The police's cavalry unit plans to deploy the horses as part of the efforts to repress resistance during the expulsion of the Jews – and possibly thousands of their supporters – from their homes this summer. Some 5,000 to 6,000 policemen are expected to be involved in the actual expulsion work. Each horse is "the equivalent of 100 policemen," Asst.-Cmdr. Amos Carmeli of the police's Technological and Logistics Department explained, without elaborating.
"The use of German horses during the evacuation of Jews from their homes is very scary," said Yesha Council spokesperson Emily Amrusi. "I just hope they won't use German-made weapons as well."
In addition, new vehicles will be deployed. These include the Tomcar vehicle, a 4x4 Israeli-made two-seater that can climb stairs, flip over, roll over sideways, and still keep on going. Another vehicle to be used will be the Hummer jeep, a five-seater that comes complete with a small radar-and-observation post.
Looking on the bright side, residents in Gush Katif are looking to interest investors in a plan to produce hundreds of thousands of orange yarmulkes. Orange has become the color of the struggle against the abandonment of Gush Katif, with orange sweatshirts, bracelets, hats, umbrellas, scarves, posters and bumper stickers filling the country in recent months. Organizers now hope to unite even more people – whether they currently wear a black kippah, a colored crocheted one or none at all – under one skullcap: an orange one. "This will give over the clear message that the People of Israel and of Gush Katif are one," explains ,
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"and no one in the State of Israel has the right or strength to expel Jews from their Land and their homes."
"The use of German horses during the evacuation of Jews from their homes is very scary," said Yesha Council spokesperson Emily Amrusi. "I just hope they won't use German-made weapons as well."
In addition, new vehicles will be deployed. These include the Tomcar vehicle, a 4x4 Israeli-made two-seater that can climb stairs, flip over, roll over sideways, and still keep on going. Another vehicle to be used will be the Hummer jeep, a five-seater that comes complete with a small radar-and-observation post.
Looking on the bright side, residents in Gush Katif are looking to interest investors in a plan to produce hundreds of thousands of orange yarmulkes. Orange has become the color of the struggle against the abandonment of Gush Katif, with orange sweatshirts, bracelets, hats, umbrellas, scarves, posters and bumper stickers filling the country in recent months. Organizers now hope to unite even more people – whether they currently wear a black kippah, a colored crocheted one or none at all – under one skullcap: an orange one. "This will give over the clear message that the People of Israel and of Gush Katif are one," explains ,
Katif.net,
"and no one in the State of Israel has the right or strength to expel Jews from their Land and their homes."