4500 Israel-supporting Christians hit Washington DC

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By Stan Goodenough
July 19, 2007

As many as 4,500 American Christians reportedly descended on Washington DC this week to demonstrate their support of Israel and lobby senators and congressmen on Capitol Hill to stand strongly with the Jewish state.

The event was sponsored by Christians United for Israel, an organization started two years ago by Texas pastor John Hagee, and which is described as having quickly become one of the most powerful lobbying groups for Israel in the United States.

Two messages sent to the White House and Capitol Hill by the gathering were 'Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem' and 'Neutralize the Iranian nuclear threat.'

Conservative presidential candidates were invited to speak at the banquet on Monday night and at a special "Night to honor Israel" event on Tuesday evening.

Former Speaker of the House and potential Republican candidate for the presidency Newt Gingrich used the occasion to fire a broadside at the Bush administration for its policy on the Palestinian Arabs.

He said President George W. Bush could easily "send a signal to Hamas tomorrow morning" by moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Post quoted Gingrich as warning that the US was "in greater danger than you can imagine.

"We lie to ourselves. We have suffered in the West an enormous defeat in Gaza. We have suffered a significant defeat in South Lebanon, and we lie about it. We don't have a peace process. We have a surrender process," he said.

Arizona Senator John McCain, a declared Republican candidate, also addressed the gathering, saying that radical Islam was perhaps "the greatest evil" Israel and America have ever faced.

He further warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is arming Iran and Syria, "wants somehow to restore the old Russian empire."

And he said it was vitaly important that the US win its war in Iraq and not be driven out by Iran's proxy insurgency forces.

A premature American withdrawal would spark a regional conflagration, he said.

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