(Times of Israel) David Horovitz - "The present government in Iran doesn't have a future," Shimon Peres told me in 2013. "The problem of Iran is timing, not verdict. It's a government that doesn't have a message - not only for humanity, but for their own people." He elaborated in 2015, "Iran too will change. You cannot have the ayatollahs as the eternal government." Pressure for reform from young Iranians would be among the factors to spell the demise of the regime, he predicted: "In 10-15 years, Iran will be out of water and thus out of ayatollahs, in my judgment." Peres was the face of the Israel that the world wants to see: Warm and wise, a believer in the essential good of humanity. He urged, "Practically, prepare as best as you can for the worst, and prepare to change the situation for the better. I do not suggest that Israel reduce its strength. I also don't suggest that Israel reduce its desire for peace." I'll greatly miss Shimon Peres. I'd like to live in that better world that he believed, to his dying day, is out there to be attained.
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