What to read on Gaza

I’ll be posting on the situation on Gaza over the next couple of days, but if you’ve figured out that mainstream coverage in the United States isn’t telling you everything and want to broaden your perspective, you might take a look at the following: Mondoweiss (lots of interesting commentary and additional links). Tony Karon (smart ...

Walt-Steve-foreign-policy-columnist20
Walt-Steve-foreign-policy-columnist20
Stephen M. Walt
By , a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University.
590809_090104_Gaza_Walt_1.5_resized2.jpg
590809_090104_Gaza_Walt_1.5_resized2.jpg

I'll be posting on the situation on Gaza over the next couple of days, but if you've figured out that mainstream coverage in the United States isn't telling you everything and want to broaden your perspective, you might take a look at the following:

I’ll be posting on the situation on Gaza over the next couple of days, but if you’ve figured out that mainstream coverage in the United States isn’t telling you everything and want to broaden your perspective, you might take a look at the following:

Mondoweiss (lots of interesting commentary and additional links).

Tony Karon (smart and angry background by a TIME correspondent).

Nir Rosen (dissecting the power politics that underpins the conflict).

Daniel Levy (especially his piece on why Americans should care about what is happening in Gaza).

Glenn Greenwald (on the gap between American public opinion and the policy of the U.S. government).

Reading the Financial Times, BBC News, and Ha’aretz is also a useful antidote to the coverage we’ve been getting over here.

HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images

Stephen M. Walt is a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University. Twitter: @stephenwalt

Read More On Gaza

More from Foreign Policy

Children are hooked up to IV drips on the stairs at a children's hospital in Beijing.
Children are hooked up to IV drips on the stairs at a children's hospital in Beijing.

Chinese Hospitals Are Housing Another Deadly Outbreak

Authorities are covering up the spread of antibiotic-resistant pneumonia.

Henry Kissinger during an interview in Washington in August 1980.
Henry Kissinger during an interview in Washington in August 1980.

Henry Kissinger, Colossus on the World Stage

The late statesman was a master of realpolitik—whom some regarded as a war criminal.

A Ukrainian soldier in helmet and fatigues holds a cell phone and looks up at the night sky as an explosion lights up the horizon behind him.
A Ukrainian soldier in helmet and fatigues holds a cell phone and looks up at the night sky as an explosion lights up the horizon behind him.

The West’s False Choice in Ukraine

The crossroads is not between war and compromise, but between victory and defeat.

Illustrated portraits of Reps. MIke Gallagher, right, and Raja Krishnamoorthi
Illustrated portraits of Reps. MIke Gallagher, right, and Raja Krishnamoorthi

The Masterminds

Washington wants to get tough on China, and the leaders of the House China Committee are in the driver’s seat.