After an sustained Israeli military campaign which took out scores of Hamas terrorists, the group miraculously “pledged” to stop firing its terrorist rockets into Israel from Gaza. That was last month. Now it is Islamic Jihad’s turn (after Israel rained down justice on a few of its members):

Well-informed Palestinian sources said on Sunday that the Islamic Jihad (Holy War) has agreed to cease rocket attacks on Israel under an agreement with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).

The terrorist groups are petrified of Israel’s military might. The Jewish state has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that it can pick off terrorists almost at will – probably with the help of Palestinian informants.

As don Juan would say, “Fear is the first enemy.” But the Palestinian terrorists will never get past fear, low-lifes that they are. In this case, fear is being put to good use. How reassuring to know that the jihadis are walking around with laser beads pointing at their foreheads.

Israel has largely ended the “second intifada” by methodically eliminating the militants. As Ecclesiastes says, there is “a time for war, and a time for peace.” Sometimes war is a rational solution.