{"id":2093336,"date":"2023-11-07T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-american-christians-must-rally-to-israels-defense\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T18:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:55:59","slug":"why-american-christians-must-rally-to-israels-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-american-christians-must-rally-to-israels-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"American Christians must unite in support of Israel&#8217;s defense."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-american-christians-must-rally-to-israels-defense%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2093336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>All over American college campuses, students are chanting anti-Israel slogans, backing Hamas, and accusing Israelis of war crimes.<\/h2>\n<h3>Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused President \u200cJoe Biden of\u2062 \u201csupporting genocide\u201d by supporting Israel.<\/h3>\n<p>The chant \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be\u200d free\u201d\u2062 has echoed in town squares and on \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-american-christians-must-rally-to-israels-defense\/\" title=\"American Christians must unite in support of Israel's defense.\">social media screens<\/a> around the world for the past month. This anti-Semitic rallying cry has long been used by anti-Israel \u2064voices,\u200c including supporters of terrorist \u200corganizations like Hamas. Fundamentally, it\u2019s a call for a Palestinian\u200d state \u200cextending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, which would mean the dismantling of the Jewish State of Israel and amount to genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, it\u2019s absurd \u2014 and alarming \u2014 to have \u2062to make this point at all: Israel\u2064 is not perpetrating a genocide;\u2062 it is defending itself from a \u200bterrorist group that wants to annihilate it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2062 also deserves our \u200cunreserved support for \u2063several reasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israel is the historical home \u2062of the people God chose to covenant with and the land where Jesus walked \u2014 two things American Christians, in particular, should never forget.<\/li>\n<li>Israel is also an irreplaceable geopolitical ally and asset.<\/li>\n<li>Israel is\u2062 the only true democracy in the Middle East, a region otherwise turbulent and, in many cases, actively hostile to Western forms of liberty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some Iranians consider the U.S. the\u200b \u201cGreat Satan\u201d and Israel the \u201cLittle Satan.\u201d These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-warn-biden-against-aid-cuts-to-israel\/\" title=\"House Republicans Warn Biden Against Aid Cuts to Israel\">radical voices<\/a> want nothing more and nothing less than the total annihilation of America and Israel. And the \u2064sentiment\u200b is, unfortunately, not uncommon.<\/p>\n<p>Israel provides\u200d stability and military insight into a geopolitically important \u200dand ideologically complex zone\u200d where the U.S. has few friends. Without\u200d a strong Israel, the U.S. and the \u2063Middle East would both suffer.<\/p>\n<p>The political volatility of the area is\u2062 part of what made the Abraham Accords such a striking victory for former President Donald \u2064Trump: Normalizing relations between \u200cIsrael and four Arab countries \u2063over the course of a few months brought the Middle East closer to relative peace,\u2064 economic freedom, and regional interdependence than it\u200c has \u2063been in a very\u200c long time. The explicit hope of the \u2063Accords was to \u2062foster\u2064 peace and justice\u200b by expanding diplomatic, economic, and cultural exchange between former enemy states.<\/p>\n<p>That \u200cis\u2062 a bold goal \u2014 and\u2063 it was close to being reached. Rumors began to\u2064 circulate prior to the brutal surprise assault \u2063by\u200c Hamas that \u200dIsrael and Saudi Arabia were\u2064 close to normalizing\u200b their relationship. If that \u2064happened, Saudi\u200d Arabia would likely gain significantly in \u200bregional and \u2062global standing. Iran, Saudi Arabia\u2019s chief rival, \u200dcouldn\u2019t \u200dbear to see that happen.<\/p>\n<p>And so, they employed one\u2062 of their regional proxies, Hamas, \u200cto disrupt \u200cthe process of attaining peace. On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists\u2063 slaughtered children and infants, raped and kidnapped women, and killed or displaced\u200c entire Israeli communities. Rockets totaling in the hundreds hurtle toward \u2064Israel now, every day.<\/p>\n<p>If Americans value global stability at all or fear\u200d the spread of terroristic, genocidal hatred, we owe\u200c Israel our support in this war.<\/p>\n<p>And for that support to happen in Washington, D.C., American Christians must rally to Israel\u2019s defense. If it weren\u2019t enough to gesture at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-proposes-sanctions-on-russian-patriarch-amid-war-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Senator proposes sanctions on Russian patriarch amid war in Ukraine\">shared religious heritage<\/a> \u200bin the region \u2014 after all, \u200bit\u2064 is\u200c the land of Christ\u2019s\u200b life and work \u2014 then you\u2062 need only look to God\u2019s promises to the Israelites in Scripture.<\/p>\n<p>God makes a remarkable\u200c promise to Abraham, the father of Israel, in Genesis:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>And \u200bI will make of thee a \u2064great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be\u2063 a blessing: And I will bless them that\u2063 bless\u200b thee, and curse him that\u200b curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth \u200bbe blessed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Later, in Zechariah,\u200d Israel is called the \u200d\u201capple of [God\u2019s] eye.\u201d It\u2019s abundantly clear throughout\u2064 the Scriptures that Israel and the \u200cJewish people have \u200ca unique covenant with God. What, then, would be the Christian justification for \u200cstanding idly by while Israel is dealt grave, \u200dhorrific blows by her enemies in the region? \u2064There\u200d is none.<\/p>\n<p>American Christians are\u200c bound\u200d by religious heritage as well as geopolitical self-interest to come to her aid. Israel must be allowed to defend herself, \u200cand we \u200dmust do what we can \u200bto make such defense possible.<\/p>\n<p>This level of aid is also America\u2019s\u200d historical norm. It is neither a recent nor a fringe position to support Israel in the United\u200d States.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had a strong relationship with Israel economically, politically, and militarily since\u200d Harry Truman\u2019s presidency \u2014 \u200ca Democrat. We formally recognized Israel\u2019s statehood on May 14, 1948, when\u2064 Israel declared its independence, and we haven\u2019t backed \u200cdown since. We\u2019ve contributed over $130 billion \u2064to Israel\u2019s defense since its founding.<\/p>\n<p>And this support has also been\u200b \u2014 until quite recently \u2014 a solidly bipartisan effort. Under an Obama-era agreement, Israel receives $3.8 billion each year for defense systems.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the radical leftist\u200d embrace of Hamas is\u2063 nearly unbelievable. Pro-Hamas protesters and politicians are choosing to back a terrorist regime whose own charter calls for the genocide \u200cof one of our most strategic and long-standing\u2063 allies. Importantly, that ally is committed to defending \u200bsome of \u200cour own most vital political principles: The\u200b dignity of each \u200bhuman being, the sanctity of life, the \u200bvalue \u2064of self-governance and of democratic justice.<\/p>\n<p>And Israel defends these principles\u200b more or less alone, against myriad nations that reject their right to exist at all. We must not turn our \u2063backs on Israel now. It\u2019s obscene \u2062that there are those among \u2064us who \u2063would consider doing so.<\/p>\n<p><em>Timothy Head \u200dis the executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ffcoalition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faith &#038; Freedom Coalition<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How \u200cdoes standing with Israel align \u2063with our Christian values and morals<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Faces threats of annihilation? It is\u2063 our duty as Christians to support and stand with Israel in these\u2064 challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Israel&#8217;s importance as \u2063a geopolitical \u200dally and asset cannot be understated. In a region\u2062 characterized by turbulence and hostility towards\u200c Western values, Israel stands as a beacon of democracy and freedom. Supporting Israel \u200dmeans supporting the values we hold dear.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Israel \u2062provides stability and military\u2062 insight in\u2064 a region where \u2062the United States has few \u200bfriends. Without\u200c a strong Israel, both the US and the Middle East would suffer. The Abraham Accords, brokered by former President \u200bDonald Trump, were \u2062a significant \u2062step towards peace and prosperity in the region. Israel&#8217;s normalization of\u2062 relations \u2063with four Arab countries brought hope for a brighter \u200bfuture.<\/p>\n<p>However, Iran&#8217;s radical voices view the US and Israel as enemies to be annihilated. They employ\u200b proxies like Hamas to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-european-leaders-say-hamas-does-not-represent-interests-of-palestinian-people\/\" title=\"US and European leaders reject Hamas as representative of Palestinians.\">disrupt peace efforts<\/a> and spread terroristic and genocidal hatred. The recent acts of\u200d terrorism by\u2063 Hamas, including the\u2064 slaughter of innocent children and the displacement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-epa-pick-most-solar-energy-electric-vehicle-parts-come-from-china\/\" title=\"Biden EPA Pick: \u2018Most\u2019 Solar Energy, Electric Vehicle Parts \u2018Come From China\u2019\">entire communities<\/a>, cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>If we value global stability and oppose \u200dthe spread of terroristic hatred, it is imperative that we support Israel in this war. American Christians\u2063 must rally \u2064to \u200dIsrael&#8217;s defense. It is not enough \u2062to gesture towards our shared religious heritage; we must stand firmly with Israel and\u200b fulfill God&#8217;s promises to His \u2062chosen people.<\/p>\n<p>God&#8217;s promise \u200bto Abraham in Genesis is clear: those who bless Israel will be blessed,\u2063 and those who curse Israel will be cursed. As Christians, we have a moral and biblical obligation to bless and support Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Israel is referred to as the &#8220;apple of God&#8217;s eye&#8221; in Zechariah. This indicates the unique and special relationship between God and Israel. How can we, as Christians, ignore \u200dor disregard this divine bond?<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u2064 the anti-Israel sentiments on American college campuses and elsewhere are\u200c misguided and misinformed. Israel is not perpetrating a genocide; it is\u200c defending itself against terrorism. As Christians, \u2064we must remember our religious heritage in the region and our duty to stand with Israel. It is\u2062 our moral responsibility to support Israel and oppose those who seek its destruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American college campuses are witnessing a surge in anti-Israel sentiments as students chant against Israel, support Hamas, and accuse Israelis of war crimes. Representative Rashida Tlaib from Michigan accused President Joe Biden of endorsing genocide by backing Israel. 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