Iranians Are Abandoning Their Anti-Zionism
The shah’s son visits Israel.
June 21, 2023
The shah’s son visits Israel.
In April, Reza Pahlavi—the son of the deposed shah of Iran and thus the pretender to the throne—traveled to Israel, where he visited the Western Wall and Yad Vashem and met with President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel, and other important persons. Shay Khatiri comments on what the visit portends:
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A sign of how far the Jewish state has come—and a strategic necessity.
A theological conviction that one people bears the sins of humanity.
The rebbe, the president, and the poet.
As descendants of forced converts return to Judaism.