My hope for peace meter is going up - although notice that Gaza is more peaceful exactly because 2,000 armed men onthe Palestinian side are positioned to stop it.

Palestinian Security Forces Deploy in Gaza

Palestinian security forces took up positions in northern Gaza on Friday under orders from President Mahmoud Abbas to curb attacks by militants on Israelis as part of his plan to end bloodshed and revive peacemaking.

The deployment, preceded by cease-fire talks between Abbas and militants and a sharp drop in violence in Gaza, was the clearest sign of renewed Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in more than four years of fighting.....

In a sign that Abbas's efforts could be working, militants have not launched a rocket or mortar bomb in Gaza since Tuesday.