The ex Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was once asked. "When will there be peace between you and the Arabs?' She replied. "When they love their children more than they hate us." The great grandfather of the present Jordanian King was a good friend of many of the Jewish leaders. He had dreamt of a society where Jews and Arabs as children of the same father (the prophet Ibrahim) would live together in Peace and Prosperity. However the Jihadis in the Arab world did not let him, and forced him to go to war - a war in which his army lost. This war between brothers has hurt both Jews and Arab. Pray that Jews and their Arab brothers ad sisters can live in Peace one day. Pray that India and Pakistan can also live in Peace.

Why is pakistan doing nothing for there muslims brothers and sisters they can do everything dothey afraid of those jews cristians they have forgotten they are muslims too today we are doing nothing for them tommorrow it will happen with us and no 1 will come forward.....

If Hamas cannot keep a 72 hour ceasefire at this point it will be apparent to me at least that the leader of Hamas actually cannot control his own fighters. Arabs are not known for having much discipline, but for fighters who have lost close family members have a difficult struggle controlling themselves. The real reward in Paradise is for those who can stop shooting. A ragtag bunch of irregulars cannot defeat a modern army no matter how hard they try. The one Hamas does not want to make a deal with is Mohamud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian authority. Ibrahim al-Buleihi, a member of the Saudi Shura council, an historian and religious scholar has said many times that Islam in the Mideast has been more about power than religion since the death of the Prophet. Quite so.

Looks like Hamas has depleted its stockpile of rockets. In a few days some of its arsenal will be replenished and they will go at it again, firing hundreds of rockets Israel and thereby endangering countless Palestinian lives.

@Ajay As a mother she had a point. Those Palestinians who play soldier have abandoned their families for war games. Their wives work, and go to the Israeli bread lines. It takes more courage to support our families than to run off. "Idleness is the Devil's Workshop."

This is all just a ploy by Israel because of international opinion. The terrorist state has no empathy or understanding for innocents but continues to blockade, destroy, and occupy illegally their land

It's not a firm ceasefire until it comes out of an Egyptian negotiating room because that's the only place all the Palestinian factions are present. It's not a ceasefire if only one or two agree; all of them have to.

@Haider: I agree. Zionism is racism. A Jewish only state is no different to Hitler wanting an Aryan only state. a) The followers of no religion on earth can or should claim title to the lands which gave birth to their religion; b) God is not in the real estate business; using the Bible to laying claim to land is absurd; c) the Jews who lived in the middle east 3 or 4000 years back were middle eastern Jews and had absolutely no ethnic or racial connection to those in Europe or Russia who converted to Judaism in the 10th and 11th centuries d) the hatred and pogroms and holocaust against the Jews were crimes committed in the West, why must the Palestinians be paying in blood and land for those crimes which they had nothing to do with? e) It is racist to allow Jews anywhere in the world to move to Israel, if they so wish, while denying Palestinian refugees the same right. f) Israel is the only nation in the world which openly bullies the U.S. govt.; the entire Congress of the United States is behind then one hundred percent; they can get away with murder; with continuing to build settlements with total impunity. Peace will never be achieved without justice. It is human nature to resist occupation and oppression. The comparison to the partition of India is disingenuous. India was partitioned for the people of the sub-continent. Pakistan was not created for all the world's Muslims and neither was India created for all the world's Hindus. In Israel on the other hand, any Jew anywhere in the world can just pack his bags and head to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem tomorrow. Unfortunately once he gets there, what we have witnessed for 66 years and counting is he busies himself dispossessing the Palestinians of more and more land.

@Ajay yes your argument looks logical. But please remember who uses disproportionately large force? Jews or Arabs? Don't you consider Arabs who owned the Land deserve a full fledged state? Having a proper army which can be held accountable. By the way have Israelis been held accountable for massacring thousands of Arabs? As far as India Pakistan is concerned when India recognises Pakistan's and its legitimate concerns and that is translated in policy and on ground application then off course they can co exist peacefully.

Most likely Hamas will fire rockets before the truce time ends and Israel will return the fire. Last two truce, this is what had happened.

@Cyrus Ho What a cease fore Israelis would continue their business as usual no withdrawal no lifting of blockade? and other side is humbled in to submission. I think it has been engineered as such to fail.

@Injila first save your own ahmadis, shias and other minorities and then talk about someone far off

And what happened to Zarb-e-Azb? No news past few days , talk about priorities!

@Injila Cant you see, your own Muslim brothers in Pakistan itself, are very much divided. Shia Hazaras, Ahmedis are persecuted in your own country.

Hamas must realize, they have no Arab country, except UAE and Iran, to support them in this conflict. And Hamas can never win any war with Israel, rather think positive.

@Cyrus Ho Lets turn it the other way around and see if Israel keeps their word and respects the ceasefire. People such sas you amaze me that keep on blaming Palestinians and Hamas for breaking any ceasefire when in reality, 'israeli boots are on the ground in gaza', israel can't keep control of its army as they continue to shell UN offices, mosques, killing vicilians, kids and women alike.

@Charles So Hamas fires rockets and in return israel kills more than 1000 people, MOSTLY children and women? Your stupidity amazes me.

@Ravi Dallas TX Ravi, when will your anti-muslim comments (including Palestininian and Pakistani) ever end. Have you no shame?

Why is it that the

What saddens me is that we are not helping them. We only report and listen but do no actions. Its like we have lost humanity.

@Haider Israel will deal with PLO not Hammas. Don't forget Hammas killed 700 Palestinian in 2007 just to get power and try to dominate. Palestinian are suffering due to Hammas. Abbas has much better negotiated than Arafat who was an emotional leader.

Good job hammas!!

@Injila Lol let pakistani's help their own citizens first. when they cant care for their own, they should be shameless enough to try make a leap at the sun.

Shame on yourself Israel for killing 1,427 innocent Palestinians (in which 2/3 were civilians) and making 7,000 wounded.