-Caveat Lector- Not that I support forced relocation, but Jordan was Palestine too.
on 10/23/02 4:04 AM, Euphorian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > From http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=19689 > > Evangelical Christians back eviction > By Barbara Ferguson, Arab News Correspondent > > WASHINGTON, 23 October ‹ Throughout the world, criticism is growing against > > Israel¹s hard-line tactics against Palestinians, but support for Zionism > remains firm among > America¹s millions of evangelical Christians. > > Last week, thousands of evangelical Christians cheered as a member from > Israel¹s Knesset > called for the "relocation of Palestinians" from the West Bank to Jordan. > > Benny Elon, a member of the Moledet party, called for the "transfer of > Palestinians" to Arab > countries, saying the Bible calls for a "resettlement" of the Palestinians. > His remarks were > applauded at the annual convention of the Christian Coalition, and many of the > neo- > conservatives waved Israeli flags. The audience also cheered House Majority > Whip Tom > DeLay, who told them to back pro-Israel candidates. > > "Most evangelicals are certain that God always takes the side of Israel" in > any conflict, > Randall Balmer and Lauren F. Winner say in "Protestantism in America" > (Columbia > University Press). National Review says evangelicals hold a "divine right" > viewpoint and > support Israel with an "uncritical fervor that exceed that of even some > American Jews." > > Such an example is Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, the main speaker > at the > Christian Coalition convention held in Washington. He attacked Yasser Arafat, > saying he had > "killed or deported the vast percentage of Christian population in Bethlehem." > > Robertson also accused the Palestinian Authority of being "a group of > Mafia-like thugs, who > have been imported from Tunisia, and really, Palestine has been occupied by > Yasser Arafat > and his thugs. We cannot turn that nation over to them." > > Robertson rejected any legitimacy of the Palestinians¹ claim to their land, > saying, "the > Palestinians are really Arabs who moved there a few decades ago. > > Their claim to that land really does not go back very far such as it is." He > added that the > Jewish claim goes back thousands of years. > > If anyone questioned Robertson¹s claim, they only needed to double check the > facts with the > Israeli Foreign Ministry, Tourism Ministry and Israeli Embassy booths set up > at the > convention. If anyone was feeling confused, Elon reassured them: "I know, we > always have > to be politically correct, but it is very, very complicated to be politically > correct when you > have to correct so many political mistakes." > > Elon, an Orthodox rabbi, told the audience that to correct such mistakes meant > they must > turn to their Bible, "which says very clearly...we have to resettle them, to > relocate them, > and to have a Jewish state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean." > > Although the Sharon government did not send an official representative, it > allowed > Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, a senior member of the Likud party but not a > member of the > Cabinet, to represent it. > > Olmert further stirred up the audience when he said he came "from the city of > God, the > place which God made the capital of the Jewish people more than 3,000 years > ago." He > promised them that an undivided Jerusalem would remain the capital of Israel. > > Experts commenting on the conference say fundamentalist Christian, pro-Israel > beliefs are > fueled less by evangelical graduate-level theologians than by media-savvy > television > preachers, such as Robertson. In addition, pro-Israel rallies are also held > each year during > the US Gospel broadcasters¹ convention. > > "Literalist" evangelicals often obfuscate historical facts in the Middle East. > One example is > Richard Land, a social-issues spokesman for the southern Baptist Convention, > who told the > Los Angeles Times earlier this year that the welfare of the United States > depends on > friendship with Israel because of God¹s biblical covenant with Abraham¹s > descendants. 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