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Iranian Jews: Reports of Iranians immigrating to Israel an 'outright lie'
Dudi Cohen
Published: 26.12.07, 19:50
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1. I suppose next will be a round up of Zionist "Spies"to Evin
Alan ,   SA   (12.26.07)
2. Hey Mo! They arent pissing on your head..
Al   (12.26.07)
it's raining.
3. Iranian Jews are NOT emphasizing their loyalty to the regime
Persian CAT   (12.26.07)
This may be hard for some Israelis who have come to the occupied territories are foreigners and thus have very shallow roots and understanding of other ancient Jewish populations in the ME such as the Iranians. The Iranian Jews have lived there for more than two thousand years non-stop. The Iranian Jews have no use for the mullahs just like millions of Muslim, Zoroastrian and Christian Iranians. The Iranian Jews' ties to their ancestral land has nothing to do with the mullahs. So for the author of this article to repeatedly claim that the Iranian Jews have to be loyal to the regime is nothing but gossip mongering coupled with a large load of yellow journalism custom-made to fit the Zionist propaganda BS.
4. poor guys...
Isragirl ,   Kiryat Yam, Israel   (12.26.07)
Russian Jews used to be forced to express their support for the Soviet regime as well - to stay alive and to keep their livelihoods. The day USSR stopped being a threat - we all left on the first "boat"... Have pity on the ppl who are left behind in this nightmare...
5. YNet lies... Iranian Jews will be killed if truth is told
Laila ,   Manchester   (12.26.07)
Thanks for publishing the propaganda. Maybe one day YNet will actually publish some truth... which will be a first!
6. So what got off the plane, aliens from mars???
Steve ,   UK   (12.26.07)
7. Discrimination of Jews
Adriatic_boy ,   Bosnia and Herzegovi   (12.26.07)
Why should Iranian Jews who are real Jews come to Israel and accepting to be second class citizens, Israel Government is doing unacceptable thing by bringing Ethiopians into Holy land. Ehiopians are not Jewish, and require full conversion- including acceptence of all mitzvot, and all Israel knows that the Ethiopians are not Jews at all! NOT A SINGLE ONE IS JEW!!! To have converted them "Orthodox" only to bring them in Israel by accepting their lies that they would have had Jewish roots renders their conversion completely invalid!! The Ethiopians were Chrisitan in Ethiopia! ALL OF THEM!!
8. Yellow Journalism
Ex Pat Iranian ,   New York, NY   (12.26.07)
This article makes it as if Iranian Jews are living in horrid squaler. The style of writing is the same as the nonsense that one would read in a Mullah driven publication only from a different point of view. Iranian Jews are forced to express their support for the regime??? Guess what ALL Iranian are forced to do that to keep their livelihood. Mullahs are equally prejudiced against people who do not support them. Personally though I am happy for the people who left...I sure as heck would not want to live under the Mullahs and I am a muslim
9. Israel should not released that kind of news
e.m ,   s.f   (12.27.07)
That kind of news will impact on the rest of the Jews whom are living in Iran and for sure the Iranian regime will make it harder for any Jews who want to go out of Iran
10. IMMEDIATE CLARIFICATIO.........IF THE WORLD CARES
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (12.27.07)
To establish the truth by an independent body,probably appointed by Amnesty International.If it is true the demo in Iran by the Jews was not neccessary as Iran has no right to stop any Jew desiring of leaving Iran.At the same time,Israeli authorities are under obligation to come out in the open to either sick to the fact that 40 Jews did come from Iran or be more prudent in explaining what it is up to.
11. Iranian jews are traitors to Iran
Iran#1   (12.27.07)
Iran should let them all go to Israel. We don't need a 5th column in Iran.
12. Zionists what makes you so sure?
Khalid ,   The Netherlands   (12.27.07)
Arrogant zionists from Russia, Romania, Poland, Austria, America, ... what make you so sure that all adherents to the true Jewish faith do indeed support you and your dark ideology? The claim that Iranian Jews show loyalty to their country out of necessity is just utter non-sense. Just go to Google (or any other search engine) and type something loke Jews againnst zionism, or Jews against Israel, or Another Jewish voice, ... and see to your utter surprise how many hits you get back. Isn't it enough for you what you did to the Ethiopian Jews, to turn now to the Iranian Jews? Look at the number of Israelis who are leaving Israel every year, looking for a more peaceful and decent life away from your so called promised land, you 'd better try to bring those back (that is if you can, and I challenge you that you can't) before trying your abnoxiuos crafty propaganda with the Iranian Jews. If they themselves, state that they are OK in Iran, why should a Sokolov or a Lieberman or a Demancescu or a Goldstein give him/herself the right to speak for them and state otherwise?
13. Iranians MUST vocalize support
Christy ,   Boston, US   (12.27.07)
People who have left Iran & left relatives behind in Iran, MUST express their support, publicly, for the current Iranian regime. To do otherwise could easily mean death for those they left behind. (I know this from Persian Muslim friends.) It's sad, but hardly surprising, that Jewish leaders in Iran are making these statements. I wouldn't be surprised if the Iranian Jews in Israel also express public support for Iran. These public expressions of support for Iran are required payment for the safety of those left in Iran. It's just like the old USSR.
14. what the iranian jews said
(12.27.07)
in iran and the script that theyc were forced to read and send to the world community reeks of the iranian regime threat upon the jewish community in iran. the wording of the written message that supposedly the jews there wrote reeks of the ahmadinejad hand in writing it and then forcing the two jewish representatives to say in front of the international community. read the words carefully. how could anyone believe that the jewish representatives in iran will condemn israel as "the zionist corrupt regime" or "the zionist occupying regime". no way. i say no way. they were forced to say this under threat from the mullahs. and we all know very well why the iranian immigrants' faces are covered and obstructed. it is because they may have left families behind that will end up at evin under the term spy for the zionbnist regime, be tortured to find the truth of how these iranian jews left and/or hanged in prison. anyone believing the statement coming out of the jewish iranian representatives are blind. they were made under threat and duress. additionally, these 40 new iranian immigrants had to secretly escape iran through other countries. do not tell me that $10,000 is enough compensation and attractive enough for them to leave homes, families, jobs, and "excellent financial situations" behind for only this meager amount. something made them leave and leave in secret because if they were captured, they would have been hanged. if life was so good for them, why did they escape? why did they take a risk and chance to come to israel for an uncertain future? the answer is that these jews would rather live poor and in freedom than be subjected to daily fear and opression under a despotic mullah regime. their fate in iran is similar to the jews' fate in syria and egypt and the fate of the million sephardi jews that escaped the arab lands and countries from 1948-1958.
15. #10
(12.27.07)
mahmood, in case you are not aware of the law in iran concerning immigration of jews.....iranian jews are not allowed to leave iran. they are there not by choice or because of economic situation. most of them are already old and unable to start new lives. however, the iranian regime forbids jews from leaving and has closed its border to jewish immigration to israel a long time ago. this is why these 40 jews have "escaped" via other countries and this is why their photos are obscured, since they may have left family behind and, sad to say, these families are now in danger or regime reprisals. iranian jews are not permitted exit visas to israel at all and this is why they left via other multiple countries and in secret. they can't publicly criticise jewish life in iran because it will have an effect on those jews left behind. believe me, they wouldn;t have run away if life was so very good.
16. #11
(12.27.07)
iran should let them????? of course they should free them. why is iran not letting them go to israel? why did dyria not let 5,000 jews leave syria and kept them under watch and pain for years? yes, why doesn't iran allow jews an exit visa to israel? why?
17. Iranian Jews:reports an outright lie
silene balassiano ,   Rio de janeiroBrasil   (12.27.07)
This story seems the Venezuela 's Jewish Story. It seems too Germany's jews story before Hitler:first loyalty to regimes:second proud to have Israel like the true homeland of the jewish people. Who knows what we can find in a jewish mind?
18. These two "Jewish" leaders are actually Muslim.
No more lies ,   Canada   (12.27.07)
There aren't any Jewish leaders in Iran. The ones that call themselves Jewish are actually Muslim. The Iranian government uses these phony Jews to make it look like Jews in Iran are happy. Most Jews in Iran live secret underground lives and don't attend "Jewish" insitutions in Iran. All "Jewish schools, hospitals in Iran are run by the Muslims and populated by Muslims. Everyday Jews are beaten, jailed and spied on by the Iranian secret police. Jews need to get out now!
19. Israel is the ancestoral land of all Jews!
Zionist ,   Somewhere   (12.27.07)
Including the Jews in Iran!
20. #12 Khalid the "guest" I changed a few of your words
jack bauer ,   oranje boven   (12.27.07)
You are the one who is arrogant. And I am Dutch You are the one that follows a dark ideology you should go to thereligionofpeace.com and see to your utter surprise what you find there...quite different from the site if you leave out "the" Isnt it enough what you arabs did to every ethnic group you conquered? Look at yourself and see how many arabs leave there hovels every year in their islamic paradises I challenge you to go back...but I know that you wont have a nice day living in MY country with the freedoms you would never have in your real homeland
21. de ja vu to 1970s USSR
nadav ,   tel aviv   (12.27.07)
This is exactly the kind of stuff that Soviet sponsored Jews would say about Jews leaving the USSR in the 1970s and 1980s, WHen we left the USSR other Jews called us Traitors, but then just 10 years later, they would write to us and beg for help to get out of the collapsing USSR. These same Iranian Jewish "parliamentarian" types will be doing the same thing in a few years when Iran's people shake the rule of the Mullahs!
22. AM STILL IN DOUBT...................#10
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (12.27.07)
Although I am not aware of 'official' Iranian laws,it sounds incredible to me what you state that it is the Iranian law that prohibits Jews to travel abroad.Not in a single article have I read this nor has any other country,which,at any given time,is prepared to talk about human rights,has ever insisted on the Iranian authorities to remove what you call 'restrictions'.I am in need of more clarification on this if an impartial reader is prepared to interprete what exactly is the Iranian law about the movement of Jews in Iran. I for one, am not prepared to accept what you have written although lack of knowledge on the subject on my side does not allow me to comment further.
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