Christian Evangelists support Israel - What American Jews think of that. An alternative perspective

[Yossarian]

Here is an interesting article I came across from the Jewish Post.

Israel's Most Hated Friend

By Alana Goodman

According to Abraham Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish community is currently facing a “dire threat”-- and no it’s not Mel Gibson after a few cocktails. It’s Christian Zionism, a group of Christians who support the Jewish state.

The Christian Zionists are truly Israel’s most hated friends-- and the movement has recently begun growing in size. Last year, Christian Zionists raised millions of dollars for Jewish causes, and used their considerable political power to lobby politicians on behalf of Israel. As if that wasn’t enough, they also gave tons of support to the Israeli tourism industry.

Jews aren’t just going to take this “threat” lying down.

Joe Lieberman is the most recent casualty of the Jewish war against Christian Zionism. Once the sweetheart of the Jewish community, the Orthodox Senator has seen his favorability rating dwindle to an embarrassing 37% after befriending Rev. John Hagee, a prominent Christian Zionist leader.

Rev. Hagee, the founder of Christians United for Israel, is about as well-received by the Jewish community as a Bobby Fischer radio interview. Though he has devoted the last few decades of his life to Jewish causes, he only has a 7% favorability rating among American Jews (that’s just 2% higher than Rev. Jeremiah “Jews-are-Satan” Wright!). The organization “Jewish Voice for Peace” calls Rev. Hagee a “hate-monger” and a group called “J Street” bullied Sen. John McCain into cutting ties with him last winter.

Recently, hundreds of Jewish leaders also teamed up to denounce Christian Zionism and its supporters in a petition, calling them “bigoted,” “extremist,” and “anti-Semitic.”

Prejudice is certainly one of the reasons why Christian Zionists are disliked-- but Jews are the ones who are prejudiced against Christian Zionists. Many Jews are wary about trusting Christians because of historical reasons. On top of that, most Christian Zionists are evangelicals-- a group that Jews tend to look down upon as fundamentalist, Right-wing, bitter, and ignorant.

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http://www.jewishpost.com/archives/news/Israels-Most-Hated-Friend.html

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[KingKhanWC]

Christians and Jews historically have been enemies. Christian Zionists want to speed up the end times and by having a secure Israel nation they believe their Messiah will return and the Jews will then disappear. Whats crazy is it's not a few looney people in some country town but these are some of the most influential and powerful people in the US and around the world.

And these people have the audacity to call others extremists

 

[Yossarian]

Christians and Jews historically have been enemies. Christian Zionists want to speed up the end times and by having a secure Israel nation they believe their Messiah will return and the Jews will then disappear. Whats crazy is it's not a few looney people in some country town but these are some of the most influential and powerful people in the US and around the world.

And these people have the audacity to call others extremists

The US Vice-President Mike Pence is a deeply committed evangelist, an ardent Christian Zionist and a big supporter of Christians United for Israel, which is the largest pro-Israel group in the United States, claiming more than 3 million members and raising hundreds of millions of dollars for pro-Israel causes every year.

Unlike other evangelical Christians, who do not see the modern state of Israel as prophetically significant, Christian Zionists argue that the fate of the United States hinges on how fervently it supports Israel. Perhaps the most cited Christian Zionist verse is Genesis 12:3, when God tells Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.”

Source: The Washington Post