"Zionists bombed us in Iraq to make us flee in panic to Israel. I'm an Iraqi Jew-an Arab Jew. Israel claims to speak for all Jews around the world, but Zionism is an Ashkenazi thing, nothing to do with us"
Professor Avi Shlaim, Oxford University
Remember Zionism is NOT Judaism pic.twitter.com/53kGvOGWXh
— Khalissee (@Kahlissee) August 20, 2024


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Israel told its Western allies it is expecting them to attack Iran if the Jewish state is hit with retaliatory strikes for assassinating Hamas’s leader in Tehran. 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Israel on Monday to underscore America’s commitment to defending the Jewish state from the consequences of their own actions. 

