From the Washington Post: Israel’s wealthiest woman, Shari Arison, has ended suicide bombings thru her wise investments:
…[S]he has not run willy-nilly into what would seem like a peacemaking Israeli capitalist’s sweet spot — investments in the Palestinian territories or joint ventures with Israeli Arabs.
[But] She said she was pitched on the idea by former British prime minister Tony Blair, who serves as a special regional envoy with an emphasis on improving the Palestinian economy.
Her response: Bring me a deal that makes sense.
"I told him I’d be very happy to invest, but I want to have assurances," she says. "People look at me as spiritual . . . but I am also very logical, very business-minded. The two come together. It has to be in a way that is going to be sensible. I am not going to lose what I have over doing that."
Even so, her peacemaking intentions might be working some magic already.
After all, President Obama has peace envoys back in the region. There has not been a suicide bombing in a year and a half. Bank Hapoalim turned a first-quarter profit.
And according to her book, the visions are getting nicer.
"There is still difficulty and pain in them, but they are going and fading away," Arison writes. "If in the past, the visions were always harsh, catastrophic, violent — recently I can see the new world. The quiet, the calm and the freedom it will have. This is a very comforting knowledge for me because I already know that what I envision materializes."
