Thomas Friedman has apparently taken a long nap and has arisen in the land of Oslo make-believe. I of course am referring to the happy place where all Palestinians want peace with Israel and nothing ever bad happens if you squeeze your eyes shut really, really tight.

Investing in Gaza

No leader or party can ignore how much people want this calm to hold - even Hamas. As Ghazi Hamad, editor of the Hamas newspaper Al Risalat, said to me, "One reason Hamas agreed to the cease-fire was to give people a chance to breathe and rest."

Rest before doing what? In an interview several weeks ago with a Canadian newspaper, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zahri said, “There is no problem [with a] step-by-step solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict. We can now accept Gaza and West Bank; in the future, all [of] Palestine.”

Instead of 72 virgins, Friedman dreams of secure borders.....

Will the U.N. confirm the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as it did from Lebanon, creating an internationally recognized border that will also constitute what a Haaretz essayist, Ari Shavit, calls "an invisible wall of international legitimacy"? (Even terrorists today are deterred by the legality of the Israel-Lebanon border.)

Yet, just a few days ago...

The Hizbullah squad that infiltrated Israeli territory in the Mount Dov region last week had apparently been part of an overall plan to kidnap IDF soldiers, OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Benny Gantz said on Sunday.

He said equipment left behind by the terrorists indicated that it was a special squad that had intended to stay in the field for several days.

I cannot believe that Friedman could be so cavalier about the attitudes and actions of Arab terror groups.

UPDATE: Just for fun, more news from the land of the truce, reported not an hour ago - UNREST AT GAZA SETTLEMENT

Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian militant who was trying to enter the Jewish settlement of Morag in the Gaza Strip.

A second Palestinian who had taken part in an attack on the settlement was wounded but managed to flee.