Thanks for your response. Your statement confirms that Israel is a violation of human rights. Yes, exactly, we agree.
You go on to say that other countries also violate human rights, which is true. Yes, there are human rights violations all around the globe. The point is to condemn violations of human rights wherever they are found.
However, Israel is a special case, especially for Americans. The only reason Israel exists is because it is supported by the U.S. military. So we the people in the U.S. have an exceptional opportunity to stop the war, death, and suffering that Israel has caused.
Israel also stands apart in that the declaration of Israel in 1948 was made by a group that was a minority in Palestine, and thus violated the rights of the majority in Palestine. The declaration was not only a violation of human rights, but an act of war, and it started a war immediately.
Yes, there are other states in the Middle East and around the world that have restrictions on religion. They deserve censure. But the states weren't the result of a minority of the country trampling on the rights of the majority. That makes Israel special.
Christians, in Europe and in the U.S., have mostly supported Israel. That is an eternal stain on the Christian religion. Denouncing Israel is an exceptional way for Christians to show that they do indeed support human rights.
Agree?
I disagree with all your points except one:
Israel would not exist without US military support.
Jews in Europe would not exist without the support of United States. Without the US military, there wouldn’t be any Jews left in Europe by the time Hitler’s army done with their extinction. Similar events would have taken place in the Soviet Union under Stalin.
Israel would not exist without the support of the United States military. You are right about that! Do you know why ?
Without US military protection, the Arab nation would have acted as Halter’s army did. They would have sent them to extinction.
Without US military support, no Arab nation would have made peace with Israel. Understanding this is essential to grasping Arab politics, culture, and religion.
Christians' support for Israel:
Anyone who follows the Bible and understands scripture will support Jews and Israel, even if they are wrong, because that is what God does.
They are God's chosen people; despite their shortcomings and disobedience, God has repeatedly punished and forgiven them, consistently embracing them as His own. In Romans, Paul advises Christians not to boast about receiving God's grace over Jews, reminding them that Jews are the root and Christians are only a branch. Paul states that, despite Jewish disobedience and rejection of Christ, they remain God’s chosen people and will be restored at the appointed time.
Christians who wish to oppose Israel may do so at their own discretion. I do not consider myself holier-then-thou, nor would I presume to question why God, in His wisdom, repeatedly forgives and offers special consideration to Jews
Romans 11:1-6 “ I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel:
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”[
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4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”[
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5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.”.