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Revolt: Three EU nations block resolution meant to “embarrass and isolate” the White House

Oh Oh some countries are out of lockstep with the globalist EU. Panic mode sets in.

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That nasty little poison pill fell apart this weekend, however, when three member nations blocked the resolution. The objection was led by Hungary, which was quickly joined by Romania and the Czech Republic. (Axios)

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/13/revolt-three-eu-nations-block-resolution-meant-embarrass-isolate-white-house/

Pastor Robert Jeffress also thinks Islam is evil, Mormons belong to a cult, Catholicism is a product of Satan's genius and 'gay is not OK.' But what's a bit of bigotry and theological anti-Semitism between pro-Israel friends?

If the Trump administration’s intention was to offend Jewish sensibilities with its pick of an evangelical minister to give a prayer at the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, it succeeded.

Pastor Robert Jeffress, who will speak at the event, is on record as stating that Jews are going to hell - together with all other non born-again Christians – or, at least, not to heaven.

If it wanted to offend Muslims, the White House also couldn’t have done better, since Jeffress has also made very derogatory remarks about Islam, which he has reportedly slammed as an "evil," "violent" and "false" religion.

Nor has Jeffress spared Mormons, since he called it a non-Christian "cult," when explaining why he thought his followers should oppose Mitt Romney during the 2008 and 2012 Republican presidential primaries. His condemnation of gays ("gay is not okay") is just as disturbing for the LGBT community.

That Jeffress’ penchant for religious intolerance hasn’t barred him from becoming a member of President Donald Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board and becoming part of the recently reconstituted White House Faith Initiative is troubling.

But as with much else with this administration, loyalty to the president - with whom Jeffress says he has prayed - atones for a multitude of sins.

But the presence of Jeffress at the highly symbolic ceremony that will commemorate Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem of Israel’s capital is no accident. It’s also likely to highlight again the split between the Jewish right and the Jewish left.

Many Jews see his presence as an insult, as well as inappropriate. On Twitter, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the head of the U.S. Reform movement, said Jeffress’ attacks on Judaism and Islam ought to mean he should be "kept far away" from the embassy ceremony and that "Jerusalem doesn’t need the prayers of a religious bigot."

But no one should be surprised if not everyone will share that opinion.

Though Jeffress may believe Jews won’t be rubbing elbows in the hereafter with those who attend his 13,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, most pro-Israel activists as well as the few Israelis who pay any attention to the issue aren’t likely to be that upset about it.

Just as Trump cares little about anything but the megachurch pastor’s willingness to support him despite his personal moral failings, groups like AIPAC as well as the Israeli government regard Jeffress’ passionate support for Israel as the only relevant fact about him.

If support for Zionism is baked deep into the political DNA of America, that is not so much a function of AIPAC’s lobbying operation, or the generosity of Jewish donors to political candidates, as it is of religion.
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Jeffress stand on Israel is particularly instructive. In a Fox News interview about being asked to give a prayer at the embassy opening, Jeffress made it clear that as far as he was concerned, Jerusalem had been Israel’s capital for 3,000 years, not 70.

He said he was happy about the move because it contradicted, "the left’s lie that Jews stole the land" from Arabs.

Above all, Jeffress believes, as do most of his fellow Christian conservatives that support for Israel is vital to America’s well being.
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But while his eschatological views ought not to concern us, it is not too much to ask someone who puts himself forward as a representative of people of faith in the public square to be civil. The sorts of attacks that Jeffress has made on religions and groups other than his own feed bigotry.

His willingness to say that Christians should take candidates' faith background into consideration when casting their votes is not only prejudiced, but also antithetical to the spirit of religious liberty that most evangelicals believe is the key to the defense of their own rights.
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At least 41 Palestinians have been killed and 1,800 wounded by Israeli troops in clashes on the Gaza border, Palestinian officials say.

The violence came as the US opened its embassy in Jerusalem, a controversial move that has infuriated Palestinians.

They see it as clear US backing for Israeli rule over the whole city, whose eastern part Palestinians lay claim to.

Top US officials, including President Donald Trump's daughter and her husband, are attending Monday's event.

One of President Trump's closest evangelical advisers will be giving the opening prayer at the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. But Robert Jeffress's past comments about other people of faith is threatening to take away much attention from the event.

Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, a Southern Baptist megachurch in Texas, regularly talks about the significance of Jerusalem to conservative Christians -- a major component of Trump’s base of supporters.

Long before Jeffress began defending Trump on cable news, he made headlines for attacking other Americans whose faith is different from his own -- something the former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney noted Sunday on Twitter.

"Robert Jeffress says 'you can’t be saved by being a Jew,' and 'Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of hell.' He’s said the same about Islam. Such a religious bigot should not be giving the prayer that opens the United States Embassy in Jerusalem," tweeted Romney, a candidate for the Senate in Utah and a Mormon.
Here are just five controversial things Jeffress has said in the pas

Mormonism is a 'cult'
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Jews and Muslims going 'to Hell'
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The Catholic Church is an instrument of Satan
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Catholicism is the result of 'corruption'
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Clinton supporters are going to hell
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At least 37 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in Gaza protests ahead of US Jerusalem embassy opening

The bloodiest day in Gaza since the end of the 2014 war came as Donald Trump praised the embassy move as a "great day for Israel". Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, will be among US officials attending the opening ceremony later today.

Palestinian health officials said a 14-year-old boy was among those killed in the first fatalities of what is expected to be a bloody day on the Gaza border. Hundreds more were reportedly injured.

The Palestinian Authority accused Israel of carrying out "a terrible massacre" and called for an immediate "an immediate international intervention" to stop the killing. Turkey said the US also bore responsibility for the bloodshed.

More than 70 Palestinians have been killed since protests marking the 70th anniversary of their displacement in 1948 began in late March.

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U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem will be covered live on @FoxNews & @FoxBusiness . Lead up to 9:00 A.M. (eastern) event has already begun. A great day for Israel!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2018

Self Hating Jews always say horrible things about their fellow Jews.

, ultra-orthodox in the literal sense of the words.