Gaza Pull-Out to Be Policed By 44,000
Posted on: Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 12:00 CDT
MORE than 40,000 soldiers and some 4,000 police are to be deployed in the Gaza Strip to carry out Israel's evacuation, beginning in mid-August, Israel's defence minister and police chief said yesterday.
Troops are to be positioned in six circles, with police dominating the inner one, and a mix of soldiers and police in the outermost circle, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz told a stormy session of MPs, Jewish settlers and ministry officials.
Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi told the committee that police plan to allot around 4,000 or more officers to participate directly in the pullout.
Police spokesman Avi Zelba said an undetermined number of additional forces would be assigned to handle civil disobedience by pull-out opponents Attorney General Meni Mazuz said some 1,000 protesters had been arrested in road protests - 'not just people who were just waving flags, but people who had full gas canisters and were planning to blow them up' on a major highway during rush hour.
He said: '.
This is not legitimate resistance in a democracy or any country
Source: Daily Post; Liverpool
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