LIFE IMITATES ART

Yet again, life imitates art.

The following article appeared on CLASH REPORT just two days ago:

US and Israel are working to end Jordan’s custodianship of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and replace it with a new Israeli-controlled ‘multi-faith’ administration.

The proposed plan would allow expanded Jewish prayer access and give Israel influence over mosque leadership and Friday sermons.

Source: MEE

2:19 PM • May 25, 2026

And here’s a somewhat prescient scene taken from Scott’s and my latest book, ‘A Creed of Saints’, due for worldwide release on May 28, 2026.

“Good morning from Strasbourg,” said Terri Tamsin, her face, her voice and her diction attesting to a distinguished career in television.

     “We are about to witness what many are already calling the most significant diplomatic achievement of the modern era. In just moments, Leonardo Romanelli will address the audience and indeed the world. Truman.”

     Impossibly handsome, Truman Wasco—Terri’s co-anchor—looked up from his notes with practiced timing.

     “To put this in context, Terri, every peace framework before this one failed to address the key issues: Israel’s security; regional recognition; access to holy sites; religious legitimacy; and the future of the Temple. Today, Romanelli is claiming to have brought all of those questions into one enforceable, seven-year framework.”

     Terri bobbed her perfectly coiffed head.

     “And, perhaps most importantly Truman, this treaty does not merely ask Israel’s enemies to stand down … it gives them something in return: it gives protections to every religious community; it creates sacred immunity laws; it addresses religious harassment; it criminalizes desecration; and it places enforcement above the level of any single nation-state.”

     “Which,” added Truman, “may be why the world is responding to Romanelli not as a mere diplomat, but rather as a leader capable of pulling every nation into alignment, especially after the disastrous events of the last few months.”

     Just then, Wasco raised a manicured hand to his right ear.

     “Terri,” he whispered dramatically, “our producer tells me that the man of the moment is about to enter the chamber.”