Breaking Breakup News

Israel is disengaging. In a down-to-the-wire Knesset vote, Israel's legislature approved the unilateral pullout from Gaza. Sharon's own Likud Party was split 23-17 in the 67-45 vote, and two ministers were fired for voting 'nay'. However, in a land of stop-and-go peacemaking and broken promises, most of us will wait until the dust settles and the settlers are resettled before evaluating the policy.