Sue For Peace

Hamas and Israel have agreed to a temporary cease-fire in Gaza. Of course the meaning of "cease-fire" is "Israel still occupies all of Gaza and will resume attacking at any time."

Palestinian militants agreed Sunday to a one-week cease-fire against Israel, Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha said.

The Hamas announcement came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a unilateral cease-fire in the country's assault on Hamas in Gaza.

"We in the Palestinian resistance movements announce a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip," Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official in Syria, said on Syrian TV. "And we demand that Israeli forces withdraw in one week and that they open all the border crossings to permit the entry of humanitarian aid and basic goods for our people in Gaza."

The agreement covers all Palestinian armed factions, not only Hamas, said CNN Jerusalem correspondent Paula Hancocks.

Israel has no intention of withdrawing from Gaza, of course. The inevitable result is another round of hostilities by both sides after a week or so.