Evangelicals

American business magnate Sheldon Adelson attends an American Independence Day celebration at Avenue in Airport City, near Tel Aviv, July 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Sheldon Adelson’s far right alliance will serve Israel long after his death

The Evangelical-Jewish union that the late billionaire bankrolled for years will continue to empower right-wing agendas in Israel and the U.S.

By Alex Kane January 13, 2021

Christian Zionists march in Jerusalem, Octover 4, 2012. (Photo by Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

An open letter to Evangelical supporters of Israel

Addressing Christian Zionists who brush aside the occupation by saying, ‘it’s complicated,’ an American Evangelical writes: ‘Injustice is only complicated to those who don’t suffer from it.’ By Alice Su What would Jesus do if he were standing at a checkpoint in Israel/Palestine today? Asked that question one year ago, I would have given you…

By +972 Magazine March 19, 2014

Dear fellow American Christians: Speak up against suffering

By Andrew Miller and James-Michael Smith Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. —Matthew 5:9 We are writing to you, our fellow Christians from the United States, with which the State of Israel has enjoyed a unique relationship since its founding, because we are concerned with the nature…

By +972 Magazine February 28, 2012

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Challenging the evangelical bias against Palestinians

Last week Ynetnews.com published an article by Johnnie Moore, a Christian evangelical pastor and vice president of Liberty University (the largest evangelical university in the world, founded by televangelist Jerry Falwell). Moore was visiting Israel with a group of students on a trip that ended 24 hours before the bombing in Jerusalem. A Christian tourist was…

By Aziz Abu Sarah April 4, 2011