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    The Israeli leader said he received a letter a few months ago from Kirk, who reportedly wrote, “One of my greatest joys as a Christian … is advocating for Israel and forming alliances with Jews to protect Judeo Christian civilization.”

    In case people don’t remember what the big story was in Israel literal days before 10/7…

    Israel’s minister in charge of crime and policing, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has said it’s not a crime for Israeli Jews to spit on Christians. The Jewish holiday of Sukkot saw an increase in abuses on Christians by Israelis according to Christian leaders in Jerusalem. Spitting on people of a minority religion would be considered a hate crime in most countries, but for the Israeli government it is simply ‘an old Jewish tradition’.

    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231005-ben-gvir-israelis-spitting-on-christians-is-an-old-jewish-tradition/

    The only religious group these far right Jewish extremists hate more than Muslims, is Christians…