Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 25, 2014

Opinion: 20 Years On, The Struggle For Gaza Peace Drains Me Of Hope -- Omar Shaban, Special to CNN

(CNN) -- At age of 52, it might be too late to re-visit your beliefs and principles in order to change them.

When you see the regression from where we were, to the situation now and realize the dream you have been working towards has moved almost entirely out-of-reach, you feel tired, hopeless, and less motivated to recharge yourself.

I was born in Gaza in 1962 to a refugee family who had been expelled from their village "Sawafir" in the then British --mandate of Palestine.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 25, 2014

Why Hamas is a more formidable foe in Gaza this time -- Christa Case Bryant and Kristen Chick, CSM

Should Israel Retreat Once the Tunnels Are Destroyed? -- Marc Schulman, Newsweek

The Moral Chasm Between Israel and Hamas -- James T. Conway, WSJ

Old story, new twists in Gaza war -- AP

Will Putin Go All-In on Ukraine if Rebels Are Near Defeat? -- Bob Dreyfuss, The Nation

If the West doesn’t do more for Ukraine now, it might soon be too late -- Washington Post editorial

A U.S.-Russia proxy war in Ukraine would be an unwelcome echo of the Cold War -- L.A. Times editorial

Ukraine Crisis Is Testing E.U.’s Resolve -- James Kanter and Alan Cowell, NYT

Is the EU bringing the hammer down on Russia? -- Lydia Tomkiw, CSM

A Chinese Gold Standard? -- Kwasi Kwarteng, NYT

Warnings mount of East Africa famine – is anyone listening? -- Mike Pflanz, CSM

A reminder of what has been happening in Mali -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Is a Lot Like America’s, but Much Worse -- Joshua Keating, Slate