Ami Ayalon Concedes Maximum 70 cars participated in pro-disengagement public
campaign

Aaron Lerner Date: 29 July 2005

Former Shin Bet security service chief Ami Ayalon conceded in a live
interview broadcast this morning on Israel Radio that a maximum of 70 cars -
"and at times fewer" participated in a heavily publicized pro-disengagement
public campaign he carried out along with the Council for Peace and Security
[termed by its critics the "Council of ex-brass for any and every
withdrawal"]. "If you count the people we passed by there were thousands",
Ayalon noted.

Dubbed "Leaving Gaza - Returning to Zionism," the heavily publicized
campaign was said to "shake up the silent majority that supports the pullout
plan, rather than leaving the streets to the disengagement opponents".

It remains unclear if the poor turnout will have an impact on the financial
support that various foreign governments and other foreign elements have
provided to the efforts of Ayalon and the "Council for Peace and Security"
to promote various withdrawal schemes.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
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