Christian Zionism

How Israel lets Christian pseudo-archeologists pillage the West Bank

by News Sources 03.01.2013

Dylan Bergeson reports: A line of rental cars crawled up the side of ribbed sandstone formations, mounded high like giant termite nests. In the distance, the city lights of modern Jericho twinkled on the northern horizon. In this haunted landscape where the West Bank meets the Jordan River, the Dead Sea Scrolls — the oldest-known [...]

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What evangelicals get wrong about Israel and the Palestinians

by News Sources 11.24.2012

Kirsten Powers writes: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Sadly, this isn’t Scripture you hear many evangelicals quoting when discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, though Jesus uttered the words in the Sermon on the Mount. Instead of making peace, American evangelicals have mostly picked sides and offered unquestioning, blind loyalty to Israel, with little to no regard for [...]

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Video: Waiting for Armageddon

by News Sources 05.12.2012

Waiting for Armageddon: America’s 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world’s future is foretold in Biblical prophecy – from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing documentary explores their world – in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives [...]

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The excommunication of Ron Paul

by News Sources 12.30.2011

Steve Kornacki writes: When you’re running near the top of the polls, it’s inevitable that your opponents will gang up on you. But there’s something different about the nature of the attacks Ron Paul is now facing – and, potentially, about their implications. In the past few days, three of Paul’s rivals – Newt Gingrich, [...]

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Christmas fading in the Holy Land

by News Sources 12.25.2011

Khaled Diab writes: In the land that put Christ in Christmas, Christianity is shrinking. Less than a century ago, Christians comprised nearly 10 percent of the population of Palestine (now Israel and the Palestinian territories). In 1946, the figure was around 8 percent. Today, Christians make up about 4 percent of the West Bank’s population, [...]

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Glenn Beck receives ‘Defender of Israel Award’

by News Sources 11.22.2011

The Zionist Organization of America gave its first “Defender of Israel Award” to Glenn Beck on Sunday. The award was presented by American billionaire casino magnate and backer of Benjamin Netanyahu, Sheldon Adelson. Beck, in his acceptance speech, said, “I am a proud Zionist and an obvious defender of Israel. I speak the truth and [...]

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Pastor Beck preaches in Jerusalem

by News Sources 08.25.2011

The Guardian reports: The temperature may have dropped a little in Jerusalem on Wednesday night, but it was more than compensated for by the heat produced by Glenn Beck as he brought his “Restoring Courage” rally to the Old City. The former Fox News presenter and devout Mormon stood at a podium beneath the gunmetal [...]

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Glenn Beck calls Israel social protesters ‘communists’

by News Sources 08.16.2011

Haaretz reports: Beck is currently in Israel for a mass rally to “Restore Courage” in Jerusalem. The conservative pundit, who left Fox News in June of this year, scoffed at the protesters’ list of demands, comparing many of their calls for increased social benefits to those of the former Soviet Union. When he heard that [...]

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Capitol Hill’s representatives for Israel

by News Sources 08.12.2011

Josh Ruebner writes: Nearly 20 percent of the constituents of Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) live under the poverty line, and nearly 15 percent are unemployed. Jackson’s congressional district, covering parts of the south side of Chicago and its southern suburbs, has been hit harder than many others by the crises plaguing the economy. Many [...]

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Islamophobia, Zionism and the Norway massacre

by News Sources 08.02.2011

In a Washington Post op-ed, Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League compared the Islamophobia that led Anders Behring Breivik to massacre 77 innocent people in Norway to the anti-Semitism that resulted in the Holocaust. Ali Abunimah welcomes the fact that Foxman is echoing what he and many others have pointed out in recent [...]

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Israel lobby’s evangelical Christian foot soldiers gather in Washington

by News Sources 07.20.2011

Haaretz reports: Over 5000 Christians, mainly Evangelicals, gathered this week at the Convention Center in Washington for the annual conference of the organization CUFI, Christians United For Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Christian Zionist conference via satellite, telling them, “When you support Israel, you don’t have to choose between your interests and your [...]

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Glenn Beck’s magicland

by News Sources 07.13.2011

Laurie Winer, Los Angeles Review of Books: The undisputed high point of Beck’s tenure in Baltimore was an elaborate prank built around a nonexistent theme park. The idea was to run a promotional campaign for the fictional grand opening of the world’s first air-conditioned underground amusement park, called Magicland. According to Beck and Gray, it [...]

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‘If there wasn’t a Glenn Beck, Israel would have had to invent one’

by News Sources 07.11.2011

Ami Kaufman reports on Glenn Beck’s visit to Israel’s Knesset today: Outside the Negev hall, the atmosphere was like before a rock concert, complete with the pushing and shoving. Most attendees were religious, all the way from knitted kippas to haredim. After we sat down, it was only a few minutes wait till the star [...]

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Can Glenn Back save Israel?

by News Sources 06.28.2011

The Jerusalem Post reports: Conservative pundit Glenn Beck will advise MKs [members of the Knesset] on fighting the delegitimization of Israel abroad during a trip to Israel in July. Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee chair MK Danny Danon (Likud) invited Beck, a Fox News and radio host and an outspoken supporter of Israel, [...]

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The 9/11 hijackers now defending Ground Zero

by Paul Woodward 08.27.2010

The opponents of Park51, the so-called “Ground Zero mosque,” have decided that the litmus test for identifying “good Muslims” is to ask them whether they regard Hamas as a terrorist organization. Andy McCarthy, one of the lead knights in the crusade to stop “the Islamization of America,” strikes the latest blow — this time against [...]

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Defending the unbreakable bond between Israel and Pennsylvania

by Paul Woodward 07.13.2010

When voters in Pennsylvania head to the polls this November to elect a new senator, Bill Kristol and his newly launched outfit want to make sure that the issue uppermost in the voters’ considerations is how great a friend of Israel their next senator will be — this is the first assignment adopted by the [...]

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Rep. Bachmann: America ‘cursed’ by God ‘if we reject Israel’

by Paul Woodward 02.15.2010

The Minnesota Independent drew attention to remarks made by Rep. Michele Bachmann when she addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition in Los Angeles this month. Bachmann said: I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of the United States . [...]

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Onward, Christian Zionists

by Paul Woodward 12.18.2009

Onward, Christian Zionists Christian Zionists believe that in order to fulfill Biblical prophecy, Israel must conquer most of the Middle East. They are a growing force in American politics with ties to many powerful pro-Israel groups in Washington. Once considered a marginal doctrine among evangelicals, the dispensationalist theology of Christian Zionism includes a belief in [...]

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British court issued Gaza arrest warrant for former Israeli minister Tzipi Livni

by Paul Woodward 12.15.2009

British court issued Gaza arrest warrant for former Israeli minister Tzipi Livni By Ian Black and Ian Cobain, The Guardian, December 14, 2009 A British court issued an arrest warrant for Israel’s former foreign minister over war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza this year – only to withdraw it when it was discovered that she [...]

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Palestinian equal rights joins the progressive agenda on ‘The Daily Show’

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Palestinian equal rights joins the progressive agenda on ‘The Daily Show’ By Adam Horowitiz, Mondoweiss, October 29, 2009 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

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Huckabee says 2 states in Holy Land ‘unrealistic’

by Paul Woodward 08.18.2009

Huckabee says 2 states in Holy Land ‘unrealistic’ By Steve Gutkin, AP, August 18, 2009 US presidential contender Mike Huckabee said Tuesday there should be no Palestinian state in the West Bank and endorsed Israeli settlements there, sharply disagreeing with Washington and much of the world. A three-day tour of Israel, hosted by a far-right [...]

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CAMPAIGN 08: An inability to recognize ourselves in one another

by Paul Woodward 01.21.2008

Islamofascism’s ill political wind By James Carroll, Boston Globe, January 21, 2008 In contrast to the way militant zealotries of other religions have been perceived, there is a broad conviction, especially among many conservative American Christians, that the inner logic of Islam and fascism go together. Political candidates appeal to those Christians by defining the [...]

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VIDEO: On the racetrack to Armageddon with Pastor Hagee

by Paul Woodward 10.10.2007

Christians United for Israel Bill Moyers Journal, October 5, 2007 BILL MOYERS JOURNAL reports on the politically powerful group Christians United for Israel, whose leader, Pastor John Hagee, advocates for a preemptive strike against Iran. [watch video] Editor’s Comment — Fascinating report. But the one piece of this story that gets left out is the [...]

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NEWS: Staying on the straight and narrow — really narrow

by Paul Woodward 10.02.2007

McCain: No Muslim president, U.S. better with Christian one By Helen Kennedy, NY Daily News, September 29, 2007 GOP presidential candidate John McCain says America is better off with a Christian President and he doesn’t want a Muslim in the Oval Office. “I admire the Islam. There’s a lot of good principles in it,” he [...]

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