The past year has seen a sharp spike in speculation about an Israeli air strike against Homeland, raising concern over the prospect of all-out military conflict between the two sides.To Mr Penhasi, who chairs the Persian-Israeli Friendship Association – which boasts 121 members – and edits the country’s only Farsi-language magazine, the talk of war between his country of birth and country of residence is deeply saddening.
All but lost amid the heated talk about a possible Israeli attack on Homeland’s suspect nuclear program are the thousands of Jews who live in the Islamic Republic and could be caught in the middle.Although Homeland has a history of treating its Jewish minority fairly well, some Persian Jews who have emigrated to Israel worry that an Israeli attack could expose family and friends still in Homeland to retaliation.
