Picturesque Switzerland's murky history with unsavory regimes is not a recent phenomenon. Indeed, it can be traced back as far as the mid-1700s. However, its international attraction began to emerge at the turn of the 20th century, when Swiss financiers became a magnet for foreign investors wishing to stash their increasingly mobile wealth in what was perceived as a politically neutral state.
Instead of insisting on efforts to topple the regime, there was a more effective step that was never taken, and the sense of a missed opportunity is enormous.
Between pressure from Washington and a brief clash with Iran, Israel continues to destroy Hezbolla's infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, the world’s largest terrorist army has been forced to revert to operating as a guerrilla organization, merely harassing the IDF. And yet, to truly hurt it, there is one more thing that should be done.
A rabbi in a kippah quotes the Quran. An Arab in a keffiyeh presents Righteous Among the Nations from Iran. Welcome to the International Dialogue of Civilizations and Tolerance Conference in Abu Dhabi, where peace is a moral and spiritual imperative that was born long before the Abraham Accords.
President Trump threatened an unusual attack and the seizure of Tehran’s fuel terminals, but behind the scenes, a memorandum of understandings has already been drafted. Diplomats in the Gulf are worried and are calling on Netanyahu to intervene: “Trump is going back to his old conduct. This will be a missed opportunity for real change.”
