A pro-Israel Christian organization has taken issue with a recently released joint statement by several mainline church groups denouncing violence against Palestinian protesters.
Over the past few weeks, violent protests along the Gaza Strip border have resulted in around 30 Palestinian protesters being killed by Israeli soldiers.
In response, several Christian groups released a joint statement calling for an end to the violence, as well as an overall support for Pro-Palestinian cause.
Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion & Democracy, told The Christian Post that he believed the statement was “one more banal mainly mainline Protestant rehash of decades old talking points against Israel that doesn’t admit threats against Israel or self-destructive policies by Palestinians.”
“In this discredited perspective,…
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