One of the ways our ideological opponents in the Arab-Israeli conflict work their plan is to use disinformation and misinformation to advocate for the Palestinians. Nowhere is this more intense than in the Church. Pro Palestinian advocates distort, spin, and lie about Israel and her Christian supporters.

Readers of “Israel Watch” will recall the claim that Israel’s security fence (called a “barrier” or “wall” by Palestinian advocates; remember, words and imagery are all-important) completely encircles Bethlehem.

This is simply a lie.

Only one side of the security fence in Bethlehem is the high cement wall; it is in place to prevent Palestinian murderers from shooting at Israeli cars on the highway. The other sections of the fence are wire. Keep in mind, too, that much terrorist activity in Bethlehem and surrounding villages has killed Jews. It is also the center of the so-called “Christian Palestinianist” movement.

Another brazen lie came in the book, Red Letter Revolution. There, co-authors Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo claim that for every Israeli “settler,” there are three bodyguards. This is absurd, in a country of eight million. If these two leftist authors are correct, more than one million bodyguards live in the country.

When I challenged Claiborne and the editors at Thomas Nelson about this inaccuracy…nothing was done.

Of course. That’s how propaganda works: lie big and double down.

Now, a new column by Munther Isaac (“Reverend at Bethlehem Christmas Church and Academic Dean at Bethlehem Bible College”) displays classic propaganda. Virtually every sentence can be refuted. I’ll concentrate on two for now.

(By the way, Isaac is a key figure in the “Christ at the Checkpoint” gathering, which is the nerve center of anti-Christian Zionist feeling.)

Early on in the piece, Munther says:

“How do Palestinians perceive Christian Zionism? I will argue, that Christian Zionism is more than just a theological belief about Israel and Jews – it is an Imperial Theology.  Today, it is also – willingly or not – a political movement. Let me start with a short definition of Christian Zionism as Robert Smith defines it:

“’Christian Zionism is political action, informed by specifically Christian commitments, to promote or preserve Jewish control over the geographic area now comprising Israel and Palestine.’”

Did you see what he did there? The phrase “I will argue,” in his first paragraph, is meaningless. Why? Because Munther Isaac & Friends, vicious opponents of Christian Zionism, want you not to notice that they are giving you their opinion of what Christian Zionism is.

Further, Christian Zionism is not a political action. It is a biblical worldview, rooted in the Hebrew Scriptures, which are dominated by the entire sweep of Jewish history. It is a belief that the Jews are entitled to settle their ancient land.

Leftists always manipulate language. Unsolicited advice: never let them set the terms in a debate.

Next, Isaac takes issue with Genesis 12:3:

“Joel Rosenberg, a regular Fox News analyst and NY Times bestseller, explains that if the US would turn against Israel, this would result in an existential threat to the future of the United States. Rosenberg, like numerous others, bases this on Genesis: ‘In Genesis 12:1-3, the Lord God vows that He will bless those who bless Israel and the Jewish people, and curse those who curse them.’ What amazes me is that Gen. 12:1-3 does not actually mention Israel. It is about Abraham. This verse comes in the midst of a glorious mandate to Abraham to become a blessing to the nations – a mandate that was eventually fulfilled in Jesus, who is Abraham’s seed according to Paul, when he died on the cross. How was this glorious promise turned into the recipe of foreign policy today towards a  secular state?”

Genesis 12:1-3 does mention a nation coming from Abraham. Further in the book of beginnings, we learn that Abraham’s son Isaac is the “child of the promise” and through him the Jewish people would come.

One can argue that Christian Zionists could cite another passage to buttress their argument (and there are hundreds of others in the Old Testament that prove the specialness of the Jews), but Munther Isaac’s argument here is very weak. Context and thorough scriptural examination is always missing from the quiver of the Christian Palestinianists.

Just know that Palestinian propaganda against Israel and her supporters in the Church is heating up, with no end in sight. Using either clueless or complicit evangelical leaders in America is a big weapon in their arsenal.

But in the end, they underestimate the staying power of Zionism. When they come to their senses, we’ll be waiting for them at the finish line, with an outstretched hand.

Reprinted with author’s permission from Rapture Ready