Title: Mideast cardhouse
Published: Ventura County Star
Date: Feb. 13, 2005
About this cartoon: Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon made some real moves toward peace, agreeing to a cease-fire, with planned Israeli withdrawals from settlements and Palestinian crackdowns on terrorism. Hamas leaders indicated they weren't sure if they wanted to abide by this. As it turns out, the fragile cease-fire was shattered by a suicide blast not from Hamas, but from the equally-nasty Hezbollah.