Gaza cease-fire deal mediated by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi:
Gaza deal seals major role for Egypt’s president (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_THE_MEDIATOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-11-21-17-56-28)
AP | November 21, 2012
More news on the cease-fire
Earlier news about the truce

Likening Palestinians to Blades of Grass
consortiumnews.com | November 16, 2012

“Exclusive: Israeli hardliners joke about the periodic need to decimate each new generation of Palestinian militants as “mowing the grass,” a process underway again in new bombardments of Gaza. This ugly metaphor has also penetrated the think-tank world of Official Washington, as ex-CIA analyst Elizabeth Murray learned…”

Mowing the Lawn in Gaza
by Sinan Antoon, www.jadaliyya.com | November 18, 2012

“… It has often been described, quite accurately, as the largest open-air prison in the world, with a population density of 4,500 humans per square kilometer. Its 1.6 million inhabitants have been subjected to a brutal blockade by Israel and its military for three years now. One million of Gaza’s inhabitants are refugees from 1948 and 1967….”

Israelis ponder alternatives to ‘mowing the lawn’ in Gaza
by Christa Case Bryant, www.csmonitor.com | November 20, 2012