From our old friends at National Review:
Or, as Bill Bennett puts it: Colombia is the Israel of Latin America.
Your nominations please for other unlikely Israels in unlikely corners of the planet. eg, Andorra is the Israel of Europe or Orvieto the Israel of Umbria etc. A prize to the best suggestion…

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