Likud MK Uzi Landau told an audience in Carmiel last night that the struggle must be "tough and determined," but must be waged "on a fine line." Landau, whom Sharon fired as Cabinet Minister several months ago because of his anti-disengagement position, said, "If the first stage of the uprooting goes smoothly, then the withdrawal from the rest of Judea and Samaria will be much easier, because the government will know it has no real opposition. We must not let this slide into civil war, however."
MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union), who also participated in the Carmiel gathering last night, said, "A referendum gives us good chances to succeed." He surprised many by saying that such a vote could be held whether or not Prime Minister Sharon agrees: "We have to hold a referendum in any event; whoever wants can vote either in favor or against." Eldad further said that the job now of Likud and National Union activists who fear a withdrawal from Gush Katif and northern Shomron is to "bring out the hundreds of thousands of secular right-wing voters and have them join in the protest activities."
MK Rabbi Yitzchak Levy (National Religious Party) says that Israelis must "shut down the country" if the government starts removing Jews from Gaza and northern Samaria. "If evacuation happens, I call on everyone to leave their houses," he told Arutz-7. "The army probably will declare the communities in question a 'closed military zone' and will prevent tens of thousands of people from coming. But even if we just stand on the roads from Kissufim [the entrance to Gush Katif] to Ashdod, this will shut down the country." He said people must work within the law and stage massive demonstrations. "I suggest demonstrations of strength-without-force, in which hundreds of thousands of people take part. This will make the government think differently."
Knesset Members of the National Union party met today and are planning a public-political-educational campaign that, they hope, will sufficiently sway public opinion and possibly lead to new elections. But even if the expulsion is carried out, they feel, the goal is to make it be sufficiently traumatic – without involving any law-breaking – that no government will wish to repeat the mistake anywhere else.