Israel Turns on Itself -- Foreign Policy
In last week's ultra-Orthodox riots, the world watched the Jewish state, exhausted by conflict, slowing tearing itself apart.
On their own terms, the recent riots in Jerusalem make no sense.
Doctors discover that a woman from a small, anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox sect, probably suffering from Münchausen by proxy syndrome, has been starving her 3-year-old, who has dwindled down to an emaciated 15 pounds. Social workers scoop up the kid and place him in intensive care at Hadassah hospital, and police scoop up the mother and put her in jail.
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
Never Again in North Korea? Think Again -- Jonah Goldberg, LA Times
U.S. and Russia: Beyond Reset -- Yevgeny Bazhanov, Moscow Times
The Importance of Russia's Near Abroad -- Stratfor
Troubled Times for Russia's Military Bloc -- Richard Weitz, WPR
Issues Before Identity in Iraq -- Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Washington Post opinion
Why World Needs an U.N. Army -- Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Asia's Weakness in Global Economy -- Andrew Sheng, China Post
Rich China, Poor Peasants -- Willy Lam, Wall Street Journal
Sri Lanka's War Without End -- Robert Templer, Int'l Herald Tribune
Radical Islam Checks In -- Sadanand Dhume, Wall Street Journal opinion
Jihad in the Classroom -- Sally Neighbour, The Australian opinion
China vs. Civil Society -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Should We Go Back to the Moon? -- The Economist editorial