Millions of Christian Zionists think that by blindly supporting Israel's apartheid policies against the tormented Palestinians, including Palestinian Christians, they are upholding the truth and doing the right thing in the sight of God. Frankly, they are wrong; supporting blatantly unjust policies, including murder, persecution and theft, is never morally correct no matter how many verses one can quote from the Old Testament or any other religious text. Moreover, these pseudo-Christians, many of whom think they are following in the footsteps of Jesus, are convinced that they are doing his will by absolutely and unconditionally embracing evil actions which are in reality the antithesis of everything that Jesus Christ preached.
I am not talking about something about which I have scanty information or rudimentary knowledge. I have written a Master's thesis on Christian Zionists' distorted theology, met and spoken with some of their leaders, watched their TV antics and read their books. I heard the late Jerry Falwell on several occasions claim that "if you criticize Israel, you criticize God", adding that the Almighty "treats nations according to how nations treat Israel". Similarly, I heard and watched another demented evangelical, Pat Robertson of the 700-Club, who would invoke Old Testament atrocities to justify Israel's modern equivalents, even those committed against Palestinians who are his fellow Christians. I also know that some evangelical preachers have called for applying the "Biblical approach" to the Palestinians and Lebanese people for resisting Israeli aggression. That "Biblical approach" is nought but a euphemism for genocidal ethnic cleansing.
The un-Christian Christians who embrace Israeli Apartheid
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