Protesters against Gaza pullout look likely to fail

PROTESTERS planning to march into the Gaza strip to demonstrate against the plan to abandon Jewish settlements there last night looked likely to fail.

With a shrinking number of protesters blocked by security forces from marching to the coastal strip to reinforce Jewish settlers there, an Israeli army plan to contain them appeared to have succeeded.

On the third day of the stand-off, some of their leaders admitted defeat in what was to have been the most formidable protest