That is just silly!
Did you miss the part that said suicide bombings had dropped from 59 in a year to ONE in a year?
Israel has the right to defend itself...
But Palestinians don't have that same right? Please explain why...
The drop in suicide bombings could also be partly explained by a switch in tactics.
25 April 2008
Israel claims Hamas is a 20,000-strong force
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance in Gaza (Hamas) has built up a military force of 20,000 combatants equipped with standard rockets, mortars, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and anti-aircraft guns, according to an Israeli study.
According to a study published by the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Centre, Hamas has been able to smuggle more than 80 tonnes of explosives into the Gaza Strip, despite the international blockade.
A powerful demonstration of the organisations improved military capabilities was given on 19 April when Hamas launched its most sophisticated attack so far on the Kerem-Shalom border crossing with Israel. With the apparent aim of killing and abducting Israeli troops, Hamas sent two M-240 Storm car bombs, each carrying about 300 kg of explosives, which were disguised as Israel Defence Force (IDF) vehicles. Those were accompanied by two BRDM-2 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) that were supposed to carry the kidnapped troops or bodies into Gaza.
IDF units, which were placed on high alert on the eve of Passover but did not have a specific warning of the attack, managed to thwart it, sustaining 13 injured servicemen.
A Merkava Mk 4 main battle tank destroyed one of the Palestinian APCs and the other was captured after its crew was killed. During the clash, Hamas attacked IDF positions in the area with mortar rounds.
http://www.janes.com/news/security/capabilities/jdw/jdw080425_1_n.shtml
Perhaps Hamas and others have moved on to other tactics, now that they are better armed. Time probably is on their side:
...Even if there had been a US military option against Hezbollah, the war in Iraq has effectively eliminated it. American military strength has been exhausted in Iraq and Afghanistan and it has inadequate force to devote to a particularly dangerous third front. This is perhaps the greatest damage done by the Bush adventure in Iraq, where after five years there is no end in sight. The United States may be in Iraq for years to come with Israel ending up a victim of the Iraq adventure it instigated.
Doubts about Israel’s future
CIA and Israeli demographers such as Sergio Della-Pergola estimate that in the next 10 years Jews will be less that 45% of the population in Palestine i.e. between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River. This sets up the South African Apartheid model of a minority occupying population ruling the indigenous majority....
http://atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3786/81/
I doubt Hamas wants the arms smuggling to stop:
IDF: Hamas now in full control of Gaza arms smuggling
By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents
08/10/2007
Hamas now has complete control over the smuggling routes from Egypt, having forced the clans that previously controlled these routes to take orders from it, say senior officers in the Israel Defense Forces.
The officers said there has been a sharp increase in the quantity of explosives, including various types of rockets, smuggled into the Gaza Strip from Egypt over the last few weeks.
They added that the arms smuggling has expanded markedly since Hamas seized control of the enclave this summer and ousted forces from the rival Fatah party that had previously been stationed along the Gaza-Egypt border.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910303.html
A temporay truce is also possible, if Israel accepts it:
Updated May 2, 2008 0:44
Official: Truce to be boost for Schalit release
Israel's expected acceptance of a Cairo-brokered cease-fire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip will "significantly" expedite the release of kidnapped Cpl. Gilad Schalit, a top official involved in the negotiations told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
According to the official, while Schalit's release was being negotiated on a second, parallel track to the cease-fire talks, Israel's agreement to a truce in Gaza would "open doors" with Hamas and have an impact on the talks concerning a prisoner swap in exchange for the soldier abducted in June 2006.
The Post has also learned that a clause in the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, which has already been accepted by Hamas, is the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Sinai according to the terms of the 2005 agreement reached by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Hamas, according to the deal, would not be allowed to maintain a presence at the crossing...
...Bush is expected to arrive on May 13, and after taking part in Independence Day ceremonies here and then go on to Saudi Arabia to mark 75 years of US-Saudi ties. From there he is scheduled to go to Egypt. Cairo, according to diplomatic officials in Jerusalem, was certainly eager to broker the cease-fire deal with Hamas before Bush visited, to win US favor.
But while Bush will likely praise Egypt for its role, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter on Wednesday criticized Egypt for its handling of the situation in the Gaza Strip.
"A problematic terror state has risen that is built on the Hizbullah model," Dichter said during a security cabinet meeting. "There is ongoing weapons smuggling of worrying quantity and quality from Egypt, and this terror state is getting legitimacy from Egypt and maybe even more than that." ....
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1208870534866&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
But I doubt Hamas's longterm plans to resist Israel by force have ended. More likely they will keep stockpiling and training...