I was away last week, an untimely vacation if ever there was one, so I'm rather late in offering some web resources relating to the recent crisis in the Middle East. To make up for that, I'd like to recommend the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website where they have assembled a PDF file of commentaries by opinion leaders positioned to address the issues in this conflict. From the Carnegie e-alert:
As the current conflict in Lebanon, Israel, and Gaza has escalated and has involved the broader region, a rapid cessation of violence may be more difficult to achieve. In light of the current state of affairs, Carnegie experts Marina S. Ottaway, Nathan Brown, Julia Choucair, Michele Dunne, Amr Hamzawy, George Perkovich, and Paul Salem have collectively written several short commentaries addressing the crisis in the Middle East. Hamas, Hizbollah, Iran, Syria and others are explored in detail.