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July to show its supportive message
to Congress.
"When the world condemns Israel
for defending yourself from thousands
of missiles and mortar attacks, we
proudly proclaim I am an Israeli': said
the CUFI founder, Pastor John Hagee.
"When terrorists threaten to kill you,
we proudly proclaim I am an Israeli.
When your allies grow weary of fight-
ing tyranny and oppression and seek
the easy way out, we stand with you
and say I am an Israeli."
Last year, Hagee presented members
of Congress with a petition signed
by more than 100,000 American
Christians, expressing solidarity with
the State of Israel. This does not stop
many Jews from being skeptical or
at least ambivalent about evangelical
Christian support of Israel, nervous
about prophecies of the "end of days."
Yet it is abundantly clear to me and
to many other Jews that Israel truly
does have a large number of Christian
friends who stand with Israel.
If Jews feel lonely in a world pushing
hard for a Palestinian nation in the tiny
land of Israel or if we feel guilty when
Israel does something "controversial':
we can take solace from thousands of
Christians who demonstrate support
and friendship for the nation of Israel.
No matter how harsh the con-
demnations are from so many in the
world, we do still have friends. And
for that, we should be grateful.

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Answering
Israel's Critics

The Charge
The Al Jazeera news service
reported last week that Israel was
supplying military equipment to
Egypt for use against protesters.

The Answer
The Al Jazeera report was not
corroborated by any source nor
confirmed by any other news ser-
vice. These types of charges are
endemic in an Arab media that
has a strong anti-Israel bias and
an agenda to slam the Jewish state.

— Allan Gale, Jewish Community

Relations Council

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