Politics And The Defense Minister: Why Ehud Barak Resigned -- Karl Vick, Time
Historically there was only one way to understand the resignation of an Israeli defense minister in the wake of a conflict that ended in any kind of ambiguity: As an indicator of blame. But Ehud Barak’s surprise announcement Monday morning that he is retiring from politics was truly unexpected in part because the Israeli military is confident that it prevailed in the eight-day conflict in the Gaza Strip that ended last week. And in military terms, it apparently did. But there’s also the question of politics, and that’s where the problem lay for both Israel in the wake of Gaza and for the most decorated soldier in Israel’s history–on the cusp of an election that polls and analysts say offered only humiliation for him. Barak was elected prime minister in 1999 by a large margin, but the 20 months he held the office was the briefest in the country’s history, and electorally at least, it’s been downhill since.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Lessons from Gaza -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Hamas's Victory -- Anna Lekas Miller, Daily Beast
Who wants a Palestinian state? -- Moshe Dann, Jerusalem Post
Shame on Anyone Who Ever Thought Mohammad Morsi Was a Moderate -- Eric Trager, New Republic
Egypt's President Doesn't Understand Why Everybody's So Mad at Him -- Adam Clark Estes, The Atlantic
Don’t Give Turkey Patriot Missiles -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
The Scramble for Asia's Resources -- Daniel McGroarty, Real Clear World
A bittersweet victory for Catalonia's president -- Tom Burridge, BBC
Explainer: What Do Catalonia's Elections Mean For Independence? -- Radio Free Europe
Iron Dome: A Game Changer -- Elise Cooper, American Thinker
One Size Does Not Fit All: The Limits of Iron Dome -- David Patrikarakos, The Diplomat
Questions about Benghazi shift to State Department -- Sean Lengell and David Eldridge, The Washington Times
Close Guantánamo Prison -- New York Times editorial
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