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Title: U.S. Televangelist To Launch Christian Pro-israel Lobby
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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
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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. Advertisement 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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#28. To: buckeroo, Minerva, Jethro Tull (#24)
OH my goodness how some things never change! Does Ponchy post here now?
Honest to GOD ... since you just brought $200 bucks a day .. over the past few months my portfolio has brought in OVER that amount each and every day. I must be damned lucky.
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
Buckeroo can't communicate without being gross and stupid so you have to cut him some slack.
I am just the Liberace of the Internet and no one gives a damn. -- buckeroo
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?
Don't forget our little witch, Morgana le Fay.
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
he came over for a short time about a week ago. he is going by the tori amos name 'Red Headed Piano Player' or something like that. do you remember him from PL? he was pontius pilot there.
I am just the Liberace of the Internet and no one gives a damn. -- buckeroo
Be careful Diana. It appears his shipment of Irish Rose port arrived today.
why don't you put the buckeroo/liberace quote on as your tag line? then three of us would have it.
I am just the Liberace of the Internet and no one gives a damn. -- buckeroo
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?
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
A pension from the NYPD is a private plan, buck. It's not affiliated with the government. Its membership is sustained by personal deductions by the employees.
Since he stated that he is a millionaire I was going to ask him if he would marry me so I can quit my new job.
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.
I am just the Liberace of the Internet and no one gives a damn. -- buckeroo
We are going to get him to pay for our snowmobile trip. You can come too if you want, but we will have to get the plane ticket out of him too.
I am just the Liberace of the Internet and no one gives a damn. -- buckeroo
If you are a Mormon I wouldn't mind being wife #3 or 4? Oh wait, Mormons don't drink.
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.
You know, christine .... here is is my suggestion for you. Kick back and watch the thread .. don't bump it ... as you don't know what you are talking about.
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
That's what I want to do too.
Do it. The dope will never ask for a pre-nup and he'll get so loaded at the reception it will never be consummated - not that he can get it up anyway. You can potentially walk away with it all, providing he isn't wet dreaming this money thingie.
I remember that, his nick name was Pee Pee.
i think you should contribute as much to this site as you contribute to LP.
I am just the Liberace of the Internet and no one gives a damn. -- buckeroo
Yes I would like to go, that would be fun! Bucky can you pay for my plane ticket too?
Is this what we can expect from a government worker that has left the People in NYC in disarray?
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
it was. that was short for pontius pilot. we have decided that we won't pick on him if he comes back. we plan to rehabilitate him so that he can associate with normal people.
I am just the Liberace of the Internet and no one gives a damn. -- buckeroo
Don't worry baby .. with Indrid Cold on hold ... I am just watching; his wager must seal the deal.
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
Diana - can I come to Alaska to get out of the COLD?
here is my suggestion for you. don't bet on that because you'd lose.
Nobody will put up the money for the brain transplant.
"Don't Steal, the government hates competition."
christine - your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
Don't count on that. And they consume more brain Pharms than any other major group. A few months ago, at the remote and wild Utah site of Temple Canyon, a very pleasent Mormon family camped next to us. They were drinking a Salt Lake beer named "Poligimy Pilsner" - "For When You're Having More Than One". And gave me a six pak. She was the great grand daughter of a major figure in Morman history. Hole in the Rock guy. We had a wonderful night in the vastness of nowhere SE Utah. Nine thousand year old pictographs on the walls around us to remind of of those who have gone long before.
Sure! You and your family can stay at my place. It's only 23 degrees here, except we're not getting much sunlight- or snow.
They threw a party when I left. As did I.
Take him Salmon fishing, Diana. I've always wanted to do that.
Why would anyone throw a party for you?
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
Two little degrees predicted here tonite. Going to be burning the furniture soon.
Really?! That is surprising to hear, since they won't even drink coffee. There is an older retired Mormon couple who recently moved here as missionaries, the first Mormons I've ever met, they are very nice wholesome types. They gave me a Book of Mormon which I've always been curious to read. I've never lived anywhere near Mormon country.
because i'm a nice guy. just ask me.
We were somewhere around Homer and looked in to the streams there. It, to me was quite strange, seeing all those huge fish there. I am pretty sure I have been in all fifty states. Some just an interstate ride through. My relaitives ask me what's the best state. I say I like Utah, but Alaska is off the scale. It is a whole nother question - does not compute.
This time of year I would take him smelting which is fun, and the smelts are tasty, you can even eat the bones which have lots of calcium. This is a good area to live in case of food shortages, as there is always food to be found in the wilds.
Are you saying you walked away from your life with a "party?"
your friendly fascist forum owner. -- christine
I'd really, really like to see that.
No, no, no.....I began a new chapter of the same life.
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#29. To: Minerva (#25)
Yes, it costs $200 per day for the snowmobile and the guide. We can get the hotel ourself.
#30. To: Diana (#28)
OH my goodness how some things never change!
#31. To: buckeroo (#27)
Gosh, JT ... you sound fairly pissed offed.
#32. To: Diana, Morgana le Fay (#28)
OH my goodness how some things never change!
#33. To: Diana (#28)
Does Ponchy post here now?
#34. To: Diana (#28)
#35. To: Jethro Tull (#31)
#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?
#37. To: buckeroo (#12)
as he lives off the government trough.
#38. To: Jethro Tull, Buckaroo (#34)
Be careful Diana. It appears his shipment of Irish Rose port arrived today.
#39. To: buckeroo (#36)
#40. To: Diana (#38)
Since he stated that he is a millionaire I was going to ask him if he would marry me so I can quit my new job.
#41. To: buckeroo (#29)
#42. To: buckeroo (#36)
#43. To: christine (#37)
#44. To: Jethro Tull, Minerva (#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?
#45. To: Diana (#38)
#46. To: Morgana le Fay (#33)
do you remember him from PL? he was pontius pilot there.
#47. To: buckeroo (#43)
#48. To: Minerva, Buckaroo (#40)
We are going to get him to pay for our snowmobile trip. You can come too if you want, but we will have to get the plane ticket out of him too.
#49. To: Jethro Tull (#45)
Do it.
#50. To: Diana (#46)
I remember that, his nick name was Pee Pee.
#51. To: Morgana le Fay (#47)
i think you should contribute as much to this site as you contribute to LP.
#52. To: Diana (#28)
#53. To: buckeroo (#43)
as you don't know what you are talking about.
#54. To: Zoroaster (#3)
Someone ought to unscrew Hagee's head and shit in it
#55. To: christine (#53)
I told you don't go where you are going. BACKOFF. If you examine the thread, I am on a defensive. More than that YOU are supporting a method to bring down 4um.
Take it easy ... allow us to take care of our own without management concers or considerations that may create havoc.
#56. To: Diana (#41)
Oh wait, Mormons don't drink.
#57. To: tom007 (#52)
Diana - can I come to Alaska to get out of the COLD?
#58. To: buckeroo (#49)
has left the People in NYC in disarray?
#59. To: Diana (#57)
#60. To: Jethro Tull (#58)
#61. To: Diana (#57)
t's only 23 degrees here, except we're not getting much sunlight- or snow.
#62. To: tom007 (#56)
Don't count on that. And they consume more brain Pharms than any other major group.
#63. To: buckeroo (#60)
#64. To: Jethro Tull, diana (#59)
Take him Salmon fishing, Diana. I've always wanted to do that.
#65. To: Jethro Tull, tom007 (#59)
Take him Salmon fishing, Diana. I've always wanted to do that.
#66. To: Jethro Tull (#58)
They threw a party when I left. As did I.
#67. To: tom007 (#64)
#68. To: buckeroo (#66)
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