Aftermath

According to Debka, some civilian flights (some Saudi) went off course and headed towards the summit in Sharm and Eilat until Israeli F-15 jets did enough fly-overs to skirt the flights back on course, and a HAMAS gunman was killed by IDF soldiers as he tried to fire a rocket at a military jeep. Sure builds confidence in this skeptic.

IMRA reports that the Palestinians are exploiting the cease-fire to prepare for a third round. Of course, many of us in Blogsville suspected this was a hudna (meaning the truce is a sham, kept only until they rebuild/rearm). One ray of hope that they still get it in Washington -- WH press secretary Scott McClellan saying the summit was a first step but that the terrorist infrastructure still needs to be dismantled. I have never heard Abu Mazen agree to this (could be why the PA is releasing reports that they think Iran/Hizbullah are planning to assassinate Mazen). I remain cynical that this will ever come to pass, but I would love to be proven wrong.