American Free Press, DC
Dec 9 2007
CHRISTIANS BRUTALIZED IN HOLY LAND
By Mark Glenn
Some 200 Christian Zionist leaders, representing churches spread
throughout America, Europe, Africa and Asia, gathered in Israelís
Knesset to `beg forgiveness’ for 2,000 years of `Christian
persecution’ of Jews.
The well publicized ceremony took place under the auspices of the
`Knesset Christian Allies Caucus,’ just one of a growing number of
partnerships springing up in recent years between organized Jewish
and Christian Zionist groups for the purpose of funneling Christian
money and political support toward Israel. Part of the statement
reads as follows:
`On behalf of millions of Christians, we repent before you for crimes
committed against the Jewish people throughout history in the name of
Christianity….We have sinned against God and against you…. To you we
owe much…. Through you, God gave us the Holy Scriptures, and because
of this we have a heritage, a destiny, a hope and a compass for
living….What a treasure you are in the sight of our God! You are His
chosen and the apple of His eye….’
But despite the fact that Israel was built (and continues to live)
off of handouts from Christian countries – principally the U.S. and
Germany – and for all the inherent groveling and breast-beating that
this mea culpa was meant to convey, it obviously did not `cut the
mustard’ in improving Christian/Jewish relations in Israel, the
birthplace of Jesus Christ and the 2,000-year-old religion created in
His name.
Besides the fact that Israel has now become a haven for international
gangsters – meaning rampant prostitution, drugs, human trafficking and
money laundering to name a few – there are other indicators surrounding
Israel’s political and social character as well that show she is
anything but friendly to the morals and precepts of Christian
teachings. Christian churches that were not taxed are now being sent
heavy bills. Media outlets featuring Christian programming on
television and radio are having their license renewal applications
rejected.
More telling though is the fact that physical attacks on Christians,
their symbols and institutions continue in Israel unabated, and not
by `Islamo-fascists’ (so much discussed by the likes of Norman
Podhoretz, Daniel Pipes, John Hagee, Bill O’Reilly, et al.) but
rather by a more fanatical sect that has nursed a hatred for
Christianity since its inception, the people who collectively call
themselves `the Israelites’ and whom Christians are told to `bless.’
Pastor Hagee has been an avid supporter of the state Israel since his
first visit there in 1978. `I went to Israel as a tourist and
returned home a committed Zionist,’ he said. His book says that Jesus
did not come to Earth to be the Messiah. In what appears to be a
growing trend these days, physical attacks on Christians, their
churches and symbols are beginning to show a marked rise in Israel.
For nearly a century, since the invasion of Palestine began,
Christians of all denominations have suffered bombings, shootings,
arsons and wanton acts of senseless destruction of their sacred
properties – and all of it by a horde
of Marxist/atheist invaders from Eastern Europe calling themselves
`God’s chosen.’ From the moment they arrived – announcing to the world
`We’re baaaack’ with all the fanfare that their grip over the Western
media afforded them – they picked up where their alleged ancestors left
off in attempting to erase the name of the hated Jesus from the Holy
Land.
Mimicking the same kind of behavior their Bolshevik cousins exhibited
during and after the takeover of Russia and using the `fog of war’ as
a smokescreen for their actions, Christian church properties have
been bulldozed, blown up or burned down on numerous occasions, all of
it chalked up to `collateral damage.’ Since the Jews of Europe began
reconstructing the nation that was destroyed some 2,000 years ago
following the predictions of Jesus Himself, priests, pastors, nuns,
churches,
cemeteries, Bibles, icons, stained-glass widows, all were all fair
game as far as the Zionists were concerned when it came to
maintaining its exclusively `Jewish character.’
Not long after Israel declared her statehood, legislation was passed
outlawing Christians trying to convert Jews to the religion of Jesus
Christ with a 5-year prison sentence attached for good measure.
Now, no longer limited to impersonal attacks done in the middle of
the night with minimal chance of being caught, Jews (and particularly
those in Jerusalem, the city of Jesus’s sham trial and murder by his
enemies) are coming out in the open now and displaying their
ancestral hatred for all things Christian without any evident fear of
what kind of consequences might follow.
Out-in the-open physical attacks on priests, pastors, statues and
Christian processions by extremist Jews is now more the norm than the
exception. A recent case involving a Greek Orthodox clergyman
involved a skullcap-wearing elderly Jew tapping on the window of the
clergyman’s car and when the man opened his window, the Jew spat in
his face, something becoming a daily occurrence in Israel. Only a few
days later, a yeshiva student spat at the cross as it was being
carried by the Armenian archbishop during a procession near the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and did so under the
watchful eye of his rabbi, who did nothing to impede him.
In another recent case, 13 bishops from Austria were barred from
praying at Jerusalem’s Western Wall by a rabbi who oversees the site.
The Christians refused to remove the crosses around their necks,
which the rabbi considered `insulting.’ Other Christians who have
seen the increasingly bold and violent nature on the part of Israel’s
Jews toward them and their faith in a manner up close and personal
say that during Jewish religious festivals such as Purim (celebrating
the hanging of Haman and the execution of 75,000 Persians) they stay
inside and lock their doors, fearing their lives are in danger amid a
band of rowdy, drunken and violent Jewish extremists.
One would think that, with all the lecturing taking place during the
last half-century by organized Jewish groups when it comes to
`hatred’ and `intolerance’ (not to mention the undeniable influence
these groups have wielded in getting `hate crimes’ legislation passed
in most Christian countries), there would be more concern paid for
this growing trend in the `headquarters’ of Jewish values in the
world – Israel.
With all the fear-mongering to which Christians are subjected on a
daily basis when it comes to Islam that is inaccurately portrayed as
inherently anti-Christian by the likes of John Hagee, Pat Robertson,
Joseph Farah and other neo-cons, you would expect some attention
given to this alarming business taking place in Israel. And yet, not
a peep from any of them. Attacks on Christians by Jews Increasing in
Israel, Palestine
A former schoolteacher fluent in several languages, Mark Glenn spoke
at the AFP-TBR conference on the Middle East panel. He is a prolific
writer whose provocative essays have been published worldwide. He and
his wife Vicki and their eight children maintain a ranch in northern
Idaho. His book, No Beauty in the Beast, can be ordered from TBR BOOK
CLUB (1-877-773-9077) for $28 ppd.
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