The Yesha Council has announced a three-day march towards Gush Katif beginning this coming Monday, and Land of Israel supporters are invited to take part as well.
"Bring a sleeping bag, and get ready to join the struggle by camping out," says Dror Vanunu, director of the Katif Development Fund ("www.katifund.org") . The organizers of the protest are hoping that tens of thousands of people will take to the streets leading towards Gush Katif, travel as far as they are allowed before being stopped by army or police checkpoints, and then simply "camp out" where they are. The objective is to block up the roads, thus rendering impossible the implementation of the actual disengagement.
"Now is the time for world Jewry to come - on an open-ended ticket," Vanunu says. "Just as thousands of anarchists and left-wingers have arrived in Israel over the past few years to fight against the security fence and in favor of Palestinians, now is the time for loyal Jews to come to Israel and join the struggle. This is the charge of the hour!"
The Katif Fund is also involved in more "mundane" activities, such as preparing a day of vacation for all of Gush Katif. "We did it four years ago, and it was something that people here have not yet forgotten," Vanunu said. "We are in contact with some of the big amusement-water parks, and we hope to be able to bring thousands of people of Gush Katif - who are undergoing tremendous pressures regarding their future - for a day of enjoyment. It is a tremendous venture, involving buses, food, and more, and should cost about 300,000 shekels."
Vanunu noted that the Jewish Agency recently raised two million dollars for fun-days for the children of Sderot and nearby communities, "but for our children, at whom 5,700 rockets and shells have been fired since the Oslo War began - many times more than those that have fallen on Sderot and the Negev - no such campaign was made."
Aid has come in from the Education Ministry, Vanunu said, to subsidize day camps for the children of Gush Katif.
"Bring a sleeping bag, and get ready to join the struggle by camping out," says Dror Vanunu, director of the Katif Development Fund ("www.katifund.org") . The organizers of the protest are hoping that tens of thousands of people will take to the streets leading towards Gush Katif, travel as far as they are allowed before being stopped by army or police checkpoints, and then simply "camp out" where they are. The objective is to block up the roads, thus rendering impossible the implementation of the actual disengagement.
"Now is the time for world Jewry to come - on an open-ended ticket," Vanunu says. "Just as thousands of anarchists and left-wingers have arrived in Israel over the past few years to fight against the security fence and in favor of Palestinians, now is the time for loyal Jews to come to Israel and join the struggle. This is the charge of the hour!"
The Katif Fund is also involved in more "mundane" activities, such as preparing a day of vacation for all of Gush Katif. "We did it four years ago, and it was something that people here have not yet forgotten," Vanunu said. "We are in contact with some of the big amusement-water parks, and we hope to be able to bring thousands of people of Gush Katif - who are undergoing tremendous pressures regarding their future - for a day of enjoyment. It is a tremendous venture, involving buses, food, and more, and should cost about 300,000 shekels."
Vanunu noted that the Jewish Agency recently raised two million dollars for fun-days for the children of Sderot and nearby communities, "but for our children, at whom 5,700 rockets and shells have been fired since the Oslo War began - many times more than those that have fallen on Sderot and the Negev - no such campaign was made."
Aid has come in from the Education Ministry, Vanunu said, to subsidize day camps for the children of Gush Katif.