By Alison Weir An article in Middle East Quarterly, a pro-Israel publication, reports that support for Israel is eroding among American evangelical Christians, with only 30 percent currently stating support for Israel above Palestinians. This trend is even more pronounced among youth, according to an article by David Brog, Jewish-American executive director of “Christians United For Israel (CUFI), …
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The Blood Drippings of OY?
Details about the man are sketchy. In fact, not much is known other than that he was a journalist who reportedly also had ties to the Israeli Foreign Ministry. In the years since the publication of his paper, he seems to have dropped out of public life… By Richard Edmondson Since the US invasion of …
The ‘Jewish Covenant with God,’ According to Pope Francis
By Richard Edmondson The supposed “covenant” establishing the Jews as God’s “chosen people”—and particularly Pope Francis’ recently-articulated position on this—has been the subject of a very lively online discussion over the past week or so. Francis is quite possibly the most philo-Semitic pope in history, and in November of 2013 he published his Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy …
No Dams in the Negev? Anatomy of a Hasbara Swarm
“How can we return the occupied territories? There is no one to return them to.”—Golda Meir “There are no dams in the Negev.”—Hasbara talking point By Richard Edmondson In the week before Christmas, the Zionist-hasbara crowd came out swinging in response to comments by Palestinian officials that Israel had opened dams east of Gaza and …