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OP-ED ALIENATING MANY OF ISRAEL'S MOST IMPORTANT, FERVENT FRIENDS
Causing strategic, moral harm, Netanyahu lets others dictate Israel’s ties with Christians
Last week underscored how little control the PM, a longtime friend of evangelicals, exerts over key relationship, as extremists undermine support and army focuses on tactical fight
EXCERPT:
“[…] Up to 100 million Americans identify as evangelicals, bringing funding and their significant political clout to the Jewish state. The largest Christian Zionist organization, Christians United for Israel, has more members than there are Jews in the US. They lobby elected officials, stage rallies and prayer events, send money, and come to Israel on pilgrimage and solidarity visits, even during war.
Trump said he moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem in 2017 ‘for the evangelicals’
“They also represent the largest constituency in Trump’s coalition. He said he moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem in 2017 “for the evangelicals,” and complained that “the evangelicals are more excited about that than Jewish people.”[…]
SOURCE: by Lazar Berman: https://www.timesofisrael.com/causing-strategic-moral-harm-netanyahu-lets-others-dictate-israels-ties-with-christians/
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"Damage Control" to "Damage Instigator"
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