ANALYSIS: PALESTINIANS GROWING ACCUSTOMED TO THE PERIOD OF RELATIVE CALM BROUGHT ON BY THE CURRENT CEASE-FIRE: "But we feel it is only temporary, this calmness. " Amen, brother, amen.
internal Palestinian disputes and a halt to easing the Israeli restrictions in the territories are very real obstacles. But he says pushing against those forces is a growing desire among ordinary Palestinians to keep this fragile period of calm alive