Regarding Israel, how did conservative Christianity align itself with the pro-Israel force inside the US?
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Christian Zionists believe that the presence of a Jewish state in the Middle East is a pre-requisite for the 2nd coming of Christ.  if you're curious, read the link.
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Someone who believes that the Messiah won't come until all the origional boarders are restored in Israel. That's why Jordan on the other side of the Dead Sea is so secure.\nZionism is a political movement and ideology that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where the Jewish nation originated over 3,200 years ago and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states have existed up to the 2nd century. While Zionism is based in part upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern movement was originally secular, beginning largely as a response to rampant antisemitism in Europe and many parts of the Muslim world during the 19th Century. After a number of advances and setbacks, and after the Holocaust had destroyed Jewish society in Europe, the Zionist movement culminated in the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.\n\nSince the founding of the State of Israel, the term Zionism is generally considered to mean support for Israel. However, a variety of different, and sometimes competing, ideologies that support Israel fit under the general category of Zionism, such as Religious Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, and Labor Zionism. Thus, the term is also sometimes used to refer specifically to the programs of these ideologies, such as efforts to encourage Jewish emigration to Israel. The term Zionism is also sometimes used retroactively to describe the millennia-old Biblical connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, which existed long before the birth of the modern Zionist movement. In some cases, the label "Zionist" is also used improperly as a euphemism for Jews in general by those wishing to whitewash anti-Semitism (as in the Polish anti-Zionist campaign).
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USA Christians supports the Jews because they are their descendants even though they killed Jesus.  They have long forgiven the Israelites.
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As I am Jewish, I find a lot of contradictions in Christians. And narrow minded ideals, which is also a contradiction, as Jesus taught the exact OPPOSITE of that sort of behaviour. So forgive me, but you goyim just confuse the hell out of me.
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Yes, There is absolutely no doubt about it, the veil has been removed; Israel is a Jewish Extremist Terrorist State that behaves like a democracy but is in reality an Apartheid entity. \n\nIt occupies Palestinian lands in the name of "Birth Right" for Orthodox Jews believe they are Yahweh’s (God's) "Chosen People" and were therefore "Promised" the land of Palestine approximately 4000 Years ago.\n\nAlthough this might have been true then, the Same God of Moses, Sent Jesus. Jesus tried to make the Jews return to the path of God, which had been altered by some bad Jews from the Jewish People. Many of the Jews accepted Jesus, but the arrogant ones refused, and collaborated with the Roman Empire soldiers to get him, but they failed. The Mighty Lord, Capable of EVERYTHING Took him away and made the Jews think that he was "Put on the Cross", hence the crucifixion. \n\n600 Years later, The Lord sent His Angel Gabriel, The Lord's Mercy be upon Him, to his Singled out Prophet in the Desert City of Mecca in Al Hijaz in the Arabian Peninsula. Many Christians and some Jews accepted Prophet Mohammed's message, Peace of the Lord be upon him and all God's Prophets. Christians, Jews and Pagans accepted God's final messenger to Mankind and those are the people who are Muslim today, More than 1.4 Billion Muslims world-wide and rising.\n\nThe land of Palestine, in the mean time, was inhabited by normal tribes and peoples from all over the region and the world. Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together side by side on the land even throughout the Ottoman Empire rule up until things began to get nasty up in the heads of certain Jewish Extremists who call themselves, the Zionists. \n\nThe Zionists started more than a century ago to seriously pursue establishing a homeland for their own and they started to buy politicians and fool others into subscribing to their false "Jewish Supremacy over Palestine" ideology.\n\nThe Muslims, although great achievers for the past 13 decades, were in the late 1800's and early 1900's suffering from a general Malaise caused by corruption and ignorance and the lack of advancements. \n\nThe last Sultans of the last Islamic Empire, the Ottoman Empire, were too busy with internal politics and holding their weakening Empire together, to the extent that they could no longer function at a sufficient capacity to ensure the protection of all lands.\n\nThe Zionist came in as the Muslims were weak, and became stronger when the British and French took over the Islamic Federal State of the Levant (Which today is divided into Syria, Lebanon Palestine and Jordan). \n\nBalfour, The infamous British Criminal Foreign Minister, promised the Zionists a "Jewish Homeland" in the land of Palestine. He wasn't at right to promise that which he doesn't own, of course, because It wasn't the British's land for them to give it away.\n\nSo, the Zionists actually believed themselves, and they believed that they now have a State of Israel. They tricked thousands of Jews into coming from their countries to this foreign country of Palestine. \n\nThey succeeded. And the unsuspecting Muslim and Christian Palestinians were overwhelmed with this sudden ferocious attack against them. The Zionists were capable of using their European connections (where most of them came from) to bring in large supplies of Machine guns, APC's (Armored Personnel Carriers) and even airplanes. They bombed Palestinian towns (back then, Palestinians at the most, had those old WWI single round shotguns).\n\nThe Palestinians were a people living under Ottoman Rule, as part of the Ottoman country, just like Iowans, Californians, are living under US federal law. The Jews claim that there was no Palestinian State. that's what they like to say to themselves and to others, to justify their crime of course. But they're absolutely lying and clearly out of line with true
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There is an excellent magazine that comes out every two months that can help.  It is called "Israel My Glory."  You can preview some articles to get a feel for it, and subscribe at the following link:\n\nhttp://sites.silaspartners.com/CC_Content_Page/0,,PTID306608|CHID556140|CIID,00.html\n\nThey really help to get a Jewish perspective of the Christian faith, and its Jewish roots.\n\nAlso, if you'd like, Alfred Edersheim was a biblical scholar who write four excellent resources.  Many Christian bookstores carry his works as a four-volume set.  He was Jewish, and had converted to Christianity.  His works can help you along those lines as well.\n\nHope that helps!
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I remember this verse from theology classes.  I believe that there are some schools of thought that believe that Jesus ministry was directed more to the Jews.  And in fact he never ministered outside Judea.  He told his follows to ministry to gentiles but this wasn't his mission while on earth apparently.  Well maybe, maybe not.  It is an interesting passage thought isn't it.\n\nHe did spend a lot of time getting mad at the way the Temple was being run so you could assume that those were the lost sheep of the house of Israel I suppose.
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Much in the same way the Cuban-American population has exerted political influence over US foreign policy towards Cuba, the Jewish-American population (which is, by the way, larger than the Israeli Jewish population) has consistently lobbied for a US protected Israel.\n\nAlso, Israel is not a theocracy, it is a secular country of Jewish people.\n\nIt is also worth noting that Egypt receives more foreign aid from the US than Israel does.  And the Palestinian Authority  gets a huge chunk of change too.  It's not the fault of the US and Israel that the PA and Egypt are so corrupt that the aid gets pocketed by the leaders while the people are left destitute and seething with anger.
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While Mormons and Jews have not always always agreed with each other, we have been able to maintain a peaceful and respectful relationship with each other. This is, in part, due to the fact that we respect them as members of the House of Israel and claim that same birthright for ourselves, either directly or otherwise and typically from the House of Joseph (either Ephraim or Manassah). I guess we could be considered philo-semitic. While we recognize them as the Lord's chosen people, the title page of the Book of Mormon, nevertheless, calls upon Jews, as well as Gentiles, to repent and accept Christ. We also believe in the literal gathering of Israel and respect them for the role that they have and will play in the world, and hence we are also, generally, pro-Israel. BYU maintains the Jerusalem Center for study abroad purposes, when the country is not at war. There are a couple of branches of the LDS church there as well, but we do not actively proselyze to members of the Jewish faith. \n\nWhile the relationship is much deeper and more complex than this, it is at least a start. \n\nGood luck. If you need more information, let me know.
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I'm  Muslim and i have nothing against the Jews, but I'm 100% against the Zionist state of Israel. before Israel was declared the Jews, Christians and Muslims lived together all over the middle east in peace. it wasn't until the migration of the European Jews (Zionists) who came from all over Europe and settled in Palestine which has been a British colony since the first world war. when the Jews of Europe moved to Palestine they started their terrorist operations against the Native inhabitants of the Land and specifically the Muslims and Christians. they burned their houses, killed many and drove the rest out of their homes into the deserts. in 1948, the state of Israel was declared by the UN and the land was divided into two states, with the Jewish area consisting of roughly 55% of the land, and the Arab area roughly 45%. Jerusalem was planned to be an international region administered by the UN to avoid conflict over its status.\n\nthe Arabs knew that this is done by the British super power to put the Arabs in their place plus they felt that the land is being officially stolen therefore the 1948 war started which resulted in the defeat of the Arabs and Israel gained an additional 26% of the Mandate territory west of the Jordan River. Jordan, for its part, held the large mountainous areas of Judea and Samaria, which became known as the West Bank. Egypt took control of a small strip of land along the coast, which became known as the Gaza Strip.\nEstimates of the final refugee count range from 400,000 to 900,000 with the official United Nations count at 711,000.The continuing conflict between Israel and the Arab world resulted in a lasting displacement that persists to this day.\nImmigration of Holocaust survivors and Jewish refugees from Arab lands doubled Israel's population within a year of independence. Over the following years approximately 850,000 Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews fled or were expelled from surrounding Arab countries and Iran. Of these, about 600,000 settled in Israel; the remainder went to Europe and the Americas.\n\nfor those atrocities that happened in the past and still happening until now. I feel my rejection of the state of Israel is justified. and i understand how the Arabs feel.\nbut to be practical and look for peaceful solutions i came to agree that if Israel pulls out of ALL the occupied territories (1967 borders) i think there might be a chance for co-existence between Arabs and Jews. after all we do worship one God and from the same origin.\n\npeace!
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Get it through your heads.  Israel has controlled American policy since 1948.  It's the "New World Order".
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There are some publications that can help you with this - one that comes to mind is "Osama's Revenge" by Paul Williams. It touches somewhat on the recent history of terrorist groups including Al Qaeda and actually has the full text of the declarations of war against the US  and the Israelis made by Bin Laden. The US military presence in the Middle East is cited as a reason particularly in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon and Palestine. There is strong disagreement with some of the Saudi regime's anti-Islamic policies and deep resentment of US support of Israel. There also was resentment on the lowest levels over the US pullout under George Bush senior (in Iraq).  Bin Laden fostered the growth of the terrorist units by being a major player in the drug trade and threw millions or billions into a cohesive coalition of groups such as al-Hiahd, al-Islamiyya, ul-Ulema, etc. It is claimed that the US has been enmeshed in political battles there for not only economic but for religious reasons as well. I think reading books suchg as these would be more helpful than asking a question like this on Yahoo.
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Because USA's neo-conservative just want to maximize their profits through the war by giving billion-dollars contracts to their corporations.\n\nThen to capture irani oil.\n\nThen to make Israel happy by showing that your enemy is our enemy, no matter how much Israel is pulling the legs of USA, this is called "blindly in love"through the effective seduction by hand-few israelis.
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First of all i would like to clear for "love_2b_curious" that not all jews-as they believe are "God's ppl" ...you have to diffrentiate between true jews applying the judaism instructions and the zionists who kill innocent ppl aganist the istructions of judaism and ofcourse God-tell me now how can God choose someone who is not applying His religion as His chosen ppl...Do not confuse.\n\n"God's ppl" are the ppl applying ALL His instructions not only the instructions that are suitable for their interests.\n\nAs for why is israel still occupying the gaza strip and the west bank,while the international community is silent about it,is simply because the zionist lobby controls everything and also because there are many like love_2b_curious,ppl like u who r not well informed and ofcourse it's not their fault but the fault of the intenational media that is obviously also controled by the zionists.
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well let's put it this way.  God swore to defend the jews for all time. a promise from the Almighty Himself. And no one is in combat like israel these days. they don't take sh*t from anyone!!!! so if war, in itself, were intrinsically evil, God would have allowed the demise of israel (and the US for that matter) long ago for all the wars they have been in.\n\nGod does NOT want or desire war in any way!! however, he does not desire you to just passively let people hurt you. would God expect you to let a starnge man rape and murder you child????
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Politics plays a huge role, mostly because jews will actively support politicans that support Israel (or more importantly, will support those who run against people who support Israel).\n\nThis has little to do with a jewish conspiracy beyond that jewish americans are actually concerned about some place beyond here.  The average school kid couldn't point out where Darfur is on a map, and probably would only be guessing as to what continent it's on.  \n\nSo you have an active ally,  with strong grass roots support in the states and seems to be our only ally in the region that isn't totally insane and teaching their children to hate along with their formula.   Read the link to get an idea of what we're talking about.  I'm not jewish, but I can see the need to support anyone who opposes the level of depravity and evil that many of the muslim cultures have stooped to.
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The problem is that people tend to hide political issues behind religion as a way of defending their actions. The whole Israel thing has little to do with religion and more to do with power and greed. Same with my country Ireland for a long time.