Factional violence in Gaza continues despite truce

[Behind the Aegis]

Violent clashes continued in the Gaza Strip late Sunday, even after officials from the feuding Hamas and Fatah factions announced that a cease-fire agreement had been reached.

Hamas official Ismail Rudwan said the groups had agreed to resume talks on forming a unity government, halt armed displays, return security forces to their headquarters, release men abducted by each side and end a siege of government ministries.

The truce was brokered by three small Palestinian factions - the Islamic Jihad, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

"Fatah is trying to control it's forces. We hope there will be a cease-fire. We have serious intentions of stopping the fighting," Fatah spokesman Tawfik Abu Khoussa said. "It is now up to the other side to
also stop firing."


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[bemildred]

1. It's hard to lead if nobody wants to follow ... nt

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Conversely, it is hard to follow when EVERYONE wants to lead...nt

[bemildred]

3. I would think it would be that it's hard to follow when nobody wants to lead.

If everyone wants to lead, it should be easy to find someone to follow.

[oberliner]

4. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.

Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

-Albert Camus

[bemildred]

5. Camus and Orwell are the two guys I really wish had lived a lot longer. nt

[The Magistrate]

6. Persons Afflicted With Gallows Humor, Sir

Generally take the proclaimation of a cease-fire to mean both parties are temporarily low on bullets....