They didn't count on Tova A., however. A woman in her 30's, she was sitting almost directly across from the Prime Minister, in the middle of a row, in an area that was relatively inaccessible to the guards. She bravely arose and took over where Shmuel had left off: "The people in Gush Katif are my family!" she cried out. "This is not a disengagement plan, but rather a plan to replace Jewish homes with a Hamas casino! This is insanity! What are you doing?"

2. How Sharon's D-G was welcomed in Gush Katif

PM’s Director-General Shunned in Gush Katif

Residents of Kfar Darom have shunned Director-General Ilan Cohen of the Prime Minister’s Office, indicating they are uninterested in meeting with him. Cohen had hoped to persuade residents to sign on to the Nitzanim plan, offering a temporary housing solution following their being expelled from their homes under the prime minister's disengagement plan.

Kfar Darom was one stop on a tour of Gush Katif communities today. Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office report that in compliance with a request from area residents, the visit was kept quiet and closed to the media.

3. Israeli media: wall of silence

From Arutz 7:

Leftists, Politicians Visit Hunger Strikers

The protest tent where students began a hunger strike 11 days ago against the planned evacuation has drawn leftists and politicians. Among the visitors was MK Yuli Tamir (Labor), a vocal opponent to a Jewish presence in Gaza and northern Samaria, said student Shani Yanai, one of the organizers of the strike. The students, who have been joined by others, have limited their food intake to liquids.

They discussed the issue of the media's covering only the illegal blocking of roads and not other legal activities, such as the hunger strike, by the "orange cell" student group, said Yanai.

4. Israel's Stasi continues White-Blue terror

From Arutz 7:

Sharon Ranch Suspects: Gov't Trying to Gag Us

The General Security Services (Shin Bet) released three Sderot residents Wednesday after interrogating them nine hours on suspicion that they were planning illegal activities at Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Sycamore Ranch.

No charges were placed against the three, who were applauded by supporters as they left the Ashkelon offices of the GSS. Intelligence personnel suspected them because they had contacted a former employee of a security company that guards the farm, which is surrounded by barbed wire, electronic devices and includes a guard tower.

Officials issued an order prohibiting them from approaching the compound. One of those questioned, activist Moshe Shahor, said officials took him from his daughter's kindergarten for questioning. "When they came to realize there was nothing, they released us.

Sources in the Shin Bet said the three suspects were detained for purely deterrence reasons. Another activist said that the probe was part of a government attempt to "clamp the right wing's mouths."

5. ENGAGE - a reminder

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