BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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kept driving, he'd never work again in his life. Then the driver
ordered us all off the bus."
This same story was repeated all over the country.
Thousands of people were forced off buses and not a one of
them fought back. The sheep of 2005 Israel are the same
sheep of 1942 Poland. Jews are far too suicidal a people to
actually learn the lessons of their history.
The speakers mount the podium. Just as I was warned the
day before, Rabbi Aviner appealed to the crowd not to defy
the police, "who are our own flesh and blood."
Without defying the police meant, of course, failure. The
only, very only, way to save Gush Katif was to defy the
police. Aviner did his nasty deed and was followed by Yesha
Council bigwig Pinchas Wallerstein.
It was Wallerstein who sent thousands of Yesha youth to
wet, leaky, freezing tents in January to protest for a month
outside the Knesset. The result, as anyone could have
anticipated, was an utterly futile fiasco which visibly wore
down the resistance of the protesters.
Now it was July and he dusted off the same plan in reverse.
This time, he would send the protesters marching in near
100 degree heat for two days to break their spirit. And if the
day wasn't torturous enough, we were being bitten to shreds
by mosquitoes at night.
Wallerstein started speaking and he heard disinterested
rumbling from the crowd. Quickly, he threw a tantrum,
shouting, "Shut up! I'm talking! Pay attention!"
This man finally revealed his personal weakness: He is a
certifiable nut job.
Seconds before the 6 km. march to Kfar Maimon is set to
begin, there is a shocking announcement from the podium.