>Everyone subjected to this malevolent practise
>grows up with an imbued image and meme that, combined in the
>subconscious of their victim, produce the so-difficult-to-extirpate
>roots of antisemitism. The image: Christ Child/Baby Jesus. The meme:
>Judas Iscariot/Crucify Him. Inescapably, in the mind of every
>Christian the first word associated with the phrase "Christ Killers"
>is going to be "Jews."
In the U.S. support of Israel has changed this. I heard the Christ killer story more in Spain than I ever have here.
Here's the end of a long speech from 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, delivered in 2004:
http://www.patrobertson.com/Speeches/IsraelLauder.asp
On Christmas Day in 1974, I had the privilege of interviewing Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin for my television program, The 700 Club. Rabin lamented the fact that after Israeli military victories, the nation had been stopped from achieving a peace treaty. That was thirty years ago. Israel seemed as isolated and alone then as it does today. As I concluded my interview, I asked Prime Minister Rabin a final question. "What would you want the United States to do now for Israel?"
He replied without hesitation. "Be strong! Be strong!"
That evening I joined for dinner a group of several hundred people who had accompanied me from the United States. We were meeting in the large dining room of the InterContinental Hotel on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, whose floor-to-ceiling windows gave a stunning view of the illuminated Temple Mount. As I related to the group the substance of my meeting, I began to recall the feeling of sadness which had come from the Prime Minister-the sense of the isolation of his nation. That evening, I made a solemn vow to God that, despite whatever might happen in the future, I and the organizations I headed would stand in support of Israel and the Jewish people. Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to say that I have kept that vow each year since 1974.
In closing, I would deliver to Israel in 2004 the message Yitzhak Rabin delivered to the United States on Christmas Day in 1974. For you are the living witnesses that the promises of the Sovereign Lord are true. "Be strong! Be strong!"
He will be with you and so will your evangelical friends.
Thank you, and God bless you!