It goes deeper than you can imagine. Almost everything you see from evangelicals in support of Israel is paid for by the Israeli government and serves as foreign propaganda.
Their visit (organized by a Menachem Begin friend) wasn’t intended to meet Palestinian Christians or to visit the holy site of Bethlehem as Christmas approaches. Instead, they came to express solidarity with Israel & its oppression of the Palestinians. How can one claim to be a follower of Christ while standing with those who kill, dispossess, & degrade an entire people?
Israeli military backed colonizers are annexing historical Christian communities in Bethlehem, and starving them of their rightful and legally owned land.
Israel wants exit-only crossing at Gaza border; Israel kills Palestinian in West Bank; possible assassination plan for Marwan Barghouti; Ms Rachel
Bethlehem prepares for a subdued Christmas as its tree lights up on December 6, marking the city’s first celebration in two years as Israel’s violence continues
Jewish Zionist activist Melanie Phillips told her audience, “there is no such thing as the Palestinian people,” and “the Jews are the only people who have any entitlement to any of this land.”
The potential negative implications are enormous and will impact not-for-profit organizations, media networks, and even individuals who report honestly on Palestine.
The man spent the night in custody and was released the next morning to two days of house arrest in exchange for a 3,000-shekel ($913) bond. The assailants were released under restrictive conditions on the day of the attack.
Israel’s control over archaeology increasingly overlaps with settler expansion, restricting Palestinian access and recasting centuries-old sites in the occupied West Bank as exclusively Israeli heritage.
The government claimed that Cornell had violated civil rights law by allowing students to protest against Israel. Even though the agreement required the school to admit no wrongdoing, it still agreed to pay a $30 million fine.