The activists approached Sa-Nur from various directions and blockaded themselves in the old British fortress in the center of the community.



The group mostly consisted of young girls, but included families that had been forcibly removed from the community.



Yassam riot police were called to the scene in order to remove the activists.



MK Uri Ariel (National Union) contacted IDF and police officials in the region and warned them not to treat the activists violently and to ensure that female personnel be used to remove the girls, as is required by law.



The activists were forcibly removed after negotiations which lasted for a few hours, and severe violence was reported on the part of the riot police. According to the report, police threw females off a rooftop, beat some of the youths with batons and trampled on them while on the ground. In addition, when they requested the detainees receive medical care in the Ariel police station, the request was denied.



Hillel Mann, whose 14-year-old daughter Hadas was arrested for entering Sa-Nur, spoke with Israel National Radio’s Eli Stutz and Yishai Fleisher on the matter. Mann said that the activists had gotten word that the British Fortress was scheduled to be handed over to the Palestinian Authority Thursday – a move the activists sought to thwart.



“They drove there via cars – nobody stopped them,” Mann said. “It is not like Gush Katif. People live right near there and there is no wall or fence stopping them from coming back again and again. To get there wasn’t an issue. My daughter was roughed up, but I know she is OK now.”



Police report 46 of the youths removed from Sa-Nur were detained for questioning.



Sa-Nur was one of four Jewish communities in northern Samaria emptied of its Jewish residents by the government as part of the Disengagement Plan – the others being Homesh, Kadim and Ganim.



In a questionably-relevant response to the event, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on a visit to the United Nations in New York, condemned various acts of anti-Disengagement vandalism. “Whoever thinks that it is possible to block roads, to spread spikes and to sabotage telephone boxes is mistaken – he will go to jail.”



Many of the vehicles that managed to reach Sa-Nur had actually driven over spikes put in the road by the IDF.



Many others from nearby communities attempted to reach Sa-Nur but were pushed back by IDF and police blockades set up.