Pro-Israel Christians in the United States e-mailed the White House every few seconds earlier this week urging President Obama to “end the crisis” with Israel.
Christians United for Israel sent an action alert this week to its membership urging them to ask Obama to roll back criticism of Israel after last week’s controversy over the announcement of an approval to build 1,600 apartments in east Jerusalem.
The CUFI action alert asked the president to “end this unnecessary crisis, return to a more productive approach, and stand with our ally Israel.”
As of March 16, CUFI said more than 11,000
e-mails had been sent — a rate of one every one or two seconds.
“The strong response of the Christian Zionist community on this issue reflects their steadfast commitment to standing with Israel,” said Ari Morgenstern, a CUFI spokesman. “Christian friends of Israel are capable of distinguishing between temporary disputes between friends and the deeper ties that bind our two countries.”
More than 1,000 CUFI activists attended one of the group’s signature “Nights to Honor Israel” in Jerusalem last week that featured an address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The CUFI leadership also met with other Israeli leaders, including President Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. — jta