Police amass to block pullout foes' march

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/606548.html

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"Thousands of police will begin deploying Sunday to stop disengagement protesters from marching to Gush Katif after a central rally in Sderot on Tuesday evening.

The Yesha Council of settlements says its plans for the Sderot rally will not change and that marchers will also head for Gush Katif from Ofakim and Netivot.

Settler leaders emphasized yesterday that the objective is to stage a non-violent yet effective protest akin to the one at Kfar Maimon two weeks ago, with one goal being to pin down large contingents of security forces before the disengagement to hamper the evacuation of Gush Katif.

The police's southern district informed the Yesha Council categorically that marchers would not be allowed to advance on the Kissufim checkpoint. Police are threatening to be "more determined than sensitive." "We won't let them reach Kissufim even if that means employing force, mounted police, water canons and any other means. They won't reach Gush Katif," senior officers vowed yesterday.

Southern district police will be reinforced by thousands of police officers from across the country, who will begin arriving in Sderot Sunday morning."