The left have been pushing for a cease fire. Joined by the UN and the French there has been a string push for the past few weeks for Israel to stop activity, primarily for the US inauguration of Obama.
As expected, immediately after the cease fire was declared Hamas predictably fired rockets into Israel. Expect more rockets over the next few days of the 'cease fire' because the Hamas charter does not allow for any kind of cease fire on their side. In fact it explicitly states “There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except by jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are a waste of time and a farce.” Until people start to understand that the problem of peace is not with the Israelis Hamas will lead the international community around by the nose.
Let's hope that once the fawning over the inauguration of Obama is over that some sense can start to creep back in the the Western nations.
Prediction: Obama will end up to be just like Rudd, full of words but with no substance behind them.
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