Israel continued to beat up the Palestinian Authority, killing seven Palestinians and losing two of its own soldiers in overnight attacks throughout the Gaza Strip. The incursions came after Palestinian home-made rockets fired from the northern Gaza Strip hit a Jewish community in Israeli territory for the first time late Tuesday, injuring four people. President George W. Bush kept his distance from the conflict, following a summit meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, although vice president Dick Cheney is due in the region next week.
He might as well stay out of it. Nothing we've done so far has had any effect. |