I returned home this week after a three-week trip to Israel. How much could have happened to change the world in three short weeks?

Well, let’s see. . .

• There was an attempted assassination of former President (and current candidate) Donald Trump.
• JD Vance was named Trump’s running mate.
• President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
• A major software snafu from CrowdStrike severely impacted Microsoft systems, bringing
  down the world’s airlines, banks, and other critical infrastructure.
• Vice President Kamala Harris gathered enough delegate pledges to be the new de facto
  Democratic presidential nominee.
• The Olympics kicked off in Paris, with warnings of Seine water too polluted for swimming and
  major disruptions in high-speed train service in France due to sabotage.
• A complex multinational agreement freed two Americans and others from Russian prisons while sending alleged Russian spies and gang leaders back to their mother country.
• A rocket fired by Hezbollah killed 12 Arab children in a Druze town in the Golan Heights, while
  Israel eliminated three top terrorist leaders—one of who was personally responsible for the deaths of more than 200 US Marines decades ago.

Yet, some things don’t seem to have changed at all.

The divide between the left and the right in this country shows no signs of narrowing. JD Vance called Kamala Harris “a childless cat lady.” Donald Trump asked a conference of Black journalists when Harris had decided to be Black. (Gee, maybe when she was born?). A large number of Progressive Democrats boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, while protesters outside defaced government property and burned American flags.

And more than 100 hostages from 14 countries remain held in Gaza for 300 days—almost a year—with no clear progress on their release.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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