Israeli soldier aims rifle at Palestinian territory during Jewish settlers' road block in Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli soldier aims his rifle at Palestinian territory during a Jewish settlers' road block in the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip August 7, 2005. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigned in protest on Sunday as the cabinet approved the first phase of evacuations from settlements in the occupied Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic