What does ceasefire really mean in the Middle East

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What does cease-fire really mean in the Middle
East
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In English, theres a simple answer

• cease-fire 1. An order to stop firing
• 2. A truce

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But the Palestinians use an Islamic term for
cease-fire Hudna and this word has a very,
very different meaning.
Hudna temporarily reducing hostilities
against an enemy, often until tactically
advantagous to resume the attack.
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The historical and religious meaning

• Hudna was first used in 628, when the Prophet
  Mohammed entered into a peace-pact with the
  elders of Quraysh. This pact was supposed to last
  for 9 years, 9 months and 9 days.
• Less than two years later, when Mohammeds troops
  had gathered enough strength, they violated their
  oath and attacked the Quraysh, defeating their
  enemy and conquering the city of Mecca.

Hudna - a code-word for treaty violation
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So what is a Middle Eastern cease-fire?
Israelis cease,
Palestinians fire.
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Now, can we depend on Palestinian terrorists to
actually put down their guns and suicide
bomb-belts?
Yeah, Sure, Absolutely.
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About as much as you can depend on

• A drug addict to manage a pharmacy
• A pedophile to run a day care center
• A Ku Klux Klan member to teach racial tolerance
• A chocoholic to stop after just one bite

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And what do the Palestinians want?
A three-month Islamic Hudna
Thats not a cease-fire, thats a summer
vacation!
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A three-month Hudna vacation will give the
Palestinians time to

• Run more of their famous summer camps to recruit
  and train the next generation of terrorists
• Smuggle in better weapons and build more bombs
• Carefully prepare for their next wave of
  human-bombs

All this just in time for
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The start of Israels next school year
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And while the Palestinians pretend that this
Hudna is really a truce,
Israel will be expected to stop all its
efforts to prevent terrorism
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Itll be deja-vu all over again
Who can forget that
Every time Israel has tried to make peace, Every
time peace seemed just around the
corner, Palestinian terrorists went on the
rampage. It happened at the height of the Oslo
peace process, It happened after the Camp David
peace talks. And if it happens this time
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Sadly, we all know what that means

• More buses blown up
• More cafes destroyed by suicide-bombers
• More funerals for dead Israeli children

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What should happen? (in a normal world, that is)

• Its simple.
• The Palestinians should end their double-talk
  and

STOP THE TERRORISM once and for all!
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For starters, maybe they should try actually
reading the road map
Roadmap Phase 1 Rebuilt and refocused
Palestinian Authority security apparatus begins
sustained, targeted, and effective operations
aimed at confronting all those engaged in terror
and dismantlement of terrorist capabilities and
infrastructure. This includes commencing
confiscation of illegal weapons and consolidation
of security authority, free of association with
terror and corruption.
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After all, the Palestinians made such a big deal
about how they accepted the road map.
In the Middle East, making promises is easy
keeping them is another story
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Peace is Possible
And this picture of the Israeli Prime Minister
and the Palestinian Prime Minister
proves that

if the Palestinians
will, there will be a way.
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ITS TIME
Time to truly end the terrorist threat, So that
Palestinians can have their own state, And leave
Israelis to live in peace in theirs.
ITS TIME
Time to truly end the terrorist threat, So that
both Israeli children and Palestinian children
can finally grow up in hope and peace. This is
our prayer!