The United States’ ability to influence events in the Mideast has waned, and other major nations have essentially been onlookers.

Aliya Khabir, a Black Muslim voter in Philadelphia, said she is supporting Harris, but strongly criticized U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, accusing the Biden administration of ignoring victims in Gaza, despite rushing to save Ukrainians following Russia's invasion in 2022.

Oct. 7, the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, was followed by violence that revived the Palestinian cause--then flummoxed Iran.