Maybe it's simple fatigue, but the endless op-eds you'd expect to find about the political implications of Operation Summer Rains aren't that easy to find. The Norwegian Socialist Left party wants to recall Norway's ambassador to Israel, which probably won't happen, and wouldn't make one iota of difference if it did.
There are lots of predictable reactions, of course. Those on the anti-Israel side feel it's an overreaction, an attempt at re-occupying Gaza, collective punishment, subversion of Palestinian democracy, a war crime, etc., etc. Those who support Israel on principle defend the operation because it has a just military rationale (rescuing an abducted citizen) and took place in the context of unbearable provocations (something like 800 Qassam rocket attacks in less than a year).
There is talk of an uncontrolled escalation, the Norwegian UN official Jan Egeland is scolding everyone and warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. Arab heads of state are expressing their outrage, etc., etc.
Here's my take:
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