and his war cabinet this morning. the us, along with the arab states, is pushing for a further two day extension, the question is, how much leverage do they have. the united states certainly has the ability to have leverage over israel they have yet to exercise that, and that is why we are just now seeing very loud cries within us domestic policies spaces for restrictions on us aid to israel. as i m sure you are aware, in the past, we have never placed restrictions on aid to israel and therefore, we have tied our own hands and not been able to exercise leverage. it is an extremely fragile truce. three people were killed injerusalem this morning, after two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop during rush hour. hamas said the attackers who were shot then dead by police were its members. it comes a day after two palestinian boys, eight and 14, were shot and killed during an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank city ofjenin. the upsurge in violence in the west bank and