Events in the Middle East over the last year -- the Palestinian election victory of Islamic militants , the cruel war between Israel and Hezbollah that tore up southern Lebanon , the river of anti-Israel venom from Iranian leaders with nuclear ambitions -- suggest that prospects for regional peace are particularly dim .
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