“Uprooting the camp of the uprooters” is the name of the plan. Organizers say it will give planned marches to Gush Katif upon its closure a clear and effective goal that will be carried out without violence or any acts of vandalism.
“The upcoming march does not have a clear aim," a message on the Bayit Leumi web site claims. "To block the roads or not? To break through the Kissufim Crossing to reach the communities or not? And what next? It is unacceptable that the resource of the public’s energy be wasted for nothing.”
The military camp to be targeted is located on the way to the Kissufim crossing, about a half-mile south of the Gema junction in the direction of Be'er Sheva. The Gema camp was erected to house thousands of soldiers who are to take part in the implementation of the Disengagement Plan. There are only a few dozen soldiers stationed there now. Some of them harbor strong feelings against the Disengagement, as was seen in a Channel 1 TV report depicting the soldiers as letting anti-expulsion activists into the camp and decrying the immoral nature of the Disengagement.
“When thousands of marchers arrive at the base and each one takes one tent-pole and moves it a few hundred yards from the camp, it will paralyze the organizational ability of the expulsion forces for a long while,” reads a Bayit Leumi announcement. “This action has many advantages. First, it is an action that falls within the boundaries of non-violent civil disobedience. It uses no violence whatsoever and is aimed directly at the representatives of the regime who are poised to perpetrate this crime.”
According to the mass civil disobedience organization behind the roadblocking campaigns, the reasoning behind the new operation is to present the image of the destruction of a residential place, for one night, using a military facility built solely to carry out the expulsion of thousands of men, women and children from their homes and land. “The act will sharply demonstrate, before the eyes of the soldiers themselves and the general public, the immorality of the act of expulsion of thousands of Jews from their permanent homes,” the group said.
“It is extremely important that the move be carried out by the masses in a non-violent manner and without being corrupted by vandalism,” a Bayit Leumi spokesperson told Arutz-7. "We are not talking about a military base built to defend the Jewish people, but a tent-city built completely for the purpose of housing the expulsion forces."
The spokesperson stressed that the action is not tied specifically to the planned Yesha Council march on July 18th, but is something that should take place on D-day - the day when Gaza or northern Samaria are declared closed military zones.
“When the masses march toward Gush Katif they must have a clear objective [and be aware] that it is within their power to disrupt the establishment or at least complicate the timeline of the expulsion forces in a serious manner. The masses that will take over the army camp and dismantle the tents and infrastructure that was built there in recent months will know that they have not simply joined in a march whose end is unclear, but are rather acting in a serious manner toward the cancellation of the expulsion plan.”
“The upcoming march does not have a clear aim," a message on the Bayit Leumi web site claims. "To block the roads or not? To break through the Kissufim Crossing to reach the communities or not? And what next? It is unacceptable that the resource of the public’s energy be wasted for nothing.”
The military camp to be targeted is located on the way to the Kissufim crossing, about a half-mile south of the Gema junction in the direction of Be'er Sheva. The Gema camp was erected to house thousands of soldiers who are to take part in the implementation of the Disengagement Plan. There are only a few dozen soldiers stationed there now. Some of them harbor strong feelings against the Disengagement, as was seen in a Channel 1 TV report depicting the soldiers as letting anti-expulsion activists into the camp and decrying the immoral nature of the Disengagement.
“When thousands of marchers arrive at the base and each one takes one tent-pole and moves it a few hundred yards from the camp, it will paralyze the organizational ability of the expulsion forces for a long while,” reads a Bayit Leumi announcement. “This action has many advantages. First, it is an action that falls within the boundaries of non-violent civil disobedience. It uses no violence whatsoever and is aimed directly at the representatives of the regime who are poised to perpetrate this crime.”
According to the mass civil disobedience organization behind the roadblocking campaigns, the reasoning behind the new operation is to present the image of the destruction of a residential place, for one night, using a military facility built solely to carry out the expulsion of thousands of men, women and children from their homes and land. “The act will sharply demonstrate, before the eyes of the soldiers themselves and the general public, the immorality of the act of expulsion of thousands of Jews from their permanent homes,” the group said.
“It is extremely important that the move be carried out by the masses in a non-violent manner and without being corrupted by vandalism,” a Bayit Leumi spokesperson told Arutz-7. "We are not talking about a military base built to defend the Jewish people, but a tent-city built completely for the purpose of housing the expulsion forces."
The spokesperson stressed that the action is not tied specifically to the planned Yesha Council march on July 18th, but is something that should take place on D-day - the day when Gaza or northern Samaria are declared closed military zones.
“When the masses march toward Gush Katif they must have a clear objective [and be aware] that it is within their power to disrupt the establishment or at least complicate the timeline of the expulsion forces in a serious manner. The masses that will take over the army camp and dismantle the tents and infrastructure that was built there in recent months will know that they have not simply joined in a march whose end is unclear, but are rather acting in a serious manner toward the cancellation of the expulsion plan.”