Rouhani's tweet.
Rivals, allies wish for happy Jewish new year
Iranian president takes to twitter wishing for 'peace & mutual understanding' on '#RoshHashanah;' Obama offers 'Chag sameach' greeting in video message.
For most of the year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leads a government that openly calls for the utter destruction of Israel, but the head of the Islamic Republic carried a different tone on Twitter Sunday in honor of the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShanah.
Rouhani appealed to the deep biblical connection between Jews and Muslims in the post, saying, "May our shared Abrahamic roots deepen respect & bring peace & mutual understanding."
Rouhani's tweet heard round the Jewish world.
The president also couldn't forget the most important part of any tweet for the Jewish holiday, "#RoshHashanah."
It was just last week when Rouhani's religious superior, Ayatollah Khamenei, tweeted a wish for the end of the "zionist regime," hopefully within the "next 25 years."
Obama's greeting.
But it wasn't only Israel's rivals that took to the internet to wish the Jewish community a happy new near.
US President Barack Obama offered his yearly Rosh Hashanah message in a video saying that "human beings" should "atone where we've fallen short.
"Faith is hard; peace is hard," continued the president before wishing the Jewish world a "Shanah Tova."
