[The_Victor]

I am posting this not because its a significant development, but because the title is killing me. What is a partial cease-fire... one side stops firing?... half of the combatants stop firing?...

Kinda like being partially pregnant.

[Honestfreedom]

What is a partial cease-fire... one side stops firing?... half of the combatants stop firing?...<<

In the past it has meant that Israel stops fighting and pulls back while Arabs murder civilians. It is the preferred formula of State Department Arabists and Euro weenies.

[Cachelot]

half of the combatants stop firing?...

Yeah, he probably hopes that he can browbeat the Israelis into laying back and take it so that he can share another piece prize with Yazzer, the "peace partner".

[lormand]

I guess the term "partial cease-fire" is consistent with the Bush administration's view of terrorist. Arafat is a partial terrorist in their double-standard "Bush Doctrine".

[My2Cents]

Partial ceasefire I'd like to see: From now on, suicide bombers have to blow themselves up in an empty, open field.