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Titolo: Netanyahu Urges Israel to Cut Off Water, Electricity in Gaza

U.S. lauds Israeli restraint in face of Qassam rocket attacks 
 
By Shahar Ilan and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents and News Agencies 
 
The United States praised Israel on Thursday for showing "great restraint"
in the face of new rocket attacks from the Palestinian group Hamas but
added that Israel also has a right to defend itself.
Israel Air Force strikes on Thursday destroyed a Hamas security
headquarters and a car carrying one of the group's top commanders. Israel
had threatened a "severe" response to cross-border rocket attacks that
have persisted despite a troop and settler pullout from Gaza in 2005.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack urged restraint on all sides but
said Israel had the right to respond to rocket attacks from Hamas, which
he blamed for the latest upsurge in Palestinian violence.
 
"Israel has the right to defend itself and it has exercised great
restraint in the face of these rocket attacks," McCormack told reporters.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke earlier to Palestinian
Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as well as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
about the latest violence.
"She wanted to talk to them directly and see how they saw the situation,"
said McCormack. "We certainly want to see a reduction or an end to the
violence but let's remember how that violence started and it started with
these Hamas-led forces."
The current round of fighting began last Friday between rival Palestinian
factions Hamas and Abbas's Fatah. More than 40 Palestinians have been
killed in the most serious violence since the two groups formed a unity
government in March.
At a news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S.
President George W. Bush expressed concern over the violence in Gaza.
"We strongly urge the parties to work toward a two-state solution. Looking
forward to continuing to work on this issue," he said.
"I've instructed my secretary of state to be actively engaged," Bush added.
"We understand the fright that can come when you're worried about a rocket
landing on top of your home," he added.
Rice has sought in recent months to revive stalled peace efforts between
the Palestinians and the Israelis, visiting the region almost monthly to
try and bring the two sides together.
Asked how the latest violence affected her ability to continue this
mission, McCormack said the United States remained "deeply engaged" and
Rice planned to visit the region in the near future. He did not provide a
date.
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett released an official statement
Thursday saying "I remain deeply worried by the continuing violence
between militias in the Gaza Strip. We want to see the latest cease-fire
take hold, for the sake of all the people of Gaza. I support President
Abbas' efforts to achieve this."
"I also deplore rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel, attacks that are
bringing suffering to Israeli civilians."
"I would like to express my sorrow for the families of civilians killed
and injured, on all sides. I call on all parties to refrain from violence
and to restore to the people of Gaza and nearby Israeli communities the
security that they need and deserve."
Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called on the government to
cut off the power and water supplies in the Gaza Strip in a controlled
fashion. 
The opposition leader added that he supports a limited ground incursion
into the Qassam firing area, roughly four kilometers past the border. 
Speaking from the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, where the
Likud party was marking the 30th anniversary of the party's first
elections victory, Netanyahu said that the paralysis and helplessness of
the government "must leave this world".
"The government isn't doing anything," Netanyahu said, "Begin understood
that the government's top priority was the lives of its citizens. This
government doesn't realize that it must stop the methodical bombing of
citizens' homes." 
"Everyone must imagine what would happen if his house was hit by a
Qassam," he added. 
While Netanyahu was addressing his fellow Likud members in Jerusalem,
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke with German Foreign Minister Frank
Steinmeyer. 
Livni said that if the international community does not put an end to the
Qassam firings, Israel will be forced to do so. 
The foreign minister added that she expects that the European Union to be
involved in diplomatic efforts, condemn the Qassam firings and identify
with the residents of Sderot.
 
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