Op-ed: Instead of seizing the opportunity to create a new coalition against radical Islam, Israel is insisting on stealing the limelight and providing its enemies with further ammunition.

Analysis: If Israel fails to act on the threats it made against Hamas, it will pay a heavy price, especially in the face of Hezbollah's 100,000 missiles in southern Lebanon.

Op-ed: In the Yom Kippur war, both sides' ability to claim victory paved the way to a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt. The outcome of Operation Protective Edge is different.

Analysis: The president who kept his promise and withdrew US forces from Iraq is also the one who will be forced to return them to the battlefield and finish his term while in war.