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While many dissenters plan passive resistance of Israel's plans to dismantle settlements in Gaza and portions of the West Bank, others are taking on the military head-on.

Young Israelis holed themselves up in an abandoned hotel in southern Gaza, later to be dragged out kicking and screaming by the Israeli Army.

Eight were arrested for throwing stones at Palestinians.

Soldiers themselves were the targets of stones and food defiant settlers tossed their crude weapons from another abandoned building, this time, a Palestinian building.

Police said it was a miracle that there were no major accidents along Route One, the Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem road where protesters had strewn nails and oil all over it during rush hour to prevent traffic. About 20 cars were damaged.

Later the fracas escalated to involve Israelis, Palestinians, and Israeli troops. Soldiers fired into the air to disrupt brawls between Palestinians and Israeli settlers as both sides threw stones.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has expressed a zero tolerance doctrine, promising to come down with an "iron fist on hooligans" who resort to violent resistance.

Meanwhile in the Gadid settlement, an Israeli farmer became the first to begin dismantling greenhouses in order to move to an area within Israeli borders.

Settlers who willingly move out of the area have been offered large compensation packages.

Jason L. Miller is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.