The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad formally announced yesterday that they are halting all suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelis in a ceasefire, with immediate effect. Hours later, Yasser Arafat’s ruling Fatah party announced that it was joining the ceasefire. And yesterday evening the Israeli army began withdrawing from the Gaza Strip under a deal to return control to Palestinian security forces. The ceasefire and the withdrawal represent the first real progress under the road-map peace plan personally backed by President George Bush, and the first hint that respite from almost three years of relentless bloodshed may be at hand. Full Story
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