{"id":411969,"date":"2010-03-10T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=72096"},"modified":"2010-03-10T13:30:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T18:30:06","slug":"israeli-prime-minister-embraces-same-radical-american-cleric-that-john-mccain-denounced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/411969","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Prime Minister Embraces Same Radical American Cleric That John McCain Denounced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Hagee, issuing a fatwa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared the stage with extremist “Christian Zionist” John Hagee at a rally for “Christians United for Israel.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

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Speaking to a roaring crowd of more than 1,000 members of Christians United for Israel at the Jerusalem Convention Center on Monday night, Pastor John Hagee reaffirmed his organization\u2019s unwavering support for the Jewish state and Jewish people around the world, during the group\u2019s annual Night to Honor Israel.<\/p>\n

However, the San Antonio, Texas-based Hagee also warned the crowd about the threat of a nuclear Iran and labeled that country\u2019s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the \u201cHitler of the Middle East.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Remember, Hagee is the Texas-based whackjob<\/a> who espouses such extreme and hateful views that the Republican candidate for president of the United States was forced to publicly reject in 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yet here he is, sharing the state with Israel’s Prime Minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As Netanyahu took the stage to a standing ovation, he returned the pastor\u2019s warm words, telling him and the crowd, \u201cI salute you, the people of Israel salute you, the Jewish people salute you.” <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So Netanyahu “salutes” a religious extremist, right after of Israel publicly humiliates the Vice President of the United States<\/a> by pursuing a policy opposed by every US president since Ronald Reagan.<\/a><\/p>\n

Remind me: which country is the “threat to peace” in the Middle East again?<\/p>\n

Tags: Christian Zionism<\/a>, Christianism<\/a>, Israel<\/a><\/p>\n

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John Hagee, issuing a fatwa. Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared the stage with extremist “Christian Zionist” John Hagee at a rally for “Christians United for Israel.” Speaking to a roaring crowd of more than 1,000 members of Christians United for Israel at the Jerusalem Convention Center on Monday night, Pastor John Hagee reaffirmed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}