Why do christians support Israel? As far as I can see they dont belong there.?

Question

I know it sucks losing your land and all, but do christians feel that north america should go back to Native americans,Ireland back to the Irish, Australia back to the aborigines, New Zealand back to the maroi. and so on? If not, then why the special privilage to Israel? Shouldnt wisdom dictate that its inapropriate for Israel to 'exist', and the Jews should just go back to germany and wether else they have been living for the past 1900 years and just get use to it like every one else?

Also any websites discussing the history and you view etc would be great. thanks

Also note. I am not Muslim I am atheist. Some may think that if I ask a question like this I must be a Muslim.

Answer 1

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD

Dear World,

I understand that you are upset by us, here in Israel. Indeed, it appears that you are quite upset, even angry. (Outraged?)

Indeed, every few years you seem to become upset by us. Not long ago, it was the “disproportionate bombing” in Lebanon, before that it was the "brutal repression of the Palestinians"; before that it was Lebanon; before that it was the bombing of the nuclear reactor in Baghdad and the Yom Kippur War and the Sinai campaign. It appears that Jews who triumph and who, therefore, live, upset you most extraordinarily.

Of course, dear world, long before there was an Israel, we - the Jewish people - upset you.

We upset a German people who elected Hitler and upset an Austrian people who cheered his entry into Vienna and we upset a whole slew of Slavic nations - Poles, Slovaks, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Russians, Hungarians and Romanians. And we go back a long, long way in the history of world upset.

We upset the Cossacks of Chmielnicki who massacred tens of thousands of us in 1648-49; we upset the Crusaders who, on their way to liberate the Holy Land, were so upset at Jews that they slaughtered untold numbers of us.

For centuries, we upset a Roman Catholic Church that did its best to define our relationship through inquisitions, and we upset the arch-enemy of the church, Martin Luther, who, in his call to burn the synagogues and the Jews within them, showed an admirable Christian ecumenical spirit.

And it is because we became so upset over upsetting you, dear world, that we decided to leave you - in a manner of speaking - and establish a Jewish state. The reasoning was that living in close contact with you, as resident-strangers in the various countries that comprise you, we upset you, irritate you and disturb you. What better notion, then, than to leave you (and thus love you) - and have you love us and so, we decided to come home - home to the same land we were driven out 1,900 years earlier by a Roman world that, apparently, we also upset.

Alas, dear world, it appears that you are hard to please.

Having left you and your pogroms and inquisitions and crusades and holocausts, having taken our leave of the general world to live alone in our own little state, we continue to upset you. You are upset that we repress the poor Palestinians. You are deeply angered over the fact that we do not give up the lands of 1967, which are clearly the obstacle to peace in the Middle East

Moscow is upset and Washington is upset. The "radical" Arabs are upset and the gentle Egyptian moderates are upset.

Well, dear world, consider the reaction of a normal Jew from Israel.

In 1920 and 1921 and 1929, there were no territories of 1967 to impede peace between Jews and Arabs. Indeed, there was no Jewish State to upset anybody. Nevertheless, the same oppressed and repressed Palestinians slaughtered tens of Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Safed and Hebron. Indeed, 67 Jews were slaughtered one day in Hebron in 1929.

Dear world, why did the Arabs - the Palestinians - massacre 67 Jews in one day in 1929? Could it have been their anger over Israeli aggression in 1967? And why were 510 Jewish men, women and children slaughtered in Arab riots between 1936-39? Was it because Arabs were upset over 1967?

And when you, dear world, proposed a UN Partition Plan in 1947 that would have created a "Palestinian State" alongside a tiny Israel and the Arabs cried "no" and went to war and killed 6,000 Jews - was that "upset" caused by the aggression of 1967? And, by the way, dear world, why did we not hear your cry of "upset" then?

The poor Palestinians who today kill Jews with explosives and firebombs and stones are part of the same people who ­ when they had all the territories they now demand be given to them for their state -attempted to drive the Jewish state into the sea. The same twisted faces, the same hate, the same cry of "itbach-al-yahud" (Massacre the Jew!) that we hear and see today, were seen and heard then. The same people, the same dream - destroy Israel. What they failed to do yesterday, they dream of today, but we should not "repress" them.

Dear world, you stood by during the holocaust and you stood by in 1948 as seven states launched a war that the Arab League proudly compared to the Mongol massacres.

You stood by in 1967 as Nasser, wildly cheered by wild mobs in every Arab capital in the world, vowed to drive the Jews into the sea. And you would stand by tomorrow if Israel were facing extinction.

And since we know that the Arabs-Palestinians dream daily of that extinction, we will do everything possible to remain alive in our own land. If that bothers you, dear world, well ­ think of how many times in the past you bothered us.

In any event, dear world, if you are bothered by us, here is one Jew in Israel who could not care less.
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Answer 2

There is a definite divide between left-wing and right-wing Christians on this one. The right seems to support Israel based on a hope that a restored Israel and rebuilt temple will hasten the end of time. The left tends to be pro-Palestinian, both as an expression of support for the oppressed and because they tend to dismiss any suggestion that the world will end in a final apocalypse (at God's behest).

Israel has a vibrant left as well, who mostly believe that peace is possible and all, if not most of the occupied territories should be returned to Palestinians.

Answer 3

Huh? Only 1 tribe of 12 are of European descent. And even they have middle eastern blood. Oy vey man. Learn about what you say before you say it. Havent you heard about the diaspora? Every wonder how Jews got to Germany in the first place?? As for the Palestinians, that name comes from Philistines, who invaded Judaea. Tiberias Caesar renamed the land after the invaders because the Jews were irritating him!!

edit: excellent L'Chaim. i am saying the Sh'hecheyanu now as I type this, Thank you for your letter.

Answer 4

The Christians aren't the ones helping Israel, but it's the blind government of the USA.

I admit that the Jews have the right to live, as in all aspects of living, but this shouldn't occur on the expense on other people's lives. I don't mind if Jews live amongst us, and share the same neighborhood and grocery stores with us, as long as they know thier duties and rights well...

I guess this is just a wild dream, becuase world peace and harmony would never be established as long as there are people wanting to dominate the earth, and I think you all know who I am talking about

Answer 5

Christians support Israel because the Bible says they are the poeple God chose to bless. The Bible says in several places that watches how nations treat Israel, and how people treat Jews in particular.

Also, it is tied to prophecy - Pre-millenial, dispensationalist theology dictates that in order for the Messiah to return, Israel must be a soverieng nation, and the Jewish temple must be rebuilt.

Answer 6

One reason that christians support Isreal is because it needs to be around for some biblical prophecies to come true: in revelations isreal is attacked and the temple of solomon is rebuilt. If isreal and the jews aren't there, those prophecies will have trouble happening. Another thing is that isreal is the enemy of Iran and other countries that the west is also against. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. (here's a hint: most of the west is christian, especially america)

Answer 7

We support Israel and wish they'd stop giving away God's land to the Heathen as the people in plaestine voted in a Criminal Government and needs to be destroyed. God said of Israel I will bless those who bless thee,and curse those who Curse thee, Israel is being pressured by the International community to give away land for peace almost to the point of Non-Existance it needs to stop They must not and should not give away any more land.

Answer 8

Probably part guilt for what they did to the Jews in WWII. Also they share the same myths about what is coming up and both are aiming for the same result. And the Iraelis make a good local army for christian policies in the middle east.

Answer 9

The reason Christians support Israel is because they are described in the bible as the root and non-Jewish are the branches. They are the people of God and we are "grafted into that family though Jesus.

Answer 10

Christians tend to protect Israel because they are the chosen people of God. If you don't accept that, you'd have to wonder why so much of world history seems to center around these people.

Answer 11

I have to agree with that. There is plenty of land all over the world where they would be weclomed.

That said, aren't there millions of acres and billions of dollars that other muslim countries could use to help the Palestinians?