The new vocabulary of today.
Include the word hudna which, like so many words in Arabic, carries meaning beyond a simple word translation. It stands for tactical ceasefire - one that is acceptable to the near-continually-at-war status of the "devout" Muslim.
It is permissible to cease temporarily the attacking of infidels if the muslim is in an inferior position or in order to replenish. Ie, afterwards, it’s back to business as usual.
With this as a preamble, one can gain insight into our analysis of the seeming progress being made on the roadmap to peace.
The problem and reason that this too, alas, will amount to nothing in our opinion is the fact that there has been no change whatsoever in the strategic stance of the Palestinians. Even the saintly holocaust denier Abu Mazen is not talking about this being a stage in the disarmament of the population and the disbanding of terrorist organizations. And since this is clearly spelled out in stage one of the roadmap means that this paper, like the many that preceded it, is of little real value.
Add into the equation the fact that today there are many splinter terrorist groups who get their funding (and directives) from Iran and Syria and you will see some volatile ingredients for a future explosion.
Too bad. But the next stage will be the considering of an international mandate for Palestine. There is some merit in this as it is partly contained in our proposed solution for the region. I am quite confident though that it will be set up to fail as well.