Brace yourselves

for the news coverage to come. Apparently, Hamas has arranged for one of those mass protests thingies at the border on Monday. This time - at the Israeli border. Ha’aretz carries this story.:

Some 40,000 Palestinians are expected to march along the Gaza Strip's border beginning at 10 A.M. on Monday in protest of Israel's economic embargo on the coastal territory, Israeli intelligence officials warned Sunday.

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenzai will convene top officers from the IDF Home Front Command on Sunday evening to assess the situation.

The head of the Palestinian Popular Anti-Siege Committee protest, Jamal al-Khudary, said: "We do not have intentions of approaching the fence, either in the north or the south. We hope all the participants will abide by the instructions and we will try to prevent any violations." He also said the protesters would not try to confront IDF troops.

An official Hamas source maintained that the mass flow towards the border - which will comprise Palestinian women and children - would be spontaneous and was not based concrete plan.

However, he added that the next time Gaza residents decide to rally the economic embargo, the protest would be held on the border with Israel, and not the border with Egypt.

These Hamas guys crack me up…women and children at the front but it’s a spontaneous protest with no plan…okay fine.