If you pick up the news section of the July 26 edition of the Washington Post, you’ll find that Israel supposedly has a lot to worry about. A front-page article (“Two sides agree to ‘humanitarian pause’ in Gaza” by Sudarsan Raghavan, William Booth and Ruth Eglash) tells readers that “condemnation against the Israeli rejection” of Secretary of State John Kerry’s ceasefire proposal is on the rise. Elaborating on the same theme, an inside-page article (“Kerry faces long list of complication in seeking Gaza cease-fire” by Anne Gearan, page A10) about Kerry’s difficulties in cobbling together a ceasefire plan again claims that  it’s getting to be Israel against the world – “The Obama administration, we are told, is squeezed between loyalty to Israel and the rising international criticism of Israel over what is frequently seen as callous inattention to civilian casualties and overwhelming use of...(Read Full Post)