This week in power: Ceasefire sets in and Obama reaction

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

72-hour ceasefire
Israel and Hamas ” target=”_blank”>fell through. “As for racism, people often point out how peculiar it is that the Jewish state seems to arouse a level of condemnation that never seems to apply equally elsewhere,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Emily L. Hauser in The Week.

How's Obama doing?
Back in the United States, some people are evaluating how the President has fared so far during this Middle East conflict. “The bottom line is relations with Israel have never been so bad for so long,” ” target=”_blank”>argued Gil Troy in The Jerusalem Post. Is this creating a possibility for Jewish voters to