Shalom predicts collapse of Iranian, Syrian regimes

The protests in Syria and Iran, and intensified sanctions against the latter, will succeed in bringing down the regimes of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syrian President Bashar Assad, Vice Premier Silvan Shalom told The Jerusalem Post in an interview at his Knesset office on Thursday. Shalom, who was born in Tunisia, where the protests throughout the Muslim world began, is also regional cooperation minister. ~snip~ Among the many titles you hold is regional cooperation minister. Is there any reason for optimism on the region becoming more friendly to Israel?We are facing an earthquake in the Middle East these days,...