Rabbi Yisachar Shlomo Teichtal ZTK'L

YESTERDAY IRAN FIRED MISSILES AT THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL, AND THEY DID HURT. TODAY WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT THEY HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

Sunni muslims are 18% of the Israeli population: 400 mosques all over the country. 200 official mosques financed by the Israeli government. 300 imams and muezzins are government employees with salaries and benefits. The Israeli government buys Quran books for these mosques.

Muslims worldwide often face institutional discrimination, socio-economic exclusion, biased immigration policies & unwarranted surveillance & profiling. This International Day to Combat Islamophobia, let’s re-commit to the equality, human rights & dignity of every person, no matter their faith.

Half of my family is Lebanese Shia from the Bekaa Valley; the other half is Syrian Sunni from Damascus. I don’t know how many of them hate Israel. But I do know this: most of them despise Hezbollah, Assad, al-Julani and his government, the Houthis, and the Iranian regime. And all of them hate war. For years, we prayed—for Assad to fall, for Nasrallah to leave us alone, for Khamenei to finally die of old age. Nothing changed. Because peace does not come from wishful thinking alone. It requires action. And whether people admit it publicly or only whisper it in private, many already know: Israel did what others only hoped for. More will say it out loud when the fear is gone. I choose to say it now: Thank you, Israel 🇮🇱 I love you. Am Yisrael Chai ✡️