Kidnapped Israeli Soldier

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TALHAMI: I don't think he can either. I think this is really now the Palestinian people stiffening their resistance to accumulated actions of the Israeli government.

Remember what the Western public doesn't know is that a week before the kidnapping of the soldier the Israelis kidnapped a Palestinian doctor and his brother in Gaza, and this goes on all of the time. And I also have to let you know that the Palestinians are convinced, utterly convinced that this whole onslaught really isn't because of the captured soldier. This is a serious attempt by the Israelis to demolish the Hamas government.

According to a story in "Ha'aretz" a few weeks ago, actually, the Israeli Shin Beit, which is the equivalent of the FBI, has gotten the approval of the Israeli attorney general and presented it before Olmert to sanction this latest attempt to kidnap and paralyze the Hamas government in Gaza.

So really, the kidnapping of the soldier is something they were looking for for an excuse to go on and destroy the Hamas government.