Monday, January 13, 2014
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 13, 2014
Small Crowds, But Plenty To Say About Former Israeli Leader Ariel Sharon -- Christa Case Bryant, Christian Science Monitor
Few Israelis turned out to bid former prime minister Ariel Sharon farewell, but his departure has generated a flurry of commentary on his mixed record as a leader.
If there’s one thing Israelis might agree on regarding Ariel Sharon, it’s that he always loomed large on the Israeli scene – whether in war, or on a visit to a windswept settlement, or in parliament.
But the crowds that have turned out to bid farewell to Mr. Sharon have been decidedly small. A Knesset spokesperson said 20,000 Israelis visited his coffin yesterday, though many newspapers simply said "thousands" came. The 750 chairs at his memorial weren't quite all filled, while only 1,500 were present at his burial – tiny figures compared to the 800,000 that jammed Jerusalem’s streets for the funeral of ultra-Orthodox rabbi Ovadia Yosef a few months ago.
Still, Israelis had plenty to say about Sharon’s life, legacy, and departure, which have dominated news coverage here since his passing on Saturday afternoon. Here are a few common themes, which give insight into how Israelis view Sharon, the last of the founding generation of Israel’s leaders:
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Ariel Sharon, the Ruthless Warrior Who Could Have Made Peace -- Ronen Bergman, New York Times
Ariel Sharon a Hard Charger Who Was Loved and Hated -- Josef Federman, Real Clear World
Ariel Sharon: Israel’s Soldier and Strongman, 1928-2014 -- Karl Vick, Time
Why Iran Is Now Obama’s Best Middle East Bet -- Patrick Smith, Fiscal Times
The U.S. needs a deal with Iran, not detente -- Ray Takeyh, Washington Post
Who Lost Iraq? It's complicated. -- Ned Parker, Politico
Why Iraq is in turmoil -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq is in U.S. interests -- James M. Dubik, Washington Post
Maliki Is as Big a Threat as al-Qaeda -- Anthony Cordesman, Real Clear World
How Obama is losing South Sudan -- Frank R. Wolf, Washington Post
Orange Revolution Redux In The Ukraine? The U.S. Should Stay Out Of This Fight -- Doug Bandow, Forbes
Looking for Lessons in Iceland's Recovery -- Guido Mingels, Spiegel Online
Pena Nieto and the Death of the Mexican Revolution -- Fernando Chavez, Real Clear World/World Crunch
Haiti’s French/Creole divide -- Jacques Pierre, Miami Herald
Authoritarian regimes retool their media-control strategy -- Robert Orttung and Christopher Walker, Washington Post
If you knew who was behind “Close-Gitmo” push, you'd be shocked -- J.D. Gordon, FOX News
Hold the theology, this pope has advice on feeding babies -- Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor
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And our beloved Vice President Joe Biden attending the Sharon Funeral wears a Yarmulke in a crowd where no one else is wearing one, not even the Jews.
Is VP a Catholic Christian or a Jew parading as a Catholic like Secretaries of State Madeline Albright and John Kerry who found out their Jewish origins just prior to Senate Confirmation?
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