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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
This was written 14 years ago. Her concerns were well founded as we can all
see.
-- Jackie -- March 4, 2003 : Special Report
WASHINGTON REPORT On Middle East Affairs
Israeli Extremists and Christian Fundamentalists: The Alliance
By Grace Halsell
December 1988, Page 31
At the time I began my research for my book Prophecy and Politics, I
discovered the average American I met in Washington, DC, and New York was
not interested in TV evangelists and their link to Israel. Neither were
book editors. I went to 25 top editors in New York with my book idea on
religion and politics. Michael Korda of Simon and Schuster was typical.
"Jerry Falwell? Pat Robertson? Who is interested in those crazies?"
By the time my book came out those "crazies" were on the front page of
every American newspaper and on every news channel. Of course, I didn't
give them this instant fame, which extended throughout the world. Two of
them earned it themselves by being in the middle of scandals.
The press told us that Jim Bakker had committed adultery and that Jimmy
Swaggart regularly visited a prostitute. A fellow marine said Pat Robertson
never had to dodge bullets in Korea because he had used his father's
influence as a senator to escape front line duty. But almost everyone
ignored the biggest scandal of all: the peculiar mixture of prophecy and
politics professed by these and other Christian Zionists.
The Christian Zionists Message
What is the message of the Christian Zionist? Simply stated it is this:
Every act taken by Israel is orchestrated by God, and should be condoned,
supported, and even praised by the rest of us.
"Never mind what Israel does," say the Christian Zionists. "God wants this
to happen." This includes the invasion of Lebanon, which killed or injured
an estimated 100,000 Lebanese and Palestinians, most of them civilians; the
bombing of sovereign nations such as Iraq; the deliberate, methodical
brutalizing of the Palestinians-breaking bones, shooting children, and
demolishing homes; and the expulsion of Palestinian Christians and Muslims
from a land they have occupied for over 2,000 years.
My premise in Prophecy and Politics is that Christian Zionism is a
dangerous and growing segment of Christianity, which was popularized by the
19th-century American Cyrus Scofield when he wrote into a Bible his
interpretation of events in history. These events all centered around
Israel-past, present, and future. His Scofield Bible is today the most
popular of the reference Bibles.
Scofield said that Christ cannot return to earth until certain events
occur: The Jews must return to Palestine, gain control of Jerusalem and
rebuild a temple, and then we all must engage in the final, great battle
called Armageddon. Estimates vary, but most students of Armageddon theology
agree that as a result of these relatively recent interpretations of
Biblical scripture, 10 to 40 million Americans believe Palestine is God's
chosen land for the Jews.
Has the power of the Christian Zionists diminished?
I do not think so. Rather, we are seeing how the Christian Zionists,
motivated by religious beliefs, are working hand in glove with politically
motivated, militant Jewish Zionists around the world. It is the Christian
support of Zionism that emboldens Zionists to believe they can dictate to
relatively weak and dependent countries such as Austria, whom they may
choose as their president.
It is the Christian support of Zionism that allows Manuel Noriega to remain
the strongman in Panama, misusing his power, regardless of what harm he
causes to the United States, his neighbors, and his people.
It is the Christian support of Zionism that enables the militant Israelis
to take over Palestinian homes surrounding the Al-Aqsa mosque in pursuit of
their well-documented plan to destroy Jerusalem's most holy Islamic site,
sacred to a billion Muslims around the world-one-fifth of humanity.
Christian Zionists and the Iran-Contra Scandal
Remarkably,it was this Christian cult of Israel that brought us the Iran
contra scandal, perhaps the most self-destructive act in the history of the
United States. Marine Col. Oliver North, the perpetrator of this misguided
series of actions, is a Christian Zionist. A born-again charismatic figure,
he endeared himself to the militant Israeli Zionists who plotted
Iran-contra. "He is more Israeli," said one Jewish general, "than we
Israelis." This is often the case. In his zealotry, the Christian Zionist
can become more Zionist, more militant, than the Jewish Zionist.
In the Iran-contra hearings, Sen. James McClure (R-ID) explained to North
that the US had a stated policy of neutrality in the Iran-Iraq war. That
policy differed radically from Israel's policy of selling arms to Iran.
Yes, agreed North, the two policies were not the same. The question, to
which McClure's efforts yielded no response, then becomes: Why would the US
forego its American policy to pursue Israeli policy?
The answer, unfortunately, lies in the belief system of Christian Zionists:
They believe that what Israel wants is what God wants. Therefore, it is
perfectly acceptable to give the green light to whatever it is Israel wants
and then conceal this from the American people. Anything, including lies,
theft, even murder, is justified as long as Israel wants it.
Another perfect example of a Christian Zionist is Sen. Daniel Inouye
(D-HI). Throughout the hearings on the Iran-contra scandal, the Hawaiian
kept the focus on the contras and steered determinedly clear of any
criticism of Israel. If, in answer to questions, witnesses sought to
explain the seminal and continuing role of Israel, Inouye abruptly broke
off the line of questioning that had led the hearings to this unwanted
destination.
Despite the political problems created by its lay practitioners and the
scandals that rocked some of its TV ministries, this belief system-this
cult of Israel-has not been diminished.
Indeed, I hold that Christian Zionism threatens not just the lives of
Palestinians and other Arabs, but the very existence of the United States.
Because of the cult of Israel, we have become a nation that does not have
its own Middle East policy, but the policy the government of Israel tells
us to have.
Despite the terrifying aspects of the alliance of militant Christians with
militant Jewish Zionists, I find some encouraging developments. In my
visits to colleges, clubs, and churches around the country, I have found
strong support for the message and warning in Prophecy and Politics. It has
come not only from liberal congregations, but from across the whole
spectrum of Christianity, including those Christians who call themselves
fundamentalists. These supporters see Christ as the bearer to humanity of
God's message of peace, brotherhood, love, and reconciliation. These
Christians do not endorse either the cult of Israel or its killIngs and
beatings of Palestinians.
I have found many such Christians in my frequent visits to my home state of
Texas. There and all over this slowly-awakening land of ours, I have found
a small but increasing number of ministers and lay people who are deeply
alarmed by the cult of Israel and willing to stand up and speak out about it.
Grace Halsell's book,Prophecy and Politics. The Secret Alliance Between
Israel and the US Christian Right Is available through the AET Book Club
Catalog to readers of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
(This article was adapted by author Grace Halsell from her speech at the
North American Regional Non-Governmental Symposium on the Question of
Palestine held in June 1988 at the United Nations headquarters in New York.)
source:
http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/israel/alliance.htm
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