Cease-fires is not part of the jihadi holy-war plan. Instead it is window dressing for the various foreign states that have their own interests in the southern Levant. And those few in Israel demanding a cease-fire at great loss, are painfully mourning with their hearts instead of their minds. So only nine months so far, with great losses of injuries, deaths, destruction to all sides. Now hopefully within another twenty-four months, the temporary taming of the wild jihadis can be had.