Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 5, 2014

Tuesday 5 August 2014





As Gaza Cease-Fire Holds, A Haunting Question: When Will The Next War Begin? -- Griff Witte and Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post



JERUSALEM — After nearly a month of round-the-clock carnage and terror, Gaza and southern Israel experienced something new on Tuesday: calm.



Once an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire kicked in at 8 a.m., there were no rocket attacks or missile strikes. No tunnel infiltrations or shelled schools.



But there were no celebrations or declarations of victory, either. Just a single, haunting question: If this war is truly over, how long until the next one begins?



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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 5, 2014



Israel's operation in Gaza may be over, but no victor emerges -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC



War widens gulf between Israeli Jews and Arabs -- AP



Gaza Crisis: 'The Real Danger to Israel Comes from Within' -- Interview Conducted by Julia Amalia Heyer, Spiegel Online



Egypt: The new power broker? -- Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz



While West Dithers, ISIS Creates Facts on the Ground -- Max Boot, Commentary



Iraq's jihadis have vowed to wipe out the Yazidis. Who are they? -- Lydia Tomkiw, CSM



Asia's Next Crisis Is a Flood of Debt -- William Peasek, Bloomberg



What I Learned From Vladimir Putin -- Chris Patten, Project Syndicate



The west is threatening Russia -- Jonathan Power, Daily Times



In Scotland, pro-independence leader flunks TV debate -- Alistair Smout, Reutesr



Documents suggest foreign automakers aided Brazil’s dictators -- Brian Winer, Reuters



Global Missionary: John Kerry's Faltering Effort to Redefine US Foreign Policy -- Holger Stark, Spiegel Online



Stopping the world's worst Ebola outbreak? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera



Ebola, Islamic Extremism Dilute Africa Summit Success Stories -- Paul D. Shinkman, US News and World Report



The Battle of the Regimes -- David Brooks, NYT

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