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What's at Stake in Latest Mideast Conflict? Israeli tanks moved into Gaza overnight as Prime Minister Olmert said he is determined to rescue a captured Israeli soldier. Guests discuss the military incursion, and what's at stake for both sides.

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What's at Stake in Latest Mideast Conflict?

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What's at Stake in Latest Mideast Conflict?

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Israeli tanks moved into Gaza overnight as Prime Minister Olmert said he is determined to rescue a captured Israeli soldier. Guests discuss the military incursion, and what's at stake for both sides.

Guests:

Dr. Mona El-Farra, Palestinian physician and human-rights activist, blogger

Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development, University of Maryland, and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution

David Makovsky, director, project on the Middle East peace process, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy