A Hamas-Israel ceasefire could be on its way, but you wouldnt know it. No press conference will be held to announce it. Instead, quiet on Gazas borders – no rockets going out, no Israeli fire going in – will serve as the declaration that the ceasefire has begun. But this quiet will come with a tension that at any moment the ceasefire could end. And once that happens, major confrontation can be expected.

What the Arab papers said on May 20:

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert remains defiant, despite the latest corruption allegations against him, and a call from Deputy Knesset Speaker and Likud member Gideon Saar for his immediate resignation.

AMMAN - Arab and Israeli rivals are preparing for the possibility of an imminent major war while simultaneously trying to talk down the rising tensions.