* In the Chicago Tribune, Victor Davids Hanson discusses the double-standards Israel is held to in the court of world opinion.
* The NY Times investigates the previously unknown“Army of Islam” and its connection to Gilad Shilat’s kidnapping:
The group says it is not fighting “for a piece of land” but waging a religious war aimed at restoring a religious caliphate, or government, throughout the Muslim world. Much of the video includes a photograph of Osama bin Laden.
“It is the first time we see a pure Islamic resistance and not a nationalist movement involved in the Israeli resistance,” said Mr. Shahadeh, who has recently published his ideas on the group in a newspaper in Jordan.
* The LA Times gave op-ed space to a former IDF soldier to comment on the Gaza crisis.
