I may be a white American but nonreligious…that
may simply make me a person with generally Anglo/Saxon bloodlines, but not a member of any religious sect. IMO, many leftist “Jews” are seeking to disassociate themselves from tribal connections, finding release as hostages of history.

Sometimes they go too far and become radical, often destructive to themselves and their societies. Two-thousand years of social subservience is difficult to overcome by meekly turning the other cheek.

It is the racist and recent political schemes, such as proffered by the NAZIs, that separated individuals along ethnic bloodlines, rather than nationality or religion. That is a powerful tool used to divide and conquer. NAZI fundamenalism allowed no avenue for conversion.

Jews were the dominant population in the Middle East thousands of years before the Muslim religion was founded. So you would have to go back to Roman Empire times when a Jewish state first ended in 70 AD and Jews were first driven from their homeland.

During the Middle Ages Jews dispersed to parts of norther Africa, Europe, and other parts of the Middle East.

The reason Jewish population rapidly declined after World War II and in the 1950’s was not just the creation of Israel but the end of colonialism and the beginning of Muslim rule in the Middle East. I knew someone whose family was forced to leave Libya when Khaddafi rose to power and without most of their possessions. They had no intention on migrating to Israel. So they came to the U.S.

The average Iranian does not hate Jews. The ruling Mullahs and their supporter detest Jews and that has nothing to do with Israel. It has to do with Jews in their own country.

Not to nitpick, but this term “anti-Semitic” implies disdain for Arabs as well. Arabs are Semitic people who speak a Semitic language, and a large number of Farsi words are Arabic cognates.

It is true, and unfortunate, that the Jewish population in Iran is decreasing, but this doesn’t change the fact that it remains the highest in the region. Still, it might be worthwhile to understand when and why this is happening. If you look regionally, Jewish populations existed throughout the M.E. until around 1948/1949. It was around then that they began to migrate to Israel. I’m still not sold on the claim that Iranians hate Jews. It may be fairer to say that they hate Israel.

So I take it that 12% of the population is the threshold for high office, then?

Many more Iranians came to this country when the Shah was deposed for the same reason – to save their lives.

Other than displaying your evident bias, what is your point.

No Jews for Muslim countries.
No Protestant for Ireland.
No Catholics for Protestant countries.

As Tom Lehrer used to sing:
“The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Dutch,
and I don’t like anybody very much.”

I thought Americans were Americans.

When I was in Italy after the Achille Lauro terrorist attack on Americans and very few other Americans were there, whenever we saw other Americans (and you recognize each other, believe me) we’d hug and shake hands and compare State backgrounds. This went for all race/colors – we were Americans first.

Sad to think that spirit is over.