Prime Minister Netanyahu dedicated his speech today (Wednesday) to criticizing the protesters in order to differentiate between the protest that is taking place these days against the legal reform, and the one two decades ago against the disengagement from the Gaza Strip.
We checked the facts that Netanyahu presented in his words - these are the results.
In his speech, Netanyahu mentioned the demonstrations that preceded the secession and noted that: "But I can learn one thing, this struggle did not cross red lines."
He also claimed that "the protesters did not beat policemen", but during the demonstrations at least 11 policemen were injured.
Demonstrations against secession, photo: Avi Ohion
At the same time, during the demonstrations, some of the mobs blocked major roads throughout the country, scattered nails on the roads and poured oil on them.
In July 2005, two activists, ultra-Orthodox Nahal soldiers, placed a dummy bomb in the central station in Jerusalem. Attached to the bomb was a note saying "Disengagement will blow up in your face". Other than that, other dummy bombs were found in train stations in Tel Aviv, at the Segola Junction and in Bnei Barak.
Also, on August 4, 2005, Aden Natan-Zada, a convert who had been staying in Kfar Tapuh for the past few months, murdered four Arab passengers in an attack on Egged bus 165 in Shafaram.
According to his statement, the murder was carried out in order to delay the secession.
Another incident occurred on August 17 by Asher Wizgen, who murdered four Arab workers in the Shiloh area as a protest and an attempt to prevent the secession plan.
Vizgen committed suicide in prison and after his suicide, Itamar Ben Gabir, then an extreme right-wing activist and today the Minister of National Security, said in response to the murder to the NRG website: "We will remember Asher Vizgen as the one who wanted to prevent the deportation of the Jews from Gush Katif and wanted to prevent a disaster from the people of Israel."
Netanyahu compared the rioters in Hawara to the protesters in Tel Aviv: "We will not accept violence" // Photo: Leam
On October 26, 2004, the amended disengagement plan was approved in a dramatic vote in the Knesset, with a majority of 67 against 45 and 7 abstentions.
The members of the Likud party were divided in their opinion, with the majority of MKs from the left parties voting in favor of the plan, while most of the Arab factions abstained. Only eight days before the start of the disengagement plan, on August 7, 2005, the Minister of Finance at the time, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced his resignation from the government, During the meeting that approved the first phase of the evacuation.
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