Likud rebels said that they will launch their anti pull-out campaign on Monday in an attempt to reverse the public opinion in Israel and reduce support to the disengagement plan.
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“Disengagement will bring terror, we need to rethink things” is the slogan of the public campaign which is planned to be kicked off in Israel on Monday.
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Likud rebels are hoping to influence the positions of Likud ministers who currently support the plan, and force the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, to suspend it.
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The campaign slogan will be posted on some 1000 busses around the country, in addition to a booklet on the so called ‘security dangers’ of disengagement, which well be distributed to 1.5 million households.
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The booklet will include statements of high ranking military officials on the ‘dangers of pullout, including statements of the former Israeli chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon, who said that pull-out “will lead to a wave of terror”.
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The campaign will also use the results of a latest survey conducted my Midgam institute; the rebels held a conference on Sunday saying that 40% of the public strongly support disengagement, 18% mildly support it, and 9% remain undecided.
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Likud rebel leader Uzi Landau, who spent the last two months raising funds to the campaign from abroad, said that Sharon is using the media as a tool to “dry the public senses”, and show support to his plan. ÂÂ
