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The Awful Geopolitical Viability of an Undemocratic Israel (Thanks to her Christian Zionist "friends")
by Spencer Ackerman
From Attackerman.com
In the course of a thoughtful post about Israel’s horrifying
slouch toward “total South-Africanization,” Jeffrey Goldberg
tries to talk to his Israeli friends:
[I]f Israelis believe that the vast majority of American
Jews — their most important supporters in the entire world —
are going to sit idly by and watch Israel permanently
disenfranchise a permanently-occupied minority population,
they’re deluding themselves. A non-democratic Israel will
not survive in this world. It’s an impossibility.
Goldberg’s right: the vast majority of American Jews won’t
support an Apartheid Israel. But the Israelis have a
different American ally who might: Christian Zionists.
Christian Zionists, in the United States, are fully
democratic actors, and I don’t mean to suggest otherwise
domestically. When it comes to Israel, though, their favored
approach is for Israel to keep the entire West Bank, for
eschatological reasons. They are much, much less concerned
about the political character of Israel, and even less
concerned with the fate of (non-Christian) Palestinians.
For years, Israel and its American friends on the right have
cultivated a relationship with Christian Zionists; check out
Pastor Hagee, for instance. And it’s not hard to see why.
Israel needs American sponsorship — not so much materially
anymore, because it’s a wealthy nuclear power and regional
superpower, but geopolitically, as when the U.S. contains
Iran or beats back anti-Israel resolutions at the United
Nations. But for the first 40 or so years of Israel’s
existence, it had a fairly narrow constituency in the U.S.:
us American Jews. Not the most stable base of support. But
Israel understood that there was a wide and politically
powerful base of support that was just waiting to be
cultivated: conservative evangelical Christians.
FULL ARTICLE FROM ATTACKERMAN.COM
Christians United for Israel (CUFI) as Barrier to Peace in Israel/Palestine
An Evangelical Leader and Jewish Rabbi Speak on CUFI and Peace
Resources for the Study of Christian Zionism and Christian Zionists
From the Interfaith Commission of the National Council of Churches (USA)
Why We Should be Concerned about Christian Zionism
From the Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism:
An Adult Christian Education Course: Left Behind: Israel, the Bible, and the Future
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Sabeel Makes a Statement at the Christian Zionist Parade in Jerusalem
Is Zionism (and the "Christian" version) Cannibalizing US Politics?
by Andre C. James
With people of Jewish faith making up just 2% of the
potential vote, why are American politicians pandering to the whims of
Israel?
The answer partly lies in the fact that there are an estimated 40 million
American Christian Zionists or Christian conservatives that constitutes a
sizeable portion of the US vote.
So what is Christian Zionism and how is it fundamentally different from
other Christian teachings?
The philosophical foundations of Christian Zionism go back to ancient
times. They are associated with the age-old belief in an epic struggle
between the forces of good and evil and a premonition that the world would
soon end. This thread is traceable from early Hebrew prophets; from Jesus
Christ, who apparently expected that the Kingdom of God would emerge in the
lifetime of his disciples; and from the inhabitants of Qumran, whose
writings prophesied a horrendous battle between good and evil. The seers
considered the world of their day to be sinful, but after the great struggle
an age of goodness ruled by God would emerge. No gray area permitting
compromise exists between good and evil, they held. The staying power of
those beliefs is so great that they are still with us after 2000 years and
form the root system of the beliefs of today's Christian Zionists.”
Un-Christian Support of Israel
by Zenoyise Madikwa
I'M CAUGHT in a perfect paradox. I'm a staunch
"tongue-speaking" Christian, who believes in the crucifixion, death and
resurrection of Christ Jesus.
But for the life of me, I find it hard to relate to the popular Zionism
gospel that is becoming a staple in our black evangelical church pulpits.
FULL ARTICLE FROM SOWETAN LIVE
What Israeli, US Leaders Hoped to be Jerusalem's Fate in 1977
from Ha'aretz
A Jewish legend from the Middle Ages tells about a great rabbi, named Amnon.
Rich, handsome and of distinguished lineage, he lived in Magenza (now Mainz,
Germany ). According to the story, which is probably apocryphal, the city's
archbishop and other officials pressed Rabbi Amnon to forsake his religion
and convert, but were rebuffed time after time. But one day, the tale goes,
he could no longer withstand the pressure: In order to get them off his
back, he said yes - but asked for a three-day extension to consult and
consider the matter. Barely had the rabbi finished speaking when he grasped
the depth of his sin. He went home tormented and abashed. "Because of this I
shall descend to the netherworld," he apparently told his confidants,
whereupon he wept and began to fast.
FULL ARTICLE
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