Christians from 40 Nations Support Israel

In the last week of May, four hundred Christians from forty different nations gathered together in support of Israel at the annual Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast - an event that started in 2017.

Interviewed at the event, former US congresswoman Michele Bachmann said the 40 nations had gathered to say that,

"The Jews have the right to their land, but more importantly
… they have a right not to be attacked."

Edda Fogarollo, from Italy, said that she wants to talk to her government about concerns she shares with many others around the world regarding the lack of action in terms of fighting anti-Semitism. One of her compatriots, Simon Pilon considers it intolerable hearing from European countries such as Spain, Ireland and Norway that they are ready to recognise a Palestinian state, because he considers that a threat and legitimisation of terrorism.

Natasha Grbich, a church leader from South Africa, attended to show that not everybody in South Africa is against Israel. She also explained that the South African government didn’t have the money to bring the case at the International Court of Justice and was dependent upon Iran to do so - highlighting the country that drives so much of the opposition to Israel.

Albert Veksler, leader of the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, expressed the opinion that the international court’s actions were "hypocrisy on steroids" because "they cannot go against a democratic country and ignore all the dictatorships that we have in the world."

David Parsons, Vice President of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, described an encouraging shift in the general attitude toward Israel among Christians:

"There is some indifference and apathy, but there are more and more Christians
also waking up to the special role Israel plays, even in our own destiny."

This report by The Media Line: