* Ehud Olmert said the recent flare-up of Gaza Strip fighting would not deter Israel from pullbacks in the West Bank. The prime minister faced off Tuesday with lawmakers who said the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by Gazan gunmen and cross-border rocket fire proved that last year’s Gaza withdrawal undermined national security.
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