At the very least, we must push for a ceasefire, a humanitarian ceasefire, a ceasefire for children, to help the wounded, to look for those buried under the rubble, to tend to the sick and elderly trapped in their homes, and to bring in vital medical supplies, equipment and staff.
"Ceasefire, ceasefire, ceasefire… There are always ceasefires and then within an hour or two the shooting starts again," says a Donbass commander who goes by the nickname Tikhy, or "Quiet".
Though the details remained unclear as The Economist went to press, they were said to be on the point of announcing some sort of ceasefire.A ceasefire would be a wondrous thing, opening the way for Mr Abbas to rebuild the Palestinian Authority and for Mr Sharon to withdraw Israel's army from the areas it has reoccupied since the intifada.
A ceasefire was signed a year ago.
What ceasefire?Despite a proclaimed ceasefire, fierce fighting continued in Fallujah, an Iraqi city to the west of Baghdad, where some 2,000 Sunni rebels still defy the Americans.
People believe that if the structures are right, a ceasefire is right, a ceasefire is important.
Asked if the Basra campaign had backfired, he said: "Apparently it was Sadr who asked for the ceasefire, declared a ceasefire.
The report said a "ceasefire within a ceasefire" agreed in late August and subsequent withdrawal of heavy weapons from frontlines had calmed violence between government forces and pro-Russian separatists.
We have a ceasefire, a so-called ceasefire, where there isn't rockets being fired out of Gaza, and then what?
However, Israel began its attacks only after the Palestinians refused to agree to General Anthony Zinni's request for a ceasefire; Israel did agree to a ceasefire.
As they were forced into the adjacent housing estate many of the Garvaghy Road residents chanted: "No ceasefire, No ceasefire".
