Israeli police block Gaza protesters
Demonstrators ignored orders to disperse as security forces penned them inside the southern Israeli farming village of Kfar Maimon to prevent them from advancing any further toward the Gush Katif settlement bloc, about 15 kilometres to the west.
It was the biggest showdown so far with protesters opposed to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan and could be a preview of confrontations expected when Israel begins evacuating 21 settlements in Gaza and a pocket of the West Bank next month.
