Experts say a large-scale war is unlikely, but weeks of attacks between the two countries have caused uneasiness across the world and in Houston where about 50,000 Jewish people and 70,000 Iranians reside.
While a large-scale war between Israel and Iran is unlikely, weeks of overseas attacks have caused uneasiness in Houston's communities.Experts say a large-scale war is unlikely, but weeks of attacks between the two countries have caused uneasiness across the world."It's not a good feeling when you are far away," Mike Azodi, who has relatives in Iran, said. "If revolution happens, I'm the first person to come back to Tehran. I miss Iran so much.
"It's very stressful. We have a lot of family in Israel. My wife is Israeli and she has hundreds of family members that live there from the north to the south, not to mention two of my kids who live there," Steven Plumb said."It's always innocent civilians who take it on the neck the most," Joe Barnes, a fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute and a former diplomat, said.
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