Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 4, 2014

Why Are So Many Civilians Dying In Hamas-Israel War? -- Ashley Fantz, CNN

(CNN) -- Images from the conflict between Israel and Hamas depict apparent civilians, innocent people caught in the middle. Often, the dead are children.

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza stands at more than 1,800, with nearly 10,000 wounded, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday. More than 300 children have died, the ministry has reported, as the United Nations repeatedly raises concerns about the high number of deaths in Gaza.

On the Israeli side, 64 Israeli soldiers and three civilians have died since fighting began more than three weeks ago.

Why are the death tolls lopsided? Why so many deaths in Gaza?

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 4, 2014

For Hamas, war in Gaza is a step towards the West Bank -- Hussein Ibish, The National

Gaza conflict: US zigzag between support, criticism of Israel more pronounced -- Howard Lafranchi, CSM

Under American Bombs in Gaza -- Jesse Rosenfeld, Daily Beast

Special Report : The doubt at the heart of Iraq's Sunni 'revolution' -- Ned Parker and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters

Where Will the Islamic State Stop? -- Micah Meadowcroft, The American Spectator

After the Arab Spring: The Return of the Generals -- Shadi Hamid, Spiegel Online

Monuments Men: The Quest to Save Syria's History -- Katrin Elger, Spiegel Online

Russian war games get under way, unnerving Ukraine -- Fred Weir, CSM

Why Obama's Coercion Strategy in Ukraine Will Fail -- Samuel Charap, National Interest

The Risk of a New Cold War -- Igor Ivanov and Malcolm Rifkind, NYT

Libya's Spectacular Democratic Failure -- Globe and Mail editorial

Obama's Africa Moment -- Jessica Eaton, WSJ

A US-Vietnam Alliance? Not So Fast. -- Teddy Pham, The Diplomat

Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague -- Scott Bixby, The Daily Beast

The best way to treat Ebola patients who return to America -- Celine Gounder, Reuters