Baruch Brenner, who now lives with his wife and toddler children in the Gush Katif community of Gadid, sponsored a full back-page ad in the latest issue of the weekly B'Sheva newspaper detailing the program he and his friends envision. The ad is headlined, "This is How We'll Stop the Expulsion!" and features a sub-headline reading, "Keeping the Expulsion Forces Busy Elsewhere = Canceling the Expulsion Orders."
Brenner explains, "In Kfar Maimon, 17,000 policemen and soldiers were kept occupied for days preventing tens of thousands of Jews from leaving the town. We will hold three simultaneous marches to various places in Gush Katif, thus keeping at least 10,000 policemen and soldiers occupied. This means 30,000 policemen and soldiers who will not be able to expel Jews."
But that's not all. "At the same time," Brenner says, "there will be a march, with shofars and all, around the Temple Mount gates. This must take place every day until the expulsion decree is canceled. Here, too, thousands of policemen will have to be on duty in Jerusalem, and will not be able to be involved in expulsion."
The ad sums it up in large print on an orange background: "Sharon can either prevent tens of thousands of people from arriving in Gush Katif, or try to expel [the Jews there] - but not both."
"The guiding principle in our struggle is that there is a limited amount of policemen and 18-19-year-old soldiers whom Sharon feels he can brainwash into fulfilling his orders," Brenner told Arutz-7. "He would rather rely on these, than on older reserve soldiers who are more independent-minded and realize that they need not be used to carry out Sharon's personal plans on behalf of his sons."
Brenner is confident that "the reports of 60,000 policemen and soldiers are not only exaggerated - they are essentially an outright lie. The number is really something like 38-40,000, or less. We have to turn Sharon's manpower problem into our advantage."
The plan is to hold the three marches on Monday, August 15, the day after the Tisha B'Av fast and the day on which residents are legally required to abandon their homes in Gush Katif and northern Shomron. One group of marchers will attempt to make their way into Katif proper via Kisufim, another will try to reach Netzarim (in central Gaza) via the Karni crossing, and the third one will begin at Yad Mordechai, north of Gaza, and try to enter the three threatened northern Gaza communities.
"I think it's possible to get 20,000 people for each march," Brenner said. "This is baased on what we saw in Kfar Maimon and Ofakim, as well as the fact that this will not be a mere protest but rather the actual stopping of the expulsion."
The Yesha Council, organizer of the recent major anti-disengagement protests, has not yet taken a stand on the new idea. The Council originally called for a mass protest in Ashkelon today, but later changed both the venue and date to Tel Aviv's Rabin Square this coming Thursday afternoon. A Council spokesman explained that this will enable more people to attend, thus magnifying the effect of public pressure upon the government.
In addition, the Council, along with many other public bodies and figures, is supporting the huge prayer service at the Western Wall planned for this Wednesday afternoon. It will be led by Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, spiritual leader of the Shas Party, and Rabbi Menachem Porush, a long-time Agudat Yisrael Knesset Member.
The Yesha Council has not announced plans for next week, however - the week in which the actual expulsion is scheduled to begin. At a press conference this morning, Pinchas Wallerstein, head of the Binyamin Regional Council, said only, "We will be there - in and around the entrances to Gush Katif - next week, and we will continue to try to get in however possible."
Brenner is aware that Sharon and the government might be able to respond to the simultaneous marches by "waiting a week or two for us to give up, and then beginning the expulsion." But he has a solution for this as well: "The third leg of our winning triangle is road-blockings. True, this is a controversial issue, but during the actual expulsion, road-blockings will become our biggest tool of pressure from an economic and social standpoint. If the country is stopped up and people can't get to work or travel freely, this will cause tremendous pressure on the government and on Sharon."
Another aspect of the plan is prayer. "Tens of thousands of Jews and those who love Jews will gather around the world to cry out to G-d to help us to stop the expulsion," the ad reads. "After we succeed, we will all gather together for a thanksgiving prayer service to show gratefulness to G-d for having given us the strength to fulfill His will."
"In short," Brenner says, "everyone can find the activity in which he wants to participate. No one remains at home!"
For more information, see www.GushKatom.com
Brenner explains, "In Kfar Maimon, 17,000 policemen and soldiers were kept occupied for days preventing tens of thousands of Jews from leaving the town. We will hold three simultaneous marches to various places in Gush Katif, thus keeping at least 10,000 policemen and soldiers occupied. This means 30,000 policemen and soldiers who will not be able to expel Jews."
But that's not all. "At the same time," Brenner says, "there will be a march, with shofars and all, around the Temple Mount gates. This must take place every day until the expulsion decree is canceled. Here, too, thousands of policemen will have to be on duty in Jerusalem, and will not be able to be involved in expulsion."
The ad sums it up in large print on an orange background: "Sharon can either prevent tens of thousands of people from arriving in Gush Katif, or try to expel [the Jews there] - but not both."
"The guiding principle in our struggle is that there is a limited amount of policemen and 18-19-year-old soldiers whom Sharon feels he can brainwash into fulfilling his orders," Brenner told Arutz-7. "He would rather rely on these, than on older reserve soldiers who are more independent-minded and realize that they need not be used to carry out Sharon's personal plans on behalf of his sons."
Brenner is confident that "the reports of 60,000 policemen and soldiers are not only exaggerated - they are essentially an outright lie. The number is really something like 38-40,000, or less. We have to turn Sharon's manpower problem into our advantage."
The plan is to hold the three marches on Monday, August 15, the day after the Tisha B'Av fast and the day on which residents are legally required to abandon their homes in Gush Katif and northern Shomron. One group of marchers will attempt to make their way into Katif proper via Kisufim, another will try to reach Netzarim (in central Gaza) via the Karni crossing, and the third one will begin at Yad Mordechai, north of Gaza, and try to enter the three threatened northern Gaza communities.
"I think it's possible to get 20,000 people for each march," Brenner said. "This is baased on what we saw in Kfar Maimon and Ofakim, as well as the fact that this will not be a mere protest but rather the actual stopping of the expulsion."
The Yesha Council, organizer of the recent major anti-disengagement protests, has not yet taken a stand on the new idea. The Council originally called for a mass protest in Ashkelon today, but later changed both the venue and date to Tel Aviv's Rabin Square this coming Thursday afternoon. A Council spokesman explained that this will enable more people to attend, thus magnifying the effect of public pressure upon the government.
In addition, the Council, along with many other public bodies and figures, is supporting the huge prayer service at the Western Wall planned for this Wednesday afternoon. It will be led by Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, spiritual leader of the Shas Party, and Rabbi Menachem Porush, a long-time Agudat Yisrael Knesset Member.
The Yesha Council has not announced plans for next week, however - the week in which the actual expulsion is scheduled to begin. At a press conference this morning, Pinchas Wallerstein, head of the Binyamin Regional Council, said only, "We will be there - in and around the entrances to Gush Katif - next week, and we will continue to try to get in however possible."
Brenner is aware that Sharon and the government might be able to respond to the simultaneous marches by "waiting a week or two for us to give up, and then beginning the expulsion." But he has a solution for this as well: "The third leg of our winning triangle is road-blockings. True, this is a controversial issue, but during the actual expulsion, road-blockings will become our biggest tool of pressure from an economic and social standpoint. If the country is stopped up and people can't get to work or travel freely, this will cause tremendous pressure on the government and on Sharon."
Another aspect of the plan is prayer. "Tens of thousands of Jews and those who love Jews will gather around the world to cry out to G-d to help us to stop the expulsion," the ad reads. "After we succeed, we will all gather together for a thanksgiving prayer service to show gratefulness to G-d for having given us the strength to fulfill His will."
"In short," Brenner says, "everyone can find the activity in which he wants to participate. No one remains at home!"
For more information, see www.GushKatom.com