According to two Jewish witnesses, being anti-Zionist is identical to being anti-semitic (anti-Jewish). As we all know, Zionism is a political concept, not a theological one. But confusion is what's desired here.
...Boller seemed to question making Zionist theology an exception to the First Amendment.
After further exchange, Boller eventually asked forthrightly, “So by not being a Zionist, does that make you an antisemite?”
Frankel responded, “I don't think you need to be a Zionist to support a country that defends itself and is free and religious in a hostile neighborhood.”
The panel was moderated by the committee’s chairman, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.
Boller asked again, “So is anti-Zionism antisemitism?”
Patrick said, “Hold on one second, Carrie.”
But Frankel didn’t hesitate. “Yes, it is,” he shot back.
“It is? “ Boller responded. She asked for at least a third time, seemingly for good measure, “Just to be clear, is anti-Zionism antisemitism?”
Frankel: “Yes.”
Frankel would be joined by Yeshiva University President Rabbi Ari Berman, who would also insist that being against Zionism was antisemitism. These Jewish leaders share similar pro-Israel views with American evangelical Christian Zionists like Paula White-Cain, also a member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Committee, who believe that the modern state of Israel founded in 1948 fulfills biblical prophecy.
And it is their mission to help see this prophecy through....
Boller--a recent convert to Catholicism--was dismissed from the committee following this exchange. Dan Patrick claims that Trump fired her.
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Trump is going to regret these bed fellows and he is going to lose the midterms in a major way
Zionist support the genocide against Palestinian children
This is something that we have seen and witnessed the last couple years
Completely and utterly immoral position to take
Trump can go screw himself
It is against American national interest to support Israel
They are not our best friends
they are parasites
I know I'm not your editor, but I would have coded this sentence in a red font: “I don't think you need to be a Zionist to support a country that defends itself and is free and religious in a hostile neighborhood.”
A hostile neighborhood? Are we to infer from this that Israel is comparable to London where historical English people now find themselves surrounded by unassimilated Pakistani and Indian populations? Perhaps like native French continuing to reside within extensive suburbs where French is for all practical purposes a foreign tongue. Really Zionists, who are the new kids in town? When did the neighborhood become hostile? Was is when the Zionists landed in waves from distant countries and went out of their way to treat the people who have lived there for millennium as EQUALS, another population of humans created in the image of GOD. Seriously Zionists, what do you believe about the "root cause" of hostility? Mark78
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