Perhaps the second intifada has come to an end. Perhaps the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip will develop into a general, mutual cease-fire. For me, the word “cease-fire” has an extra resonance. When I was a soldier in the 1948 war, I twice experienced what it means to wait for a cease-fire. Ury Avnery, mais no Arab News.01/09/2005 - 01/16/2005 01/30/2005 - 02/06/2005 02/13/2005 - 02/20/2005