Death to Christian Zionists!

Well, they didn't quite say that. But here is a collection of "Christian" tribalists who believe that actual Christians who support Israel are simply a bunch of knuckle-dragging bigots who are racist pigs. They've published their wonderful thoughts on what it means to be a "Christian."

The screed is published under the aegis of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, and it's got the usual tribal emphasis: "Palestinians are one people, both Muslim and Christian." No Jews, of course. Any Jewish "settlements" in "Palestine" would be "illegal."

These mokes go on to blame "Christian Zionist leaders and organizations" for everything that they perceive is wrong in the Middle East. What they presumably mean by "Christian Zionist organizations" are evangelical Christian churches such as the Baptists, who actually claim to believe what is written in their Bibles.

Clearly, the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, joined by tribal church leaders from the region (e.g. Syrian Orthodox), are not Bible-believing churches. Or, like their Episcopal brethren in America, simply ignore those parts where God has reserved a few hectares of land for the Jews. Which is to say the entirety of the Hebrew scriptures. But, hey, they're just racist Jews, after all...

The screed trots out all the usual blather about those poor, oppressed Paleos, and how it is "the governments of Israel and the United States that are presently imposing their unilateral pre-emptive borders and domination over Palestine." Not stated, of course, is that the Paleos have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. The rejection of the 2000 deal brokered by President Clinton comes to mind. But, hey, that was only 97% of the land.

Also totally absent from this nonsense is any notion that the Palestinians are responsible for any acts of terror. To read what these mokes have put forth is to fail to acknowledge history, both ancient, and recent. Ancient, in that the Jews have always lived in the Holy Land. Recent, in that Arabs have been attacking Jews, and Israel, with both national armies and with terror tactics.

These churchmen are not Christian, as I understand what that means. They are Arabs who are tribal, using their alleged faith to heap scorn on Jews and those Christians who have gotten past "Christ-killer!" epithets and who recognize that the Jews remain God's chosen people, even if we don't share the Christian belief that Jesus is the messiah.

Such unreasoned one-sided argumentation and willful ignoring of the facts has another name when it comes to the Jews: anti-Semitism. These churchmen fill the bill.