How to win peace in the Middle East
After the bombs should come a plan to reset the region
DONALD TRUMP gambled. But has he won? He has bombed Iran’s nuclear programme and immediately imposed a ceasefire on Israel and the Islamic Republic, and without a single American casualty. That is vindication over those who, like this newspaper, feared that Iran would lash out.
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This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “How to win the peace”
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