hudna, or ceasefire, if they need breathing space.
Looks to me like Jerusalem have wised up, not a moment too soon. The time for a ceasefire will come when all of Israel’s perfectly proper military objectives have been met.
The conflict was started by Hamas, backed by Egypt and the half-crazed ayatollahs, if that is not a tautology with respect, in Iran. In addition to launching unguided rockets against Israel Hamas stirred things up amongst Israel’s Arab population. This is in turn stirred up young right-wing Israelis, some of whom went out looking for Arabs to beat up.