TEHRAN – The religious leader of Iranian Jews on Tuesday slammed Israel’s massacre of Palestinians, saying both the regime and its actions are antithetical to Jewish values.

During an interview with the Fars news agency, Younes Hamami Lalehzar clarified that a massive population of Jews around the world have been opposed to the establishment of the Zionist regime since the beginning.

Hamami noted that the actions of the Israeli regime are in no way acceptable to the Iranian Jews. “Jews are opposed to the principle of the formation of this regime, which has been formed with oppression and abuse of religious Jewish ideals,” he explained

He added that the October 7 offensive against Israel by Hamas, was only a response to years of occupation and aggression by the Zionist regime. 
“Unfortunately, the Zionist regime has committed a great crime in Gaza with the aim of targeting civilians, especially women and children, which is a source of sorrow and concern.”

Hamami also stressed that the killing of innocent civilians is innately wrong in accordance to any religion. “The massacre of women and children is not approved by any religion or creed, and everyone strongly opposes it, and we also emphasize the need to stop oppression and injustice against the people of this land [Palestine] as soon as possible,” he declared. 

Israel and the Western media have been trying to portray any opposition towards the regime as anti-Semitism. U.S. police even arrested hundreds of Jewish demonstrators who were calling for a ceasefire in Gaza last month. Hundreds of thousands of Jews in the West have long been complaining that they are forced to form some sort of allegiance to the Israeli regime. They also argue that accusations of anti-Semitism at the slightest objection to Israeli policies have been allowing Israel to commit numerous crimes against humanity.

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