All quiet on the Gaza front: There's been a brief and welcome lull in the terror campaigns of Hamas, the Al-Aksa brigade, and such-like.* All quiet on the Gaza front: There's been a brief and welcome lull in the terror campaigns of Hamas, the Al-Aksa brigade brigade Military unit commanded by a brigadier general or a colonel and composed of two or more subordinate units, such as regiments or battalions. Two or more brigades make up a division. , and such-like. More than that, Yasser Arafat's successor, Mahmud Abbas, has deployed some hundreds of his security forces around the Strip's border with the aim of preventing acts of terrorism. So he's been able to do peacefully in a few days what Arafat for years said couldn't be done for fear of a Palestinian civil war The term Palestinian Civil War can either refer to:
adj. 1. Characteristic of or befitting a grandfather. 2. Having the qualities of a grandfather. air may be misleading; he seems to be in a position of strength. One amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. Israeli official is quoted saying that Abbas "surpassed our expectations." Israelis wouldn't be paying compliments and waiting on events unless they believed that he really can persuade Palestinians that violence is their ruin, and not their salvation. |
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