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5v37 | Ted Cruz Booed Off Stage At Middle East Christian Conference
Mat 5:37 KJV But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay,
nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
“If you will not stand with
Israel and the Jews,” he said. “Then I will not stand with you. Good night, and
God bless.” And with that, he walked off the stage.
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Ted
Cruz Booed Off Stage At Middle East Christian Conference
| The Daily Caller http://bit.ly/1BviBpj | [VIDEO]
9:55 PM 09/10/2014
Sen. Ted Cruz was booed offstage at a
conference for Middle Eastern Christians Wednesday night after saying that “Christians
have no greater ally than Israel.”
Cruz, the keynote speaker at the sold-out D.C.
dinner gala for the recently-founded non-profit In Defense of Christians, began
by saying that “tonight, we are all united in defense of Christians. Tonight,
we are all united in defense of Jews. Tonight, we are all united in defense of
people of good faith, who are standing together against those who would
persecute and murder those who dare disagree with their religious teachings.”
Cruz was not reading from a teleprompter, nor
did he appear to be reading from notes.
“Religious bigotry is a cancer
with many manifestations,” he continued. “ISIS, al-Qaida, Hezbollah, Hamas,
state sponsors like Syria and Iran, are all engaged in a vicious genocidal
campaign to destroy religious minorities in the Middle East. Sometimes we are
told not to loop these groups together, that we have to understand their so
called nuances and differences. But we shouldn’t try to parse different
manifestations of evil that are on a murderous rampage through the region. Hate
is hate, and murder is murder. Our purpose here tonight is to highlight a
terrible injustice, a humanitarian crisis.”
“Christians have no greater ally
than Israel,” he said, at which point members of the crowd began to yell “stop
it” and booed him.
EWTN News Nightly’s Jason Calvi caught the
moment on video. Watch: [Link at above linked source.]
“Those who hate Israel hate
America,” he continued, as the boos and calls for him to leave the stage got
louder. “Those who hate Jews hate Christians. If those in this room will not
recognize that, then my heart weeps. If you hate the Jewish people you are not
reflecting the teachings of Christ. And the very same people who persecute and
murder Christians right now, who crucify Christians, who behead children, are
the very same people who target Jews for their faith, for the same reason.”
The cries of “stop it, stop it, enough,” and
booing continued. “Out, out, leave the stage!” At this point IDC’s president,
Toufic Baaklini, came out to the stage to ask for the crowd to listen to Cruz,
but Cruz had already had enough.
“If you will not stand with
Israel and the Jews,” he said. “Then I will not stand with you. Good night, and
God bless.” And with that, he walked off the stage.
Many Christians in the Middle East take issue
with Israeli military policy, which has made life for Palestinian Christians in
their homeland very difficult, and driven many from their homes. “Israel’s
policies have led to demographic pressure that’s made the West Bank and Gaza
far more Muslim than in 1948,” explained one Middle East analyst.
IDC’s Executive Director, Andrew Doran, then
came out on stage, saying “For the love of God, we’re here to talk about
Christians and we’re here to be united.”
Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan Joseph
Zahlawi, who leads the Antiochian Orthodox in North America, soon after led
those present in the Lord’s Prayer.
[N.B. Interestingly, a prayer given to
Jews by the rightful King of Israel, a Jew (Matt 6:9-13; John 1:49).]
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