...because why the f* not, I guess. Jews have no business living in countries other than isr**l, would appear to be the message. Pretty sure there's a word for that.
Apologies if already posted, didn't see from a brief scan.
Trita Parsi @tparsi Apr 7 Members of the Iranian Jewish community inspect what is left of their synagogue in Tehran after Israel bombed it. On Passover...
Ounka @OunkaOnX Apr 8 Head of Iranian Jewish Community on Rubbles of Israeli-Hit Synagogue:
“Shameful” “All the Israeli regime’s claims about defending Jews are nothing more than a shameful lie,” said Rabbi Younes Hamami Lalehzar, calling Israel's attack on a synagogue in a residential area an “inhumane and terrorist” act.
US-Israeli strikes 'completely destroy' synagogue in Tehran Israeli army says it is reviewing 'collateral' damage which reduced Rafi-Nia Synagogue in central Tehran to rubble
By Alex MacDonald Published date: 7 April 2026
US-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran have "completely destroyed" one of the city's synagogues, according to local media.
Iran's Mehr news agency and the reformist Shargh outlet said the Rafi-Nia Synagogue was hit by early morning air strikes in the city.
Footage released by local media outlets appeared to show rescue workers looking through the rubble of the building, with Hebrew liturgical texts strewn on the ground.
There was no immediate report of casualties.
Shargh described the building as "one of the most important places for Khorasan Jews to gather and celebrate" in the city, referring to Jews who trace their origins back to the historical northeastern region.
Israel and the US have yet to comment on the strike, which comes during the Jewish holiday of Passover.
A spokesperson for the Israeli army told Middle East Eye that the damage to the synagogue had been an accident and said they had targeted the "emergency headquarters" of Iran's joint military command and said they would be launching a review.
"The [Israeli army] regrets the collateral damage to the synagogue and emphasizes that the strike was targeted at a senior military target within the regime’s armed forces, not at any place of worship," the spokesperson said.
Iran has the third-largest Jewish population in the Middle East after Israel and Turkey, with a 2016 census placing the number of Jews at just over 9,000, though some members of the community believe the real number is higher.
Judaism is protected and recognised under Iranian law. There are around 30 synagogues in Tehran, which has been under continuous bombardment by Israeli and US strikes since 28 February.
According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) 3,600 Iranians have been killed since attacks began, including at least 1,665 civilians.
Members of the country's Jewish community told Middle East Eye in March of their fears and concerns for the future of their lives in Iran.
“Yes, I’m Jewish. But I cannot see the country where I was born and raised as my enemy,” said a 46-year-old businesswoman from Shiraz.
“I am both Jewish and Iranian. Because of that, I believe I can judge this situation without hatred. Much of the chaos we have seen in the region in recent years is connected to Netanyahu’s policies.” Tell your story; Ask a question; Interpret generously http://storybythethroat.wordpress.com/tell-ask-listen/
I'm getting tired, so fucking tired, of thinking, "Surely this means they'll face consequences
Posted by Raskolnikov on April 9, 2026, 6:37 pm, in reply to "MEE report"
and it just never
ever
ever
fucking
happens.
They just murdered 240 something people in ten minutes in Lebanon, ostensibly to kill some target they claimed, but really it's to fuck up the ceasefire before it started and just to carry on full-steam ahead with the next leg of their greater XXXrael tour or genocide and ethic cleansing with an encore of settler colonialism.
That's after decades of atrocity, and three of the most visible years of endless wanton murder, destruction and vile inhuman savagery the world has ever seen and ..............nothing. The money and weapons keep flowing, standing ovations in the US for their blood-drenched lunatic of a leader and nobody in a position to do something about it says a word and if you dare speak out against it, you get banged up or at the least get smeared and have to live with the consequences of saying, "Can we stop killing so many people?".
I despise them.The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide. Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
Re: I'm getting tired, so fucking tired, of thinking, "Surely this means they'll face consequences
Yup, I'm starting to worry about what happens when I next meet someone from there. Norm says they should be 'shunned' - that's probably the best response, not giving in to emotional reactions and violence which they feed off (seems to be the only language they understand as a society at this point) - just silence, refusal to engage or have anything to do with them. Unless they're the vanishingly rare ones who can prove that they actively opposed the atrocities, of course.
Difficult, because if you follow that approach to its logical conclusion you'd never speak to anyone who supported the Ukraine war, or had a job in finance or the fossil fuel economy, or has racist views about immigrants etc. The empire's dutiful, brainwashed zombies are everywhere. Got to draw the line at the actual modern-day n@zis though...
on April 9, 2026, 4:42 pm