Israel and Fulfillment theology

BY DAVID PARSONS, ICEJ— While most born-again Christians today are supportive of Israel, there is a growing movement among Evangelicals which is sympathetic to Palestinian suffering and claims to statehood. Yet to provide a biblical basis for their position, they are generally uncomfortable with being identified with classical Replacement heology, due to its malevolent fruit –…

Netanyahu'​s Phony Realism

BY DAVID ISAAC, SHMUELKATZ.COM— “People do not understand where they live. If you do not live in the real world, it is possible to disregard everything, and I suggest that they start being wary in order to protect the existing construction.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made these remarks last month in an effort to justify…

Goldstone takes it back

BY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— THE GOLDSTONE REPORT was a blood libel. Issued in September 2009 by a UN “fact-finding mission” headed by the South African jurist Richard Goldstone, the 450-page document was an indictment of Israel’s conduct during the brief war it launched in Gaza at the end of 2008 to end the intolerable…