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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (222190)	3/3/2007 8:22:20 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Iranian Jews have been migrating back to Iran. YOU CANNOT MOLD THE REALITY TO YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS YOU MORON!! Read this and TRY to understand: Although Ahmadinejad has harsh viewpoint against Israel and on the other hand the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Israeli officials and some American Jewish communal leaders have urged Iranian Jews to leave, But so far, despite generally being allowed to travel to Israel and emigrate abroad, Iranian Jews have stayed put. According to the statistics compiled by HIAS, 152...left Iran between October 2005 and September 2006 — ...297 the previous year, and 183 the year before. Sources said that the majority of those who have left in recent years cited economic and family reasons as their main incentive for leaving, rather than political concerns. AND HOW THE HELL DID THEIR NUMBERS INCREASE ONCE THE WAR WITH IRAQ ENDED?!! I guess that means some Jews willingly decided to MIGRATE BACK TO IRAN. At the time of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, 80,000 still remained in Iran. From then on, Jewish emigration from Iran dramatically increased, as about 20,000 Jews left within several months after the Islamic Revolution.[21] In mid- and <b<late 1980s, the Jewish population of Iran was estimated at 20,000–30,000. The reports put the figure at around 35,000 in mid-1990s[24] and at less than 40,000 nowadays, with around 25,000 residing in Tehran. However, Iran's Jewish community still remains the largest among the Muslim countries.[25] en.wikipedia.org

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (222190)	3/3/2007 8:43:13 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Iranian Jewish expatriates themselves have come out against a bombing campaign by the US or Israel against Iran. There are still tens of thousands of Jews in Iran, and expatriate Iranian Jews most often identify as Iranians and express Iranian patriotism. I was in Los Angeles when tens of thousands of Iranians immigrated, fleeing the Khomeini regime. I still remember Jewish Iranian families who suffered a year or two in what they thought of as the sterile social atmosphere of LA, and who shrugged and moved right back to Iran, where they said they felt more comfortable. juancole.com Torn loyalties of Israel's Iranian Jews By Bethany Bell BBC News, Jerusalem ... Twice a week Menashe Amir, a Persian Israeli, hosts a rather unexpected talk show. The callers are all from Iran and the vast majority are Muslim. The show attracts two to six million listeners everyday from a country where the Jewish community is just 20,000 strong. "I would say if 10 people are calling us from Iran, only one is talking about destroying Israel or death to Israel," said Mr Amir. The Iranian callers cannot ring Israel directly. They have to phone a number in Germany which is patched through to the Jerusalem studio. Mr Amir is worried about the current state of affairs in Iran. *"I am an Iranian and I am an Israeli. This is a bad period but I hope it will be very short,"* he said. But he says the ancient links between Jews and Iranians, which date back to the time of the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great, will not be broken so easily... ... "To me the current conflict is like parents going through a divorce. Who do you like more, your mother or your father?", Meir Javedanfar. news.bbc.co.uk ______________ Oh ya...they really hate that "Hell Hole"...HOW MANY PERSIAN JEWS DO YOU KNOW? Or is it that once again you take bliss in choosing to remain ignorant?