Two weeks out from Election Day, the crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House. One candidate struggles to find just the right words to navigate its difficult crosscurrents, while the other makes bold pronouncements that the age-old conflict can quickly be set right. Vice President Kamala Harris has been trying to balance talk of strong support for Israel with harsh condemnations of civilian casualties among Palestinians and others caught up in Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon. Former President Donald Trump, for his part, insists that none of this would have happe…