Possible War with Iran Gives Birth to Holocaust Fears

As Israel contemplates a pre-emptive strike on Iran, those in the U.S. can view and discuss it in a most pragmatic way. Such is not the case for those who live in Israel, however. If such a strike does take place, they will be the ones who will suffer Iran’s wrath. In the excerpt below from an article by Nick Meo we learn what a number of Israelis think about this situation.  The last time Hezbollah attacked Israel, a rocket exploded next to Adam Bloom's house while his wife was in the shower.  "She was hysterical," he said. Afterwards it took hours to coax her and their two terrified young daughters out of the bomb shelter where they fled.  "Hezbollah had about 10,000 rockets then but they are supposed to have more like 50,000 now, so how many will be fired at us if they start again?" said Mr Bloom, 49.

The family, whose kibbutz is 30 miles south of the Lebanon border, had thought they were safely out of range in 2006. When rockets started landing they jumped in the car and headed south with 350,000 other Israelis, to spend weeks as refugees in their own country.

But what Israelis really dread is the prospect of Iran getting nuclear weapons. "We're a small country, about the size of Wales. They only need to drop four or five Hiroshima-sized bombs and there won't be many of us left," said Mr Bloom.

If Iran gets a bomb, there is a haunting fear that families will start leaving Israel for greater safety abroad, perhaps crippling an economy that has been roaring along in recent years.

For that reason alone many Israelis believe an Iranian bomb would be impossible to live with. Michael Herzog, a retired Brigadier-General and former Chief of Staff, said: "If Iran is not stopped by sanctions and the US is not going to do anything, it is very possible the current leadership will decide on a strike – and do not underestimate Israel's capacity to do real damage to the nuclear programme.

Corrie Ten Boom had many memories of the last time a world leader felt compelled to annihilate God’s Chosen People. To learn of these memories, read her book THE HIDING PLACE, or take a virtual tour of her home in Ha’arlem, Holland which is now Corrie ten Boom Museum . While you may not be able to help Jewish families the way the Ten Booms did during WW II, you can be sensitive to their needs as the Ten Booms were for a hundred years - - by praying according to Ps. 122:6 and pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

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Holocaust fears haunt Israelis as they prepare for possible war with Iran