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PM Cabinet Ministers Olmert & Peres: ‘Government Should Now Consider Withdrawal Before August 17th’ Some 30,000 Protesters Near Gaza Go Home Quietly

Israeli Settlers: ‘We’re Not Giving Up, Sharon Has Usurped Our Democratic Rights’ Withdrawal Supporters: ‘Settlers Who Clash With IDF Or Police Should Be Arrested And Prosecuted’ In Gaza Strip, Palestinians Launch More Qassam Rockets As Israeli Standoff Continues

PM Sharon: ‘It Is Very Important That Knesset Approves Deployment Of 750 Egyptian Soldiers On Gaza Border’ IDF Chief Of Staff Halutz: ‘The Stationing of Egyptian Army Unit Will Not Pose Military Problem’ Fireworks When New IDF Chief Of Staff Briefs Knesset Committee

PM Sharon: ‘I Have Ordered IDF To Attack Islamic Jihad With All Force’ Spokesman Gissin: ‘Israelis Will Not Be Guinea Pigs For Palestinian Leader Abu Mazen’s Experiments With Terrorists’ Death Toll Rises To Five – Two Women, Two Teen Age Girls And An IDF soldier

Opposition Leader Lapid: ‘I Call On Prime Minister Sharon Not To Demolish Evacuated Settler Homes; Palestinians Demand That Israel Do So In Order To Smear Israel On TV Screens Around the World’ Likud MK Landau: ‘Events On The Ground May Still Halt Disengagement Although Campaign Has Failed In Cabinet And Knesset’

Dan Schueftan: ‘Disengagement Opponents Shot Themselves In The Foot Because They Didn’t Act Against Right Wing Radicals’ ‘Hard To See Anything Now Stopping Sharon From Implementing Withdrawal’ ‘Israel Is Capable Of Making Painful Concessions Because She Can Depend On U.S. Not To Stab Her In the Back’

Finance Minister Netanyahu: ‘I Will Not Quit Cabinet & Lead Campaign Against Disengagement’ Withdrawal Opponents Launch Massive Protest Aimed At Paralyzing Traffic Across Nation; Israel Police Warn Greater Force Will Be Used To Keep Roads Open Former IDF Chief Of Staff Yaalon Left In Dark About Disengagement

Israeli Official: ‘’If Palestinians don’t Take Mahmoud Abbas Seriously How Can Israel?’ Labor Party: Washes Its Dirty Linen In Public – But Why Does Postponing Primaries Until After Disengagement Favor Ehud Barak? ’ Bibi Netanyahu: Time Running For Finance Minister To Stand Up And Be Counted In Anti – Disengagement Campaign

Former Likud Minister Meridor: ‘An Early Election Will Follow The Disengagement This Fall’ Likud MK Landau: ‘It’s Still Possible To Halt Disengagement If Netanyahu Will Quit Government And Lead Campaign Against Sharon’ IsraCast Prediction: Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin Will Resign Rather Than Preside Over Parliament During Withdrawal

Peres Leads Trailed By Peretz And Barak Analyst David Essing: ‘After Disengagement Ariel Sharon May Be Counting On Mahmoud Abbas And George W. Bush’