The meeting resulted in a decision to have teams representing both the organizers and the police meet and iron out the remaining issues between them. The announced goal will be to "allow the expression of legitimate popular protest, as is appropriate for a democratic country."
Yesha Council heads said, "The opening ceremony in Netivot, and the march afterwards, will be held as scheduled - with our insistence that there be absolutely no violence towards the police."
With buses and cars coming to Netivot from all over the country, the organizers hope that tens of thousands of people will take part. Following the opening ceremony in Netivot, the participants will travel by bus and car to Kfar Maimon, some ten kilometers to the west. If the police close the roads, however, the event will turn into a march, on roads and through fields. The goal is to reach Kisufim, the entrance to Gush Katif, by Wednesday. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Col. Dan Halutz has said that the army will not be able to stop 100,000 people.
The schedule calls for marching during the morning and late-afternoon hours on Tuesday towards the Re'im Junction, and then towards Kisufim. Participants have been advised to bring strong suntan lotion, dry food, water, a sleeping bag, and other basic equipment.
Earlier today, Southern District Police Commander Uri Bar-Lev said that the gathering outside the Baba Sali's gravesite in Netivot on Monday afternoon is "not legal, and we will not allow tens of thousands of people to congregate there." From Yesha Council headquarters it was learned that it is precisely this statement that is at the center of the ongoing meetings between the police and organizers.
Another protest/blockade is scheduled for this evening at one of the recently-established checkpoints on the way to Gush Katif. Residents from N'vei Dekalim and elsewhere will demand to travel home without producing identification; if they are not allowed through, their cars will block the road.
Similar protests and demonstrations were held on Wednesday night, after the closure was first announced, and last night. Police scattered the protestors with violence last night, resulting in the injuring of at least two citizens.
Five people were wounded in rocket attacks in N'vei Dekalim this afternoon, including two in moderate condition. The latter two were seriously hurt when a mortar shell scored a direct hit on their car. Yigal Kirshenzaft was hit in the neck, and his passenger - a visitor from California - suffered a blow to his leg. They were flown to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, where their condition, originally moderate-to-serious, was reported to have stabilized. Several cars were also damaged, as was a house.
Kirshenzaft - Yigal ben Zahava - a tall man whose knitted-skullcap stands out in a crowd, is the official Chabad emissary in Gush Katif, a veteran of the original evacuation of Yamit and neighboring communities in 1982, and father of a large family.
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