After Arafat, Peace

It's remarkable how everyone's hopes for peace in the Middle East were buoyed by the deathe of Nobel Peace Prize winner Yasir Arafat. I mean, the Nobel Committee couldn't have been wrong about the guy, right?
But now that the little shit is six feet under, it seems that we're seeing a sincere effort to make peace.

"A local group of Palestinian militants announced Saturday it is ready to stop violence, a sign that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas appears to be making some progress in persuading armed factions to halt attacks on Israel.

The announcement by gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a group with ties to Abbas’ ruling Fatah movement, came a day after some 3,000 Palestinian policemen were deployed in the northern Gaza Strip to halt rocket fire on Israeli communities."

Once again, I'm so glad that Arafat is dead. I just hope that the terrorist he nurtured during his dictatorship don't kill Abbas.