Metro Detroiters with close family ties to loved ones in Israel, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran are sharing more emotions around an escalating war.
Today I talked with religious leaders who continue to call for peace as tensions are rising yet again with Iran firing missiles at Israel today.
In the wake of Iran launching a new wave of missiles targeting Israel in response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, there are more fears being shared here in metro Detroit.
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Community leaders from Ann Arbor and Dearborn Heights see the escalating war from different perspectives, and I asked both for their response to the growing battle.
“There are so many relatives, whether Palestinian or Lebanese or other areas, that’s a very dangerous situation and the person responsible for all this pain and escalation is Netanyahu,” said Imam Mohammed Ali Elahi with the Islamic House of Wisdom.
Rabbi Asher Lopatin with the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor said “Hezbollah and Lebanon attacked Israel and continue to attack Israel, Israel is just defending itself. Iran is not just attacking Israel, they are also supplying Russia with missiles.”