Could Azerbaijan mediate between Israel and Iran?

Baku is still grappling over its own peace agreement, but is positioning itself as a mediating power

There are few synagogues in the world that draw visitors from Iran. But at the Synagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, it is quite common for an Iranian tourist to wander through the door. Azerbaijan is the only Muslim-majority nation in the world to maintain close ties with Tel Aviv, a friendship rooted in its indigenous Jewish p…