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Thursday, November 04, 2004
Robertson: If Bush 'Touches' Jerusalem, We'll Form 3rd Party
By Daphna Berman
Haaretz Monday 04 October 2004
Influential American evangelist Pat Robertson said Monday that Evangelical Christians feel so deeply about Jerusalem, that if President George W. Bush were to "touch" Jerusalem, Evangelicals would abandon their traditional Republican leanings and form a third party.
"The President has backed away from [the road map] but if he were to touch Jerusalem, he'd lose all evangelical support," Robertson said. "Evangelicals would form a third party" because, though people "don't know about" Gaza, Jerusalem is an entirely different matter.
Robertson, an outspoken supporter of Israel who is here to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, also added that visitors to Israel should not be overly critical of the government's political decisions.
He has refrained from overtly criticizing Sharon's disengagement plan and says only that he hopes the "Israeli people will make the right decision" in matters of territorial concessions.
"It is unwise for a visitor from America to get involved in Israeli politics," he stated at a press conference in the capital's International Convention Center.
Together with an estimated 5,000 Christians from around the world, Robertson has been touring the Holy Land this week, in effort to support and pray for the people of Israel. He led a prayer service yesterday outside the Knesset, where he blasted Hezbollah, Hamas, and the idea of jihad.
"Arab nations want a conflict and want to keep the suffering of people in Gaza," he said. "They don't want peace; they want the destruction of Israel."
Robertson urged that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) be abolished, given what he called the organization's active role in the "perpetuation" of the Palestinian refugee problem. He warned that a Palestinian state would become "a constant source of irritation" that would "endanger the territorial integrity" of Israel.
"A Palestinian state with full sovereignty would be a launching ground for various types of weapons, including weapons of mass destruction," the former presidential candidate said.
Thousands of Christians March for Jerusalem
As many as 20,000 marchers were expected to take part in the annual Jerusalem March procession, which was to pass through the heart of the city in the afternoon, among them thousands of Evangelicals and other Christians.
Police officials began closing streets at 1:30 P.M. to allow marchers to pass. Among the central Jerusalem traffic arteries to be closed, either fully or in sections, were Ben-Zvi, Bezalel, Ben-Yehuda, King George, Jaffa, Shlomzion HaMalka, Koresh, Azza, Agron, Menashe Ben-Israel, HaEmek, HaRav Kook, Havatzelet, Heleni HaMalka, Histadrut, Shammai and Hillel Streets.
Most of the streets are to be re-opened by 5:30 P.M.
In a gathering of more than 4,000 pilgrims at a Jerusalem convention center Sunday, Robertson warned that some Muslims were trying to foil "God's plan" to let Israel hold on to its lands. The number of pilgrims was about 25 percent higher than the past three years, according to organizers with the International Christian Embassy
"I see the rise of Islam to destroy Israel and take the land from the Jews and give East Jerusalem to [Palestinian Authority Chairman] Yasser Arafat. I see that as Satan's plan to prevent the return of Jesus Christ the Lord," said Robertson, a Christian broadcaster.
In two Jerusalem appearances, Robertson Sunday praised Israel as part of God's plan and criticized Arab countries and some Muslims, saying their hopes to include Israeli-controlled land in a Palestinian state are part of "Satan's plan."
Robertson, who has made critical statements of Islam in the past, called Israel's Arab neighbors "a sea of dictatorial regimes."
He said he "sends notice" to Osama bin Laden, Arafat and Palestinian militant groups that "you will not frustrate God's plan" to have Jews rule the Holy Land until the Second Coming of Jesus.
Only God should decide if Israel should relinquish control of the lands it captured in the 1967 war, including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem, Robertson said, in a reference to Sharon's plan to pull out of Gaza next year.
"God says, 'I'm going to judge those who carve up the West Bank and Gaza Strip,'" Robertson said. "'It's my land and keep your hands off it.'"
Blowing rams' horns and exclaiming "Hallelujah," hundreds of pilgrims - including visitors from Norway, England and Germany - gathered in downtown Jerusalem to pray for peace and celebrate Israel's unification of the city with the capture of East Jerusalem in 1967.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/printer_100504K.shtml
Will Israel Give Up Jerusalem?
Pat Robertson upholds Jerusalem as the Biblically ordained capital of Israel.
Israel is not going to give up Jerusalem. Jerusalem is non-negotiable. I have talked to Netanyahu and, of course, his predecessors in Israel. They are just not going to divide Jerusalem. That is their capital. It was the capital won by King David and they are not about to give it up.
"Yasser Arafat wants the capital in East Jerusalem, and he is not going to get it. He can have Bethlehem; he can have Jericho; he can have Nablus; he can have a number of cities, but he is not going to get Jerusalem.
"If he insists on it, ultimately, there will be war. But that is what the Bible says --That is going to be the place of ultimate conflict. It's going to be over the status of Jerusalem.
I just hope and pray that America comes down on the right side, and the right side is for Israel to continue the land that was given to them by God Almighty.
http://www.patrobertson.com/NewsCommentary/IsraelJerusalem.asp
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Haaretz Monday 04 October 2004
Influential American evangelist Pat Robertson said Monday that Evangelical Christians feel so deeply about Jerusalem, that if President George W. Bush were to "touch" Jerusalem, Evangelicals would abandon their traditional Republican leanings and form a third party.
"The President has backed away from [the road map] but if he were to touch Jerusalem, he'd lose all evangelical support," Robertson said. "Evangelicals would form a third party" because, though people "don't know about" Gaza, Jerusalem is an entirely different matter.
Robertson, an outspoken supporter of Israel who is here to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, also added that visitors to Israel should not be overly critical of the government's political decisions.
He has refrained from overtly criticizing Sharon's disengagement plan and says only that he hopes the "Israeli people will make the right decision" in matters of territorial concessions.
"It is unwise for a visitor from America to get involved in Israeli politics," he stated at a press conference in the capital's International Convention Center.
Together with an estimated 5,000 Christians from around the world, Robertson has been touring the Holy Land this week, in effort to support and pray for the people of Israel. He led a prayer service yesterday outside the Knesset, where he blasted Hezbollah, Hamas, and the idea of jihad.
"Arab nations want a conflict and want to keep the suffering of people in Gaza," he said. "They don't want peace; they want the destruction of Israel."
Robertson urged that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) be abolished, given what he called the organization's active role in the "perpetuation" of the Palestinian refugee problem. He warned that a Palestinian state would become "a constant source of irritation" that would "endanger the territorial integrity" of Israel.
"A Palestinian state with full sovereignty would be a launching ground for various types of weapons, including weapons of mass destruction," the former presidential candidate said.
Thousands of Christians March for Jerusalem
As many as 20,000 marchers were expected to take part in the annual Jerusalem March procession, which was to pass through the heart of the city in the afternoon, among them thousands of Evangelicals and other Christians.
Police officials began closing streets at 1:30 P.M. to allow marchers to pass. Among the central Jerusalem traffic arteries to be closed, either fully or in sections, were Ben-Zvi, Bezalel, Ben-Yehuda, King George, Jaffa, Shlomzion HaMalka, Koresh, Azza, Agron, Menashe Ben-Israel, HaEmek, HaRav Kook, Havatzelet, Heleni HaMalka, Histadrut, Shammai and Hillel Streets.
Most of the streets are to be re-opened by 5:30 P.M.
In a gathering of more than 4,000 pilgrims at a Jerusalem convention center Sunday, Robertson warned that some Muslims were trying to foil "God's plan" to let Israel hold on to its lands. The number of pilgrims was about 25 percent higher than the past three years, according to organizers with the International Christian Embassy
"I see the rise of Islam to destroy Israel and take the land from the Jews and give East Jerusalem to [Palestinian Authority Chairman] Yasser Arafat. I see that as Satan's plan to prevent the return of Jesus Christ the Lord," said Robertson, a Christian broadcaster.
In two Jerusalem appearances, Robertson Sunday praised Israel as part of God's plan and criticized Arab countries and some Muslims, saying their hopes to include Israeli-controlled land in a Palestinian state are part of "Satan's plan."
Robertson, who has made critical statements of Islam in the past, called Israel's Arab neighbors "a sea of dictatorial regimes."
He said he "sends notice" to Osama bin Laden, Arafat and Palestinian militant groups that "you will not frustrate God's plan" to have Jews rule the Holy Land until the Second Coming of Jesus.
Only God should decide if Israel should relinquish control of the lands it captured in the 1967 war, including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem, Robertson said, in a reference to Sharon's plan to pull out of Gaza next year.
"God says, 'I'm going to judge those who carve up the West Bank and Gaza Strip,'" Robertson said. "'It's my land and keep your hands off it.'"
Blowing rams' horns and exclaiming "Hallelujah," hundreds of pilgrims - including visitors from Norway, England and Germany - gathered in downtown Jerusalem to pray for peace and celebrate Israel's unification of the city with the capture of East Jerusalem in 1967.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/printer_100504K.shtml
Will Israel Give Up Jerusalem?
Pat Robertson upholds Jerusalem as the Biblically ordained capital of Israel.
Israel is not going to give up Jerusalem. Jerusalem is non-negotiable. I have talked to Netanyahu and, of course, his predecessors in Israel. They are just not going to divide Jerusalem. That is their capital. It was the capital won by King David and they are not about to give it up.
"Yasser Arafat wants the capital in East Jerusalem, and he is not going to get it. He can have Bethlehem; he can have Jericho; he can have Nablus; he can have a number of cities, but he is not going to get Jerusalem.
"If he insists on it, ultimately, there will be war. But that is what the Bible says --That is going to be the place of ultimate conflict. It's going to be over the status of Jerusalem.
I just hope and pray that America comes down on the right side, and the right side is for Israel to continue the land that was given to them by God Almighty.
http://www.patrobertson.com/NewsCommentary/IsraelJerusalem.asp
This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
