Iran - 2/28/26

 

 

 

A woman was killed and dozens more were injured by an Iranian missile that struck a Tel Aviv residential block late Saturday night, in the first deadly barrage to rock Israel during its renewed fighting with Iran.

The victim, in her 40s, was found in critical condition after a ballistic missile struck her apartment building in the coastal city, causing heavy damage to the structure and its environs.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-killed-dozens-injured-as-iranian-missile-strikes-tel-aviv-residential-block/

I do not gloat, nor feel good at the death of this Israeli woman today, February 28, 2026.   She might have been a relative of mine.   My father’s family has descendants of many great-aunts and great-uncles who are Israeli Jews.

9 Palestinians were killed, 19 were injured by the Israeli occupation forces, which brings the death toll in the Gaza Strip to 72,095 and the injuries to 171,784 

by February 28, 2026

https://www.aljazeerah.info/News/2026/February/27%20n/9%20Palestinians%20were%20killed,%2019%20were%20injured%20by%20the%20Israeli%20occupation%20forces,%20which%20brings%20the%20death%20toll%20in%20the%20Gaza%20Strip%20to%2072,095%20and%20the%20injuries%20to%20171,784,%20by%20February%2028,%202026.htm

The 40 year old Israeli woman who died almost certainly did not deserve to die!

Her death was obviously caused by an Iranian missile that was sent in retaliation for the Israeli missile attack early February 28, 2026.

Why is Hamas a terrorist organization in the minds of many, and Israel is a democracy?    Has Iran been threatening to attack Israel since October 7, 2023, as well as being a threat prior to then?

Israel launched an air campaign targeting the Iranian nuclear program and regime leadership on June 12 to “degrade, destroy, and remove [the] threat” of Iranian weaponization of its nuclear program. The June 12 to 13 strikes are the opening volley in a weekslong air campaign, according to multiple Israeli officials. Iran conducted a two-wave ballistic missile attack targeting Israel from Iranian territory about 18 hours after the initial Israeli strikes. This retaliation seems to have had limited to no effect at this time.

https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-edition-israeli-strikes-on-iran-june-13-2025-200-pm-et/

I would note that in June, 2025 and on February 28, 2026 Israeli attacked Iran, and Iran retaliated.    The former attacks were prior to the 2025 “ceasefire” in Gaza, while the latter (today) was after.   It seems obvious to me that a key difference was that currently The Iranian leadership is threatened with its very survival, whereas things in 2025 were not quite as directly threatening.   Surrender of the Iranian leadership, would be similar to the situation that The Venenzuelan government is in today, totally beholden to the U.S.

We have two totally separate types of issues here:

1.     Moral – ethical, as well as

2.     Practical .

I know of almost no one who believes that the Iranian Government is fair to its people!   I also know that at least 40% of U.S. citizens strongly disagree with the policies of President Donald Trump with respect to Ice, as well as related to the release of the complete, unredacted (except where they protect the victims) of the late Jeffrey Epstein.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, "Iran must never be allowed to attain a nuclear weapon but the American people do not want another endless and costly war in the Middle East when there are so many problems at home." 

He said the Trump administration "has not provided Congress and the American people with critical details about the scope and immediacy of the threat" and called on the administration to brief Congress both publicly and privately. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-strikes-trump-administration-unitedck -states-lawmakers/

Chuck Schumer, the highest ranking Democratic Party leader clearly is “speaking out”, but what is he really saying?    What time urgency is there in his words?    Is he objecting to the killing of people in Iran today, February 28, 2026?   He is calling for a Congressional briefing.

I do not believe that because I am a white, male, Jewish American my life is "worth more" than a resident of Iran (or of Gaza).

I hear repeatedly of the threats of Iran, Hamas, Muslims, Arabs and similar.    

I hear the word "terrorism" used a lot!

We, in the U.S. are to me THE REAL TERRORISTS!

We violate international law with impunity - no accountability to others or even many of our own people!

In the moment Donald Trump and The Republican Party is horrible!   The Democrats are NOT resisting the rise of Fascism in The U.S.   

There is an immediate threat of nuclear destruction coming from the invasion of Iran.   The threat is most likely to come from an Israeli or American nuclear weapon.  Iran does not have a nuclear bomb they could attack with.

Those being killed are disproportinately - Iranians, Gazans, Palestinian People in The West Bank, not U.S. citizens or Jewish Israelis.

In The United States white people are warned by the two Minneapolis killings, that our lives are no longer more valuable than those like George Floyd.

Separating - The Middle East - and scapegoating Iran's Government and Hamas - is both morally wrong, and wrong on a practical basis!

Let's Wake Up Before It's Too Late!

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