Ignore the Israel-haters and deal with facts and reality:
Have you ever noticed that the more hateful and obsessed folks become about certain ethnic groups, the more irrational, illogical and unhinged they become? You simply cannot reason with them. Their minds are made up and evidence and facts mean nothing to them. One crystal clear example of this of course involves all the Israelphobes and Jew-despisers coming out of the woodwork of late.
And it is not just the usual suspects here: the secular left. Increasingly we have “Christians” and “conservatives” going full tilt bonkers as they demonise and seek to delegitimise Israel and the Jews. And for too many of them, you can forget about having a sensible discussion with them.
I have shared numerous examples of this of late. Just a few more examples of how brains can turn to mush when Jew-hatred consumes a person. I have heard a number of so-called Christians saying foolish things such as the following: ‘There are more Christians in Iran than in Israel.’ Translation: ‘Iran is great, Israel is terrible.’
Good grief. Fail – go to the back of the class. This is so idiotic for so many reasons. First of all, there are 93 million people in Iran, and just 9.5 million in Israel. So guess what? There are likely more street cleaners in Iran than in Israel. But more seriously, there are more Christians in North Korea than in many nations. So what?
What DOES matter is how a given regime treats those Christians. While Christians (and Arabs and others) are found in Israel and afforded equal rights, it is NOT the case that Christians in Iran and other Muslim-majority nations are looked after so well. Most live in fear, and most are being persecuted big time by the State. So many have been imprisoned and killed. But as I say, when folks are consumed by hate, their capacity to think straight quickly disappears.
There are so many Arabs living and enjoying life in Israel that can be mentioned here. Here is just one: Arab Israeli Ali Shaa’ban put it this way:
We Arabs in Israel are citizens with civil and political rights. We have the right to vote and run for office, work for any profession, study at any university. We have health insurance, strong economy, we live in relative security comparing to the rest of the region.
On the other hand, the lives of Arabs in the “West Bank” and Gaza are completely different. In the West Bank people live under the rule of Palestinian Authority, which struggles with corruption and mismanagement, weak economy, limited job opportunities. In Gaza the situation is even worse under Hamas rule, where they govern by force, with no democracy or freedoms.
Every time when someone talks about suffering of Arabs in “Palestine”, we must ask: Which Arabs? We Arabs in Israel despite all challenges enjoy rights and much better standard of living than “Palestinians” in Gaza and “West Bank”.
And if Israel were truly an “occupying” and “racist” state as some claim, then why don’t we, Israeli Arabs, migrate to Gaza or West Bank or any other Arab country? The answer is clear and simple: because we know that we are living under best possible conditions compared to Palestinians living under the rule of Palestinian Authority or Hamas.
And related to this, other Israelphobes are saying that Christian revival is breaking out in Iran and other Middle Eastern countries at the moment. But wakey, wakey: This is NOT because the mullahs and ayatollahs and the Revolutionary Guard have suddenly seen the light and are encouraging Christian conversions. Quite the opposite. This revival is not happening because of Iranian rule, but in spite of it.
One short news item on this:
A quiet revival is sweeping across the Middle East. In Iran, where there were just 500 Christians in 1979, the underground church has grown to over 1 million believers, making it the fastest-growing church in the world. Afghanistan, despite being one of the most dangerous places for Christians, is seeing thousands turn to Christ in secret. Even in Saudi Arabia, where conversion is forbidden, there are increasing reports of native Saudis following Jesus. Many share remarkable stories of vivid dreams and visions of Christ, calling them by name and drawing them to the gospel. Against all odds, faith is rising in the most unlikely places.
Iranians and Arabs who support Israel
Since Israelphobes have trouble with mental and moral clarity, let me point out a few inconvenient truths for them. The Iranian leadership has been targeting – literally – Israel for decades now. Indeed, ever since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, they have sworn to annihilate the “little Satan,” Israel, while still aiming to wipe out the “Great Satan,” America, along with the West. Getting nuclear weapons would make their aims so much easier to achieve.
So Israel is morally right to seek to defend itself and its citizens, and it is going after the military leaders, the nuclear scientists, and so on. They are NOT targeting the Iranian people. Unlike Iran indiscriminately bombing Israeli citizens and even hospitals, Israel is using surgical strikes to take out the evil leadership – even sending missiles into bedroom windows in Tehran. There is NO moral equivalence here.
And the Iranian people know this. The great majority of them do not want to live under this theocratic dictatorship, and they would rejoice to see the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei eliminated. Indeed, one survey (taken from abroad) found that 80 per cent of Iranians favour this. So they SUPPORT what Israel is doing, while clueless Western Israelphobes effectively choose to align themselves with the jihadists and terrorists. Go Figure.
Consider just a few of these Iranians and what they are saying:
“The people of Israel and Iran share the same enemies and we have no choice but to fight together [against a fundamentalist ideology of hatred].” -Iranian/British Vahid Beheshti
“The regime is currently at its weakest. Iranian people have been asking the international community to back them in this move against the regime for years…. We have witnessed over the past five days that Israel is not intent on killing Iranian people…. It’s time for regime change!” -Iranian activist Elaaheh Jamali
“It’s so weird being Iranian right now, scrolling through my feed and seeing all my fellow Iranians praying for freedom, and seeing every white leftist & terror sympathizer praying the oppressor wins… ‘for humanity.” -American-Iranian activist Elica Le Bon
“Americans need to understand that the Iranian regimes ultimate ambition is the annihilation of the ‘great Satan’ America… when I was a kid in school in Tehran we’d chant ‘death to America’ every morning. Trump’s efforts in ending the regime’s nuclear ambition is America First.” -Iranian/Australian commentator Rita Panahi
“The regime’s hatred for the US has only intensified in the decades since [1979].” –Rita Panahi
“Communists in Iran were the mullahs useful idiots back in the 1970s. Helped overthrow the Shah & install Islamism. Didn’t work out too well for the commies though…the mullahs slaughtered them once the revolution was complete.” –Rita Panahi responding to this from the American Communist Party: “The American Communist Party stands with the revolutionary Iranian people against Zionist and imperialist aggression!”
“If you didn’t care about these innocent Iranians when they were being murdered by a terrorist Islamic Dictatorship, but now you suddenly care about Iran because Israel is involved, you’re not a human rights activist. You’re a bigoted Jew-hating antisemite.” -Iranian-born Canadian politician Golsa “Goldie” Ghamari
“In Iran, most people are AGAINST Islamic law. The regime ENFORCES it. In Iraq and Afghanistan the vast majority are FOR Islamic law. Iran is not like these hellholes. –Ridvan Aydemir, Ex-Muslim, Turkish-German YouTuber
“The Islamic Republic has come to an end and is falling. What has begun is irreversible. The future is bright and together we will navigate this sharp turn in history. Now is the time to stand; it is time to take back Iran. May I be with you soon.” -Exiled crown prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi
And one of Iran’s most celebrated soccer players and a longtime critic of the regime Ali Karimi has denounced Tehran’s leadership and fully supports the Israeli strikes: “The bloodthirsty and criminal enemies of Iran and the Iranians are you”.
In addition to these short tweets and social media posts, many articles can be cited here as well. Arman Rahimian, the pseudonym of an Iranian resident in Australia, said this in part:
My Australian brothers: the Iranian man is not your enemy, nor alien to your dreams. He longs, like you, to build, to protect, to earn his bread with honour, to kiss his beloved without fear of the moral police. These dreams were not imported by Western NGOs — they are native to the Persian spirit, and older than the regime that tries to stamp them out.
And to my fellow Australians who lean left, who hold sacred the voice of the oppressed: here is a people who meet your definition perfectly. For almost twenty years now, Iranians have risked their lives, again and again, to say a single word to their rulers: *Enough*. For this word they have been shot, imprisoned, raped, exiled, executed. Yet they rise — women burning the veil that once marked them as obedient, men refusing conscription into wars that are not theirs.
Even now, as you read these lines, there are millions across Iran who raise their fists to the sky, chanting for a normal life — and being beaten, tortured and murdered for daring to want it. A powerful ghoul towers over them, condemning this “heretical” and their longing for happiness as a crime against the afterlife.
In my motherland, heaven is mandatory. The price of this forced paradise is poverty, surveillance, humiliation — and the terror of secret police. Leave a strand of hair uncovered under the 50-degree sun, and you may forfeit your life.
My Australian friends, what I ask is simple: listen to the song this nation sings in spite of the fear. It is the same song your own ancestors sang once — the song of people who want to dance freely in the streets, to kiss whom they love, to raise children without shame and want, to see their trees green again, their rivers clean, their wildlife safe. They want to bury slogans and build sturdy homes. They want to stop weeping at graves, to post smiling faces instead of martyr photos, to free the minds imprisoned for thinking too bravely.
And Eitan Bar, a Bible scholar and Israeli-Jewish follower of Jesus said this:
The fact that you dislike someone’s character or don’t agree with everything they say or do doesn’t mean God can’t use them—or that He needs your approval. History is unfolding: Israel and the US are playing a role in liberating 90 million Persians from one of the most oppressive regimes in the world.
The Iranian regime is notorious for its brutality—enforcing draconian laws that punish victimless acts, executing minors, and crushing basic freedoms of speech, press, religion, and gender equality. Beyond its legal repression, the regime engages in systematic extrajudicial terror: torture, rape, and the murder of political prisoners and dissidents are routine tools of control. Capital punishment is rampant, and the relentless persecution of minorities continues to shock the world. In 2024, Iran was given a score of zero for religious freedom (by Freedom House Institute)—a damning indictment of its ongoing assault on human rights.
Channel your anger at the evil regime into powerful, persistent prayer. Let your passion become a force for real change. Don’t stop praying, as this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to set millions free from the jaws of evil.
