American Jews can learn a lesson on how to support the Jewish state from loving gentiles.
The Christians United for Israel dinner in Washington was an experience I won’t quickly forget. Until you sit in a room with 5,000 Christian lovers of Israel and absorb their enthusiasm for the Jewish state and the Jewish people, you would be hard pressed to think it possible. But there I was, surrounded by Christians from all over the nation waving Israeli and American flags, pledging eternal love and support to the most vilified country on earth.
The speeches came fast and furious, the statements bold and unapologetic. Israel must never trade land for peace. Every attempt to do so has led to terror bases for Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel is one of the freest and most democratic nations on earth. President Barack Obama better stop pressuring Israel, or he’ll pay for it at the polls. Iran is an existential threat to both Israel and the United States.
Those who treat the Jews poorly are abandoned by God, as history has shown time and again. The American university campus has become a hub of anti-Israel hatred. We’re deploying our legions to fight it.
Sheesh. I could scarcely sit down. Nearly every line deserved an ovation.
The crowd was anything but monolithic. The head of CUFI’s campus operations is a young African-American student who pledged his life to fighting for Israel. People of all colors were to be found in the audience, with a smattering of yarmulkes dotting the landscape as well. Glenn Beck, the keynote speaker, is a Mormon, even though the vast majority of participants were evangelical Christians, who are often suspicious of Mormonism. An Orthodox rabbi gave the opening benediction. Read more >>
