokesman Yehoshua Mor-Yosef, speaking with Arutz-7 today, estimated that "tens of thousands" will take part in the protest. He explained that it will be held after the tripartite summit meeting "on the assumption that the implementation of the Road Map can still be stopped, if the government wakes up in time…" Asked to what extent the Yesha Council will resist a decision to uproot outposts, Mor-Yosef said, "If they start uprooting families, then this will be a red line, and there will be a fight."
What will be said at the demonstration? Mor-Yosef said that speakers will be asked not to attack Sharon personally - "it's not yet time to despair of Sharon as Prime Minister; there will always be time later to do so, if we have to" - but old recordings of statements that he made in the past will be played. For example: "It’s not the people that are tired [of the situation], but the leadership - the leadership has become tired!" (Sharon said this when Ehud Barak was Prime Minister) and, "Let everyone get a move on and take some hilltops! Whatever we take, will be ours, and whatever we don't take, will not be ours" (Sharon said this following the Wye Plantation agreement).
The three-way summit will begin on Wednesday morning in Jordanian King Abdullah's palace in the port city of Aqaba, adjacent to Eilat. Sharon and Bush will meet first, and then Bush and Abu Mazen will get together while Sharon meets with King Abdullah. The leaders will meet together in the afternoon, after which they will make their long-awaited declarations. It appears that Sharon will make pro-Palestinian statements, including support for a Palestinian state, a desire to end Israeli control over the Palestinians, and his intention to dismantle outposts. The PA's Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), on the other hand, has rejected an American request that he take the opportunity to announce the PA’s recognition of the Jewish state - even though this was the basis of the Oslo Accords in 1993.