Persia is the home of both one of the worst enemies (Haman), and one of the greatest friends (Cyrus the Great) of Jews in history. There are hundreds of thousands of Iranian Jews in Israel and America, who come from a millennia-old society that managed to survive from Biblical times. In fact, the Iranian Jewish community is the only one left in Muslim and Arab lands that contains more than a handful of Jews, most of whom left after the revolution.
I have little fondness for the Iranian people based on what they do and have done to my people, and what their leaders, and regular rallies of thousands of Iranians, say they will do to Israel.
Nevertheless, I wish the people of Iran well in their battle against the theocratic thugs that currently rule their nation.
There are reports that acid has been sprayed from helicopters onto the crowds. Innocent bystanders are being beaten and murdered by the Basij.
You’d have to have a heart of stone not to wish these people well.
I would love to see the mullahs overthrown, because then I would find out if, as people have told me, the Iranian leaders were the true enemies of Jews, not the Iranian people. We have a long, long history of coexistence. It would be wonderful to see that tradition renew itself.
Well said! I too would love to see peaceful coexistence between Jews and their neighbors in the Middle East. With all the rhetoric from the Muslim leaders, it is easy to think that the entire region agrees. With some groups, maybe that’s true, but it might not be true everywhere.
Let’s hope the Persians want to be good neighbors, even if the Arabs choose otherwise.