For this young Israeli soldier, waiting to leave in his jeep and dazed by all the television cameras, perhaps a tension between relief and sadness.
Glad to be relieved from the frightening task of policing a hostile population in an often frightening situation of uncertainty. Night patrols in the alleys and shadowy streets of an alien city, its walls stained by graffiti in a language he cannot understand.
Maybe his commander used to translate sections for him ("Anytime anyplace, anywhere. Hamas") as they patrolled the town, both to justify their armed presence and to reinforce the need for constant alertness. Glad also, for a relief from the humiliating task of ruling over a civilian population who are fighting as he would fight to protect his hometown.
Sad perhaps, even if he wants to see peace with his Palestinian neighbours, because this touches him in the place where he remembers the stories of his father and grandfather's idealistic fight for the land from his youth.
Though he may support the peace process responsible for this redeployment, the redeployment represents an end to the Zionist dreams of the original pioneers that he has heard repeated and repeated throughout his life.
For this young Palestinian policeman, staring out from behind the police station fence in the minutes before the Israelis left, everything was new.
Arriving from Gaza to Ramallah for this historical day, he is looking at the crowds of thousands of Palestinians outside. There has been no Palestinian police tradition for him to follow, no framework for his expectations of what it will be like in the days ahead. Growing up in Gaza and not knowing anything but Israeli occupation, there is no question that this is a moving day for him.
Perhaps he remembers the the Israeli soldiers during the Intifada, who returned his and his friends' stones with bullets. Today, these soldiers are leaving Ramallah and handing over authority to the same Palestinian Authority which he is now a part of.
For the first time in his life, perhaps, he has a real job and a reasonable income. Ramallah is the big city for those from the poverty in Gaza. There will be an opportunity for he and his friends to enjoy some freedoms not available in Gaza.
For him, one of the fruits of peace will be opportunities to relax.