Two predominantly Muslim countries, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, seek to strengthen ties with Israel. Israeli President Shimon Peres paid a rare visit to Azerbaijan, and Kazakh officials invited him to deliver the keynote address at today’s interfaith Congress of World and

Traditional Religions. Iranian delegates stormed out today, as Peres began his speech, and returned only after he finished, calling the Nobel laureate a “man of violence.” Tehran attempted to torpedo Peres’ Azerbaijan trip

Original post by Howard Gumnitzky