New Christian pro-Israel lobby aims to be stronger than AIPAC

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New Christian pro-Israel lobby aims to be stronger than AIPAC

By Shlomo Shamir

NEW YORK - Televangelist John Hagee told Jewish community leaders over the weekend that the 40 million evangelical Christians in the United States support Israel and that he plans to utilize this power to help Israel by launching a Christian pro-Israel lobby.

The lobby, called , is slated to launch in July, during a Washington conference in which hundreds of American evangelicals are slated to participate, Hagee said at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which represents 52 national Jewish groups. He also discussed the lobby with Israel's consul general in New York, Aryeh Mekel.

Hagee said his group would be a Christian - and more powerful - version of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a large pro-Israel lobby, and would target senators and congressmen on Capitol Hill. A quarter of congressmen are evangelicals, and many American legislators represent regions that include a large evangelical population, he said.

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Some 400 Christian community leaders met in San Antonio in February to establish the lobby. Other than Hagee, its leaders include evangelist George Morrison; fundamentalist Baptist minister Jerry Falwell; and Gary Bauer, president of the American Values organization aimed at protecting marriage, family and faith. All are well-known supporters of Israel, and considered hawkish.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=701583&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1

[ugarte]

1. I guess we're not getting to Armageddon fast enough

Something had to be done.

[Ian David]

2. They are NOT "Pro-Israel." They are "Pro-Apocalypse"

and they already ARE more powerful than AIPAC.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Hey Ian...

:applause:

:yourock: IANDB1 :yourock:

:woohoo: