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Evangelicals visit for Israel's 60th, call the sound of the mosque 'evil'
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Evangelical Christians 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for April 21, 2008.

Last week, 3,000 evangelical Christian worshippers and preachers from around the United States visited Israel in a trip celebrating 60 years of independence.

The trip was led by Joel Rosenberg, the son of a Jewish man and a Christian woman, who found Jesus at a young age and became a famous preacher.


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vangelical Christianity boasts tens of millions of believers across the United States who are often credited with getting George W. Bush into the White House to lead the war against evil in the world. They give millions of dollars to the Israeli right and believe that only the Republican Party can save the planet.


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      1.   Truth Prevails... 04:01  |  Ya Ghareeb 22/04/08
      2.   nice to hear...i guess 06:01  |  Yoni 22/04/08
      3.   Sick twisted whacked out doomsday cultists 10:54  |  Joe 22/04/08
      4.   Ask yourself 12:06  |  Gili 22/04/08
      5.   Friendship with Evangelists - yes. Islamophobia - no! 12:37  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 22/04/08
      6.   If they love it so much ... 13:19  |  Preacher 22/04/08
      7.   anyone who is a friend of Israel is a friend of mine. Kol Hakavod 13:30  |  don 22/04/08
      8.   The sound of hte mosque is evil 13:43  |  JR 22/04/08
      9.   whoa they`re crazy. and form u.s. policy 14:19  |  melissa 22/04/08
      10.   like yosef, yeshua will disappear then be made known 15:07  |  augustine e johnson 22/04/08
      11.   THese crazy religious freaks should be lynched 15:09  |  POP 22/04/08
      12.   Evangelicals other side of the same coin 15:10  |  Mark B. 22/04/08
      13.   The Call to Prayer is Lovely to Hear 15:26  |  David James Vickery 22/04/08
      14.   A time for peace, Islam and Judaism are so close. 15:42  |  Ben Yosef 22/04/08
      15.   Evangelicals _ Watch out when you walk around Israel :-) 15:43  |  YITZAK BEN SHLOMO 22/04/08
      16.   The problem with the call to prayer... 16:11  |  Greg 22/04/08
      17.   Blessing Israel 16:14  |  Stan 22/04/08
      18.   too true 16:39  |  jackie 22/04/08
      19.   Kooks? No, fanatics 16:43  |  Heinz 22/04/08
      20.   too funny 16:48  |  ron 22/04/08
      21.   TROUBLE SEEDERS 17:08  |  Bashir Kouchacji 22/04/08
      22.   Loony time 17:15  |  Chaval 22/04/08
      23.   Seeking for Enemy 17:59  |  Yakut 22/04/08
      24.   Yeah, evil... 18:06  |  zmogus 22/04/08
      25.   My felicitations to Mr.Ben Yosef 18:10  |  Yakut 22/04/08
      26.   Please Please Please 18:15  |  Alexander 22/04/08
      27.   Fruitcakes of All Flavours 18:31  |  Gideon 22/04/08
      28.   RE: Yitzhak Ben Shlomo`s Video 18:37  |  Dawud 22/04/08
      29.   Evangelical Christians, Ultra-orthodox Jews, Islamist Muslimss 19:21  |  Axel 22/04/08
      30.   POP 20:08  |  Real Swiss 22/04/08
      31.   Freaks 20:14  |  Moshe 22/04/08
      32.   prayer call 20:52  |  anil 22/04/08
      33.   Beware, my Jewish friends 21:09  |  Vierotchka 22/04/08
      34.   OY VEY! This is what this region needs...more nuts... 21:13  |  American 22/04/08
      35.   Gili - ugh! CHURCH BELLS? CALL TO PRAYER! 21:15  |  MAN 22/04/08
      36.   rednecks with religion.... danger mix 21:16  |  John 22/04/08
      37.   If you thought Bush was ignorant.. see who elected him. 21:17  |  John 22/04/08
      38.   They believe when Jesus return, jews will convert or endup in hel 21:20  |  John 22/04/08
      39.   Troublesome 21:26  |  Leif 22/04/08
      40.   Anil 22:51  |  Greg 22/04/08
      41.   deluded rednecks in town 23:12  |  Abu Firas Al Qudsi 22/04/08
      42.   Re: #40 23:39  |  T. Hill 22/04/08
      43.   Joe of Texas @#3 23:52  |  Akiva P 22/04/08
      44.   not all evangelicals are the same 23:55  |  Mona 22/04/08
      45.   Evangelicals 02:14  |  Marc 23/04/08
      46.   Christians are grafted in Jews/the Israel of God 04:58  |  marilyn 23/04/08
      47.   Call to prayer 05:05  |  marilyn 23/04/08
      48.   Say what? 01:11  |  Michael 24/04/08
      49.   But Christianity is not Mosaic or Abrahmic 09:46  |  mech 24/04/08
      50.   two thoughts 01:37  |  russell 26/04/08
      51.   perhaps a bit too much mis-construing 01:59  |  russell 26/04/08
      52.   A load of hypocrits 11:46  |  Christianlady 26/04/08
      53.   To Preacher 11:51  |  Christianlady 26/04/08
      54.   Slomo from TA and Ben Yousef 11:52  |  Christianlady 26/04/08
      55.   gili 4 20:28  |  potobac 04/05/08
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