Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 10, 2018

Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Are Israel, Hamas en route to war or an agreement?

On Aug. 9, Israel’s Security Cabinet was scheduled to convene for a crucial session on a long-term cease-fire deal with Hamas. Instead of debating what the Israelis dub “regulation” with Hamas, however, Cabinet members talked about responding to the firing of more than 150 rockets by Hamas from Gaza that began the evening of Aug. 8. That barrage into southern Israeli communities resulted in civilian injuries. On the morning of Aug. 9, rockets were also fired at the coastal town of Ashkelon.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 10, 2018

Inside the Saudi Arabia-Canada Spat -- Houssem Ben Lazreg, US News and World Report/The Conversation

Saudi Arabia's explosion at a Canadian tweet shows how rules have changed -- F. Brinley Bruton, NBC

Combative Saudi foreign policy stirs international ire -- AFP

How to stop the war in Yemen? (Video) --

Inside Story/Al Jazeera

China Doesn't Want to Play by the World's Rules -- Abigail Grace, Foreign Policy

Can Taiwan counter China's mounting pressure? -- William Yang, DW

Why Turkey’s currency is plunging and what it means -- David McHugh and Suzan Fraser, AP

Will Turkey's economic woes reach Europe? -- DW

As US-Turkey relations enter crisis mode, here's what Trump should do -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

What's Next For Zimbabwe? -- Alexander Noyes, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Venezuela has dirt-cheap fuel, so why is driving nearly impossible? -- Joe Parkin Daniels and Mariana Zúñiga, The Guardian

Colombia's New President Faces a Coming Clash With Venezuela -- Frida Ghitis, WPR

Why has Trump stayed unusually quiet on US sanctions against Russia? -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Sanctions: What are they and why do countries use them? -- BBC