Tens of thousands protest Israel's pull-out plan

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Tens of thousands of anti-pull-out protesters filled a square in downtown Tel Aviv, vowing that Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and part of the West Bank will not happen, but most settlers were leaving a village in northern Gaza.

The demonstrators filled the square in front of Tel Aviv City Hall, named after prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was gunned down there after a peace rally in 1995. Protesters carried signs criticising Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, architect of the pull-out, which begins next week.

The theme of the demonstration was "Gush Katif and Samaria, I pledge ", a slogan painted in black on an orange background of many of the signs in the crowd. Orange is the colour adopted by the protesters to symbolise their struggle against the pull-out.

Gush Katif is the main block of settlements in Gaza, and Samaria refers to the northern West Bank, where four settlements are to be removed in the government's "disengagement" plan.

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1. I saw some reports on the news here.

I couldnt help but notice that the really hardline jews that were featured all had american accents.

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Brooklyn got a little friendlier recently...

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