Bibi lauds "prophet of peace" as Christian Zionists lust for war
Nobody seems sure exactly how many people are here at the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) conference. Nobody seems too bothered to get the numbers right, either.
What difference if Pastor John Hagee claims 8,000 registrants and the janitor told me he set 4,000 chairs for the plenary sessions in the ballroom? So what if Bibi Netanyahu welcomes 4,000 of us, and former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer an hour later welcomes 6,000 of us?
I am not at the banquet tonight, the big Night to Honor Israel starring Michelle Bachmann, the Republican member of Congress. There are many things I will do to explore CUFI, but being trapped in a ballroom listening to Bachmann is not one of them.
Two students brought to the conference by CUFI scholarship are being trained about how to start a CUFI group on campus. “There are these anti-Semites on our campus,” one of them says. “The professors teaching about Palestine oppressed by Israel.” The girl with the Honolulu silky straight hair answers, “I know, I know. They even tried to set up a checkpoint at the door of our classroom so we could feel like Palestinians. Who wants to feel like a Palestinian? They are just made up anyway.” The boy from Minnesota agrees. “The Israelis have this teeny land, the only Jewish land in the world, and the Arabs want even that.” A girl joins them. “Have you guys been to Jerusalem yet? Wait til you go. I fell in love with the land. It is so gorgeous. I took 753 pictures in one week, that’s how much I love Israel.”
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