Multiple Time Bombs Likely To Threaten A Gaza Ceasefire From Day One

Gaza’s desperately needed but increasingly elusive ceasefire, if achieved, is likely to be fragile, threatened by multiple ticking time bombs that could explode at any given moment unless it is embedded in a political process that culminates with the creation of an independent Palestinian state. The time bombs are ticking with or without a ceasefire but will likely be accentuated if and when the guns fall silent.