The Ayatollah's declaration of war on us

Ra'anana

Today’s a day that’s really going to be remembered, maybe even more than the pager attack on Hezbollah’s leaders last year.

In today’s confusing world, it’s hard to tell right from wrong. This makes it tough to stay morally clear. I think we need to stop and think about what just happened today.

Friday the 13th of June...also written as 6.13 (if you know, you know) is a day of incredible events that will help finally remap the colonialist maps of the Middle East. These maps go back to the original Arab colonialism that is at the heart of the current conflict today.

In an amazing 13 hours since the war’s start, Israel took out most of the top leaders of every branch of the Iranian military, including the private army of the Ayatollahs. That army is way bigger and more extensive than the Iranian army. At the same time, Israel was able to weaken their air defenses even more, giving the IDF control of Iranian skies.

After 20 years of constant war from Iran, and hundreds of murdered American citizens, thousands of Israelis, and millions of fellow Muslims and Arabs killed by this Islamic fundamentalist regime, which is anti-woman, anti-gay, and anti-liberal, the State of Israel has finally taken steps that will usher in a new era for those who want to be part of a more enlightened world, free from war and intimidation.

Tonight, we’re all probably going to be tested here in Israel, and in the coming days, Jews around the world will probably feel the same way about the Ayatollah’s declaration of war today. It’s not just on Israel, but on global Jewry, and of course, Iran’s arch nemesis, the United States, and its citizens.

May God continue to watch over and protect the brave women and men of the IDF who stand alone tonight in this world against a country nine times its size in population and 75 times in geography. It’s a fight for Western values, and it’s a fight that’s gaining momentum!

While it’s true that not a single country, including those whose citizens have been brutally attacked and murdered by Iran and its proxies, has yet to join, the fact that the movement is gaining steam is incredibly exciting.

Even more shocking is the fact that many of these countries will condemn Israel for defending itself against a genocidal threat that even the International Atomic Energy Agency just confirmed yesterday for the first time in 20 years, that the nuclear threat to the world from Iran is both real and imminent.

Aaron Weil is the former CEO of Central Florida Hillel. He and his wife, Sharon, moved to Ra'anana a few years ago to join their three children who were already there, serving in the IDF.