Why do so many American Christians strongly support Israel despite its treatment of Christians there?

[Horsegirly2001]

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Jews for Jesus is a zionist organisation.
https://youtu.be/1KboMiVTt7A?si=sow0SOjIgNDK_awC

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Because American propaganda says that Israel is in the right and that’s why they deserve america’s military support. The reality is the United States needs Israel to be their foot in the door to the middle eastern region where the largest amount of oil is sent out. It’s also not a coincidence that Israel’s attack on Iran comes not too long after they’ve essentially claimed all of Palestine’s borders as their own. Israel has no official borders at the moment, it’s believed their intention is to spread out to the previous size that Israel was in the bible, which was a piece of geographic land that covers not just Palestine, but also Iran, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria. This time, their interests happen to align with the US, who most likely wants to stake their hold in Iran for the Strait of Hormuz to ensure that all oil produced is sold only to NATO-allied nations. It would be a devastating chokehold on most of the US’s enemies… if they can actually succeed, which it is rapidly looking like they can’t with open opposition both outside and within the borders of the United States, despite what support exists there. Iran is about to become another Vietnam.

[Agape93]

Yeah I went to Israel before. Didn't see any of this shit, so stop lying. You're not good at it.

[OneViewpoint]

Our toxic extremist Evangelical Christians do not support Israel. They support a nutcase End Times scenario they've been brainwashed in believing. It basically says Israel plays a role in the end of humanity and the second coming of White Baby Jesus to take all these brain damaged idiots to heaven. It's basically suicide that their sick twisted religion forbids but a loophole they created so they can all go to heaven ASAP. So they are constantly trying to bring about the end of the world in some cataclysmic war with Israel at the center of it all. That is why they are obsessed with Israel while at the same time they despise Jews. Like I said, the whole thing is sick and twisted.

[BCRanger10]

Because they think the Israel of the Bible is the same as modern-day Israel and that the Jews of Christ's day are the same as the Jews of today. Neither are true. They also think that when the false prophet (AKA, the Anti-Christ, who, according to the Early Church Fathers, will be a Jew from Israel and descended from the Tribe of Dan) that they're just going to get a free ticket out of the trials and tribulations via the "Rapture". They are practically cheering for the greatest mortal enemy Christianity has ever known and will ever know.

[Horsegirly2001]

The tribe of Dan aren't even Jewish.

[BCRanger10]

Where do you get that idea?

[Horsegirly2001]

Israel was split into two separate kingdoms after the death of King Solomon. Between the northern kingdom of Samaria and the southern kingdom of Judah. The Ten tribes rebelled against the house of David with only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remaining loyal.
Samaria was conquered soon after by the Assyrians and Judah was conquered by the Babylonians.
Now this is when they split into the Samartians and the Jews. Both are Hebrews and agree on most things religiously up until he Babylonian exile and Daniel.
So the modern tribes of Dan are the Samaritians which are all that remain of the Hebrew 10 tribes that rebelled against the house of David. They still live in Israel.
You can look this up in any bible.

[Keyboardkat]

This is all fake!!! Many Christians live in Israel and have completely equal rights with everyone else. Many Christians from elsewhere visit the holy sites in Israel during Christmas and Easter and are treated well and their physical security is protected. And I am a Jew and I have NEVER heard of any such custom as spitting on Christians! That is RANK NONSENSE! I was brought up to treat other people with respect! Historically, it has usually been the other way, with Christians spitting on Jews! Just saying!

[DonaldDarko]

People who are not racial Jews or that practice foreign religions shouldn't live in Israel.

[Keyboardkat]

@DonaldDarko Who the hell are YOU to dictate who should live where? What business is that of yours?

[DonaldDarko]

Israel is a sovereign nation for Jewish people not foreigners. Anyone should be able to see that. Even little kids would understand that. Forign influence erodes the native culture.

[Horsegirly2001]

@DonaldDarko imagine Trump's daughter and her family got deported to Israel. For that is what you are calling for.

[DonaldDarko]

The US isn't an ethnic state so no I am not.

[Horsegirly2001]

@DonaldDarko
70% of people in Israel are Jews, 70% of Americans are white.
Israel is as much an ethnic state as the US is.

[DonaldDarko]

Israel is a Jewish state going back thousands of years. The US has a lot of white people bit it wasn't founded for whites. Historically it's always been mixed to one degree or another. Black people have been in the US before ot was a country. Native people have been here longer. All these people have been in the military served in the government voted in elections. There was never a tribe called Americans. It's a civic nationalist model.

[ammar12343]

It’s odd to me. Most American Christian’s are republicans and the Republican Party is working hard to keep sentiment toward Israel positive. If you look at the numbers of how many women and children they killed in Gaza it makes you sick. Data shows women, children, and elderly people constitute over 56% of those deaths, with civilian casualties comprising a vast majority of the overall toll. Over 75,000 deaths in Gaza. Yet, they call the other guys “terrorist”. If a country senselessly wiped out my family, friends, coworkers, and my entire life, you better believe I’d pick up a rifle and shoot as many of them as I can too. I attribute Netanyahu to same ethical category as Stalin or Hitler. He’s genocidal maniac. I don’t understand why they’re an ally at this point. I don't understand how people can defend those numbers. I hope that man gets assassinated so he stops killing so many women and children. Who knows what those bastards will do next.

[DonaldDarko]

No idea. Also no idea why Jews hate Christians so much or are so worked up over that religion. Christians don't really do much but preach. I can't remember the last Christian terror attack unless the bombed some abortion clinic back in the 90s.

[strateguy632]

to be fair, until 1965 catholics blamed jews for killing jesus. while jews said "i was not involved back then" so that caused hostility.

[Horsegirly2001]

@strateguy632 there were certainly jews involved in killing Jesus though Jesus and the first Christians were Jews.

[Horsegirly2001]

@strateguy632 Poland lost 20% of its population in WW2 and then was occupied by the soviet union for 50 years or so, catholics suffered greatly under communism and we both know that a large number of communist leaders were jewish.

[DryGermanGuy]

Every country has a certain amount of assholes and asshole politicians, that says nothing about the general population. I visited Israel and had an amazing time there!

[smølf]

You are asking the wrong question. The question is not why Americans support Israel, but rather what the biblical view on the state of Israel is. That would be a far more interesting question.

However, Jew-hatred on this site, like in most of the world, is strong, and it is not a good environment for debating the Bible and the Jewish people's standing according to the Bible.

[loveslongnails]

Israel's treatment of Christians is not great, but it's nothing compared to the genocide they're carrying out and their annexation efforts on their borders, paid for in great part by USA taxpayers.

[RedInnocent69]

Because American Christians are not aware that a number of Arab Palestinians are in fact Christian

[Horsegirly2001]

there's also Christians that go back as far as the time of jesus, when the roman empire was there and the crusades. They are still there.

[beefcakebradybatson]

They believe some horse manure bout the Rapture in which 144,000 people will go straight to Heaven and get to lay their #boyjoy on buxom blonde angels !!!

[indissoluble]

Because they aren't retarded and don't fall for Muslim propaganda.

[Horsegirly2001]

This isn't muslim propoganda.

[Horsegirly2001]

Now you post israli propoganda
https://youtu.be/0XpGnOuk5tc?si=97vigN_tS6AjZ49J
www.google.com/.../
Even israli media reports it and Ishtar Ben Gbir a prominent defends it
www.theguardian.com/.../video-of-ultra-orthodox-jews-spitting-by-christians-in-jerusalem-sparks-outrage

[Dargil]

They do not oppress Christians even though they disagree with them. If you look at Muslims. ...

[Dargil]

I think her post stems from your hatred of Jews. Anti semitism is a disease. It can infect everything.

[Horsegirly2001]

Assaulting and spitting on Christians is oppression. Look at the latest hate crime on Christians

[jshm2]

Because Americans aren't really Christians. They are only "Christianized" and a minor cult.

Also, you are aware most of those Israeli's are immigrants from the USA, right?

[Lliam]

Forcing Israelis to eat pig shit isn't a crime, either.

[Horsegirly2001]

Who's doing that? Pigs aren't a big thing in the region. They are more about goat meat.

[Lliam]

@horsegirly2001. I was countering Ben-Gvir's statement. Jews are forbidden from eating anything from a pig. So I would like to force him to eat pig shit.

[genericname85]

you can't compare a regular joe muslim to an IS terrorist. just like you can compare a white supremacist to an average joe christian or some jewish zionist to an average joe jew.

[TonyMetal___86]

I don't support or agree with anyone who insults my sacred figures but not all jews are like that, some are extremists, they are found on every religion...

[Jennz6]

@Keyboardkat

Nonsense! Haven’t you heard of the “IFCJ”

[strateguy632]

good example , dear.

[Iron_Man]

What is ifcj

[Jennz6]

@Iron_Man I
International Felowship of Christians and Jews

[Iron_Man]

Ok…..

[Anonymous]

Because America and Israel are allies, it's normal for people to support an allied country.

[Anonymous]

That's why!

[AngryCarl3]

Because they hate Palestinians. Simples.