Jimmy Carter: “What is required from all of us now is reason, patience, and a willingness to cooperate with one another and to obey the…”

The aircraft carrying the 52 American hostages had cleared Iranian airspace on the first -- first leg of a journey home. And at every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well and free.

The book is about Palestine. And most of those reviews are referring to Israel. The book is not about Israel.

But inside Palestine, outside of Israel, where the Israelis occupying forces are there, the persecution and deprivation of the Palestinians is horrendous.

Our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss. Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.