President Bush returned from his Middle East tour with little to show for advancing his administration’s policy goals for the region or strengthening moderate Arabs.
With Islamic teachings, rock music and outreach to schoolchildren, ex-Indonesian premier Abdurrahman Wahid fights for a vision of moderate Islam he says was shaped in part by his experiences with an Iraqi Jewish friend.
While diplomats and Jewish leaders celebrated Israel’s 60th in Jerusalem at Shimon Peres’ “Facing Tomorrow” conference, a rocket strike in Ashkelon served as a stark reminder that war is never far away.
