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Christian pro-Israel lobby |
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| By Shmuel Rosner |
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WASHINGTON - A new group in the
United States, Christians United for Israel, will serve as an
umbrella organization for Christian congregations that support
Israel, and will lobby for Israel.
Some 400 Christian
community leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, two weeks ago to
establish the group, which Christians United officials said
represents about 30 million Americans.
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The organization's main
goal is to create a rapid-response network "targeted to reach
every senator and congressman" in the United States. It is led
by evangelical leaders Dr. John C. Hagee and 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 renowned
supporters of Israel, and considered hawkish. For instance,
they will pressure the American government to move its embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Christians United members
decided to hold meetings with legislators in Washington for
two days in July to tell them about the organization and its
platform, and express their support for Israel. They are also
planning a large annual event called "A Night to Honor Israel"
that will be held in several cities simultaneously. The event,
according to the group, will give American Christians the
opportunity to fight anti-Semitism and express "their debt of
gratitude to the Jewish people for their contribution to
Christianity." The organizers stressed that the events are
"non-conversionary."
"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.," Israeli Ambassador to
the United States Danny Ayalon said yesterday.
Stephen
Strang, publisher of Charisma magazine and a founding member
of Christians United, has said he wants the organization to be
as strong as the pro-Israel lobby known as AIPAC.
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