Progress?

Scotsman.com News :

Palestinian police will start deploying along the Gaza border tomorrow, with 1,000 men attempting to halt militant attacks on Israeli targets. It will be the first act of security cooperation with Israel under Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Israeli and Palestinian security officials said negotiations over the deployment were continuing, but the operation was expected to begin tomorrow.

This seems very promising. I still have my worries about the sincerity of Abbas's commitment to peace, but I would be very have to have those worries proved wrong. The rest of the article details some more violence that has broken out at the same time, highlighting how difficult this process will be even if both sides are fully commited. Still, difficult things have been accomplished before...