The palpable discontent that normally grips the American electorate during the political high-season seems to have given way to a...

Despite the inevitable self-aggrandizement that comes at the beginning of a new administration, and the self-congratulations that come at the end, the world has yet to see the kind of long-lasting, U.S.-brokered political change in the Holy Land that will realistically assure either the Palestinians or the Israelis the security to live their lives and to worship God without fear. And while the internal socio-political and religious realities in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran