Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 5, 2014

As Gaza Cease-Fire Holds, A Haunting Question: When Will The Next War Begin? -- Griff Witte and Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post

JERUSALEM — After nearly a month of round-the-clock carnage and terror, Gaza and southern Israel experienced something new on Tuesday: calm.

Once an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire kicked in at 8 a.m., there were no rocket attacks or missile strikes. No tunnel infiltrations or shelled schools.

But there were no celebrations or declarations of victory, either. Just a single, haunting question: If this war is truly over, how long until the next one begins?

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 5, 2014

Israel's operation in Gaza may be over, but no victor emerges -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

War widens gulf between Israeli Jews and Arabs -- AP

Gaza Crisis: 'The Real Danger to Israel Comes from Within' -- Interview Conducted by Julia Amalia Heyer, Spiegel Online

Egypt: The new power broker? -- Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz

While West Dithers, ISIS Creates Facts on the Ground -- Max Boot, Commentary

Iraq's jihadis have vowed to wipe out the Yazidis. Who are they? -- Lydia Tomkiw, CSM

Asia's Next Crisis Is a Flood of Debt -- William Peasek, Bloomberg

What I Learned From Vladimir Putin -- Chris Patten, Project Syndicate

The west is threatening Russia -- Jonathan Power, Daily Times

In Scotland, pro-independence leader flunks TV debate -- Alistair Smout, Reutesr

Documents suggest foreign automakers aided Brazil’s dictators -- Brian Winer, Reuters

Global Missionary: John Kerry's Faltering Effort to Redefine US Foreign Policy -- Holger Stark, Spiegel Online

Stopping the world's worst Ebola outbreak? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera

Ebola, Islamic Extremism Dilute Africa Summit Success Stories -- Paul D. Shinkman, US News and World Report

The Battle of the Regimes -- David Brooks, NYT