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Adam Zivo: Israelis hate the Islamic regime, but love Iranians

The affection felt between Jews and the Iranian people is real and strong

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TEL AVIV — Should war erupt between the United States and Iran — a prospect that now seems probable, even imminent — Israel will undoubtedly be pummelled with missiles. Yet, in Tel Aviv at least, many Israelis feel nothing but affection for the Iranian people themselves, who are widely perceived as co-victims of Tehran’s Islamic regime.

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“The Iranian people are, I think, the bravest people in the world today, especially the women, I have to say, because they’re fighting alone with no weapons. They’re fighting for freedom,” said Myriam Azogui-Halbwax, Mission Director of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), outside a Tel Aviv cafe on Sunday.

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She said that Israeli “hearts are bleeding” for the Iranians, who are being killed and tortured by the Islamic regime, and that the “entire country” is supportive of their struggle and “ready to create this new region, this new Middle East, where we can finally live in peace as neighbours… even if we have to pay a price for that.”

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