Protesters in desperate bid to block Gaza plan

Opponents of Israel's Gaza pullout were penned into a farming village today, surrounded by police and confused over their next move. Some of their leaders admitted defeat in what was to have been the most formidable protest yet - a march of thousands to Gaza to join the settlers there.

In Jerusalem, Israel's parliament delivered another blow to opponents today, overwhelmingly defeating a last-ditch legislative drive to postpone the pullout by a year.