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Title: U.S. Televangelist To Launch Christian Pro-israel Lobby
Source: Haaretz
URL Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/701583.html
Published: Apr 2, 2006
Author: Shlomo Shamir
Post Date: 2006-04-02 19:56:10 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 2040
Comments: 104

NEW YORK - Televangelist John Hagee told Jewish community leaders over the weekend that the 40 million evangelical Christians in the United States support Israel and that he plans to utilize this power to help Israel by launching a Christian pro-Israel lobby.

The lobby, called Christians United for Israel, is slated to launch in July, during a Washington conference in which hundreds of American evangelicals are slated to participate, Hagee said at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which represents 52 national Jewish groups. He also discussed the lobby with Israel's consul general in New York, Aryeh Mekel.

Hagee said his group would be a Christian - and more powerful - version of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a large pro-Israel lobby, and would target senators and congressmen on Capitol Hill. A quarter of congressmen are evangelicals, and many American legislators represent regions that include a large evangelical population, he said.

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Hagee - the founder and senior pastor of the evangelical Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, that claims an active membership of more than 18,000 - said the lobby's activities would be a "political earthquake."

In his meeting with Mekel, Hagee said he planned to establish an effective network of key activists across the United States who can be reached within 24 hours if necessary for emergency lobbying efforts. He said he has already appointed 12 regional directors who are to be responsible for lobby activities in their areas and that he plans to appoint representatives in every state and major city.

Hagee also said he would head a delegation of 500 evangelicals slated to visit Israel this summer.

"The evangelical population's support of Israel is very important," said Mekel yesterday.

The Israeli ambassador to the United States, Danny Ayalon, responded in a similar fashion while discussing the new lobby in February.

"We see Christians in the United States as true friends and important supporters on the basis of shared values, and we welcome their efforts to strengthen the ties between Israel and the U.S.," Ayalon said at the time.

Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman was a bit more cautious. He said Hagee's project should be welcomed, but added that Jews and Israelis should be both respectful and wary. Foxman noted that Hagee told the Conference of Presidents that the evangelical support Israel from a biblical perspective, but did not explain exactly what he meant.

Rabbi James Rudin, author of "The Baptizing of America: The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us," said Sunday that Hagee - one of 20 evangelical leaders who met with Ariel Sharon during his last trip to Washington - has been known for many years as an enthusiastic advocate of Israel, and is a typical right-wing Christian supporter of the country.

Some 400 Christian community leaders met in San Antonio in February to establish the lobby. Other than Hagee, its leaders include evangelist George Morrison; fundamentalist Baptist minister Jerry Falwell; and Gary Bauer, president of the American Values organization aimed at protecting marriage, family and faith. All are well-known supporters of Israel, and considered hawkish.

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#2. To: Brian S (#0)

I often wonder why there is so much "need" to support Israel, or other nations. How come no one goes out of their way to support we the people right here in America?

buckeroo  posted on  2006-04-02   20:06:25 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: buckeroo (#2)

I often wonder why there is so much "need" to support Israel, or other nations.

Ask your pal Goldi - the one whose pocket you keep filled. Ass...

Jethro Tull  posted on  2006-11-27   20:43:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Jethro Tull (#8)

Ask your pal Goldi - the one whose pocket you keep filled. Ass...

I have no need. Why do you have a compulsion to direct me?

buckeroo  posted on  2006-12-02   20:20:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: buckeroo (#10)

Why do you have a compulsion to direct me?

Me direct you?

Cecil B. Demille wouldn't be able to teach you to take a dump, you hapless sot.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2006-12-02   20:51:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Jethro Tull (#14)

Why do you think Sally has anything to do with me?

buckeroo  posted on  2006-12-02   20:55:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: buckeroo (#17)

Would Sally would be the Hebrew who treats adults like kindergarteners? The Zionist swine whose purse you fill? The hideous Wildebeest who is as comfortable in a dumpster as in a Temple on High Holiday?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2006-12-02   21:06:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Jethro Tull (#22)

Would Sally would be the Hebrew who treats adults like kindergarteners? The Zionist swine whose purse you fill? The hideous Wildebeest who is as comfortable in a dumpster as in a Temple on High Holiday?

Gosh, JT ... you sound fairly pissed offed. Whats happening with that government grant you have? You want to blame me and Sally, a mere web-site owner?

buckeroo  posted on  2006-12-02   21:11:30 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: buckeroo (#27)

Gosh, JT ... you sound fairly pissed offed.

Me pissed off?

How in god's holy name could I be pissed off when all I do all day is watch football, DVDs and play on the 'net?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2006-12-02   21:15:54 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: Jethro Tull (#31)

How in god's holy name could I be pissed off when all I do all day is watch football, DVDs and play on the 'net?

Well, to begin with ... I doubt you believe in God. Your whole life is about government. You worked your entire life for government, didn't you JT? You even got a pension, correct?

buckeroo  posted on  2006-12-02   21:19:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#39. To: buckeroo (#36)

You might like this one. It is called a "Sandeep" and it is very popular in San Francisco:

Grape Nehi (2 oz vodka, 2 oz raspberry liqueur, lemon, blended with ice), given a gay extra splash by an accommodating bartender, who then crowns the drink with a spear of maraschino cherries and a paper umbrella.

Minerva  posted on  2006-12-02 21:23:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: buckeroo (#36)

and further after JT retired from the NYPD, he worked in private industry for a Fortune 50 company, not governmental, from which he also receives a retirement pension, so your assertions are erroneous.

christine  posted on  2006-12-02 21:24:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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