Meanwhile in Gaza...

Israel is on the offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to the capture of an Israeli soldier on Sunday the 25th. From the reports I've seen, this offensive seems larger then many past incursions into Gaza.  With this, the power struggle and skeremishes between Fatah and Hamas, and an interfada that never seemed to peter-out, who knows how this could escalate.  

Some Links: 

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/06/28/israel-gaza.html 

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/06/26/israeli-soldier.html 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority 

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060526/w052666.html 

http://www.cpt.org/hebron/hebron.php 

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Mike.