Useless cease-fire

A cease-fire was announced this morning between Gaza and Israel but missiles continue to be fired from Gaza into Israeli cities. Over 200 missiles have been fired into Israel these past 4 days and Israel has struck Gaza 37 times in all. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/some-200-rockets-hit-israel-since-start-of-latest-gaza-escalation-1.418173  The non-compliance by the Palestinians is not due to Hamas, which governs Gaza, but its rival Islamic Jihad who is firing the rockets in defiance of Hamas ... in a bid to prove its power independent from Hamas. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/the-reasons-behind-islamic-jihad-s-incessant-rocket-fire-at-israel-1.418075

This escalation of violence is not helping anyone ... but we should have expected it. It's close to the Jewish feast of Passover and usually some form of violence precedes such feasts.