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Sunday is a slow news day, so you might have caught yesterday's main headline, carried by most MSM: "Israel and the Palestinians agree to destroy settlers' Gaza houses". But this is how the BBC titled it:

Gaza houses 'will be demolished'
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said Jewish homes in the Gaza Strip will be destroyed when Israel pulls out its troops and settlers.

Only if you read the article in full you will discover that:

Ms Rice said the move had been agreed by Israel and the Palestinians.

Officially the Palestinians need high-rise housing for the 1.3 million living in the Gaza Strip. Unofficially, they also want to avoid widespread looting and P.A. corrupt officials taking the settlers' houses for themselves and their friends. She must have convinced Sharon to carry out this long and costly demolition.