A 12-strong group of nationalist Israeli MPs have signed a petition promising to physically obstruct the "immoral" evacuation of settlers from their homes in the Gaza Strip, parliament sources said Thursday. The petition was drawn up National Religious Party leader Effi Eitam, who quit Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government in June in opposition to the so-called disengagement plan. The signatories include three other NRP deputies, six members of the National Union and two MPs from Sharon's own Likud party.
The signatories said they "undertook to report to Gush Katif (a settlement bloc in southern Gaza) in its hour of need and to prevent with our bodies the immoral and inhuman eviction of thousands of heroic, pioneering settlers."
They also vowed "to stand at the head of the camp, to embrace the settlers and to ensure by a determined struggle to preserve the values of Zionism and democratic morality, without violence, humiliation or hatred towards the security forces."
The petition is the latest manoeuvre by opponents of the plan. Settler leaders have already threatened a campaign of civil disobedience and called for a siege of parliament.
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