Hamas is reigned in… for now

By Ted Belman

A week ago Mubarak told Netanyahu not to invade Gaza. Now we read that he told Hamas Stop Gaza rockets or face new Israel war . That is why Hamas is restraining the factions who are firing rockets.

Evidently another Arab country, unnamed, joined in the demand.

In recent weeks, Palestinian militants have stepped up attacks along the Gaza border, drawing Israeli strikes that killed 13 Palestinians, most of them gunmen, in December. [..]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing foreign journalists in Jerusalem on Tuesday, said militants in the Gaza Strip would be making “a terrible, terrible mistake” if they continued to “test our will to defend our people”.