Hamas recently declared on their website that the ceasefire with Israel was beign called off.

With rockets raining daily on Israeli cities in the south you might ask "what ceasefire?" yet the news could signal greater efforts by Hamas to attack Israeli civilians in anyway they can. Hamas is desperate for a war. Only a war can make their "no negotiations, no peace" position seem sane. With Israel having with drawn from Gaza (ending any semblance of "occupation" and leaving Hamas in charge) and with Fata now in a coalition government Hamas is running out of people to blame for it's failures in goverment.

In agreeing an internal cease fire with Fatah, Hamas said they should both turn their guns on Israel. After making it clear that they had no intentions of working towards a negotiated peace (now or ever), Hamas is now seeking a way to return to the path of war. Their violation over of the ceasefire through Quasam rockets has been largely ignored by Israel. With about 10 rockets a days falling on Israel the Israeli people are "not happy" no one could blame Israel for responding. Yet Israel wants peace and has so far held back. Suicide bombing have also been kick started in the last few weeks, still the response has been limited. Disproportionatly low you might say. Hamas is frustrated. Hamas wants a war to justify their inability to negotiate with Israel, and their inability to provide for their people. It's either war in the middle east, or Hamas knows the Palestinian people will want to be rid of them - possibly leading the internal ceasefire breaking and there being war amoungst the Palestinians.

Hamas know what they want, but don't know how to justify it. One report
(a Chinese news source) said the end of the ceasefire was in response to the Israeli bridge repair work next to the Temple Mount. This just won't stick, dispite misinformation from a few Muslim groups, it's clear to all observers that the repair work is being undertaken OUTSIDE the Temple Mount and in no way endagers the foundations or anything else. The live footage from the Israel Antiquities Authority removes all doubt about this as does a quick internet search which shows most of "facts" claiming this work is a problem to be inaccurate or misleading. Another excluse was presented in Ynet which claimed it was in responce to Israel killing an expert bomb maker... who was armed and firing at Israeli troops when they went to arrest him a day after a failed suicide bomber reported him. He wasn't even a Hamas bomb maker. Eventually Hamas will come up with an excuse that has some traction, or failing that they will attach without an excuse.

As Israel waits for Hamas to kill her children in sufficient number to make a response unavoidable, the world sits silently by.