The Ceasefire 
Uri Avnery
And suddenly: quiet. No Qassams. No mortar shells. The tanks are not rolling. The aircraft are not bombing. Children venture out. Inhabitants return from self-imposed exile. And the reaction in Israel? Dancing in the streets? Applause for the prime minister and the minister of defence, who at long last have come to their senses?
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Uri Avnery is a former member of the Knesset and a leader of Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc.
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