Afrasianet - A journalist for Britain's Guardian newspaper has called Israel a "rogue state" and suggested expelling it from the United Nations or suspending its participation in the General Assembly at least as a first step.
Journalist Mehdi Hassan added that the authority of the United Nations remains essential, noting that "it is not permissible for that rogue state to declare war on the United Nations itself, and continue to go unpunished."
French newspaper Libération said in an article that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu only believes in a policy of force and bulldozing.
The newspaper adds that this doctrine prompted Netanyahu to open wars on 7 fronts, in addition to his wars on the United Nations and its organizations, and on Palestinian journalists "the only source to inform the world about what is happening in Gaza."
In turn, writer Thomas Friedman in the American New York Times said that Washington needs strong diplomacy to change the Middle East towards peace and stability, stressing the need to address Iran andIsrael.
"Iran needs to be strictly informed that it is isolated, penetrated and exposed," Friedman said, as well as telling it that the viability of its regime "lies in adhering to its borders."
Israel must be told with the same rigor that it must purge its government of extremists, rein in the settlement movement, and work with the Palestinians and the surrounding world, because "America will not be able to protect it forever."
The Wall Street Journal called the latest U.S. message to Israel about improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza or facing restrictions on U.S. arms sales as "the strongest warning since the outbreak of the war in Gaza."
The newspaper quoted analysts and former officials as saying the letter represented an implicit recognition that Israel's approach in Gaza violated U.S. law.
On the humanitarian front, the British newspaper Financial Times highlighted the warning of Israeli rights groups that Israel has begun implementing a blockade on the northern Gaza Strip, starving the remaining population to force the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to surrender.
Tanya Hari, executive director of Geisha, said that treating those who remained in the north as combatants simply because they were there, and issuing open evacuation orders, "are flagrant violations of international law," stressing that Israel is obligated to protect them and follow the rules of international humanitarian law.
French website Mediapart published an investigation from Beirut that said aid workers were paying a heavy price in Israel's war on Lebanon.
The investigation revealed that at least 150 medics were killed in Israeli shelling, while testimonies from some aid workers showed their "grave fears and certainty that the Israeli army is deliberately targeting them."