GAZA WILL JUST WHET THEIR APPETITE

''Today Gaza, Tomorrow the West Bank and Jerusalem''
The Palestinian Authority has commissioned tens of thousands of flags as well as mugs, bumper stickers, and posters with the slogan ''Today Gaza, tomorrow the West Bank and Jerusalem'' - props meant to portray the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as an achievement of the Abbas government. The PA is spending $1.7 million on withdrawal celebrations. Hamas is striking back, preparing for military-style victory parades and sewing thousands of martial uniforms and flags in the group's trademark Islamic green. (AP/New York Times)

Palestinians See Jerusalem as Next Battlefield After Gaza - Danny Rubinstein
Thousands of Arabs have been added recently to the population of Jerusalem's Old City. Hundreds of Arab families who fear that the separation fence will cut them off from various services are abandoning their residences in distant neighborhoods and returning to the Old City. From the point of view of the Palestinian leadership, Jerusalem is the next battlefield following the completion of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

There almost certainly isn't a single Palestinian who believes that the disengagement from Gaza will be followed by the implementation of the "road map" plan and the renewal of the peace process. Sharon has repeatedly said that the road map means, first and foremost, the dismantling of the Palestinians' terror infrastructures and an end to the incitement. But the Palestinians say there is no chance of this happening. (Ha'aretz)