Cease. Fire!

Despite the ongoing assault of rockets on Israel, the Israelis are continuing to live with the fiction that a ceasefire is in place. Misguided faith in a piece of paper doesn't simply describe it.

A lack of imagination does.

The Israelis appear to have run out of options for leadership, and those that remain do not present any alternatives to the ongoing Palestinian rocket war. They refuse to deal with the terrorists as anything other than a group that must be eliminated. They think that they can be bargained with and negotiate a deal that gives Israel peace. Israel may see peace for a bit, but it only means that the next round of fighting will be much worse.

How many rockets have to slam into Israeli towns and cities before one realizes that the ceasefire is over? How many Israelis have to die before Israel's leaders take military action against Gaza and the terrorists there and in the West Bank who are busy plotting the next round of attacks?

This latest attack was claimed by Fatah's al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. For those who haven't been paying attention, that would be the so-called moderates according to the media. They are no less moderate in their desire to destroy Israel and create a single Palestinian state than Hamas.

The terrorists are busy playing the triangle offense, but Islamic Jihad gives away the game by admitting that they're coordinating with Hamas over when and where to stage the next attacks. Well, Islamic Jihad would not have a game to play if the Israelis and the diplomats stopped ignoring the facts on the ground, instead of inventing fictions such as a ceasefire that has been broken five times in just a week.