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Thousands Demonstrate Against Gaza Withdrawal Israeli demonstrators continue a standoff to oppose next month's planned withdrawal from Gaza. About 10,000 protestors have been camped out in a farming village in southern Israel since Monday. Israeli authorities said protesters would not be allowed to march in to Gaza as planned.

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Opponents to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza disengagement plan face Israeli soldiers across a fence of Kfar Maimon, near the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2005. Reuters hide caption

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Opponents to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza disengagement plan face Israeli soldiers across a fence of Kfar Maimon, near the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2005.

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Israeli demonstrators continue a standoff to oppose next month's planned withdrawal from Gaza. About 10,000 protestors have been camped out in a farming village in southern Israel since Monday. Israeli authorities said protesters would not be allowed to march in to Gaza as planned.