Can You Be Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian as a Christian?

Can You Be Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian as a Christian?

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The headlines often demand we pick a side. “Stand with Israel” or “Free Palestine.” Social feeds, protests, and politicians frame the debate in stark black-and-white terms. But is that the only way for Christians to approach the issue?

Scripture tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6) and also to love our enemies (Matthew 5:44). It reminds us that all people—Israeli and Palestinian alike—are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). So what happens when love, justice, and truth feel in tension with one another?

Can we support Israel’s right to exist and still grieve when innocent Palestinians are killed? Can we call out Hamas terrorism and also lament the suffering of civilians in Gaza? Is it possible to advocate for security and also for compassion?

These questions aren’t just political—they’re deeply spiritual. And they’re complicated.

How should we pray when both sides include people who need the Gospel?
What does it mean to be a peacemaker (Matthew 5:9) in the middle of generational conflict?
Are we called to choose a side—or to point to a third way found only in Christ?

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If we are true Christians we better be, for God is not a respecter of persons nor of one race above another but instead he sent Jesus to die for people out of all the nations and no matter what race, color, creed or religion they are either.

By the way, not all Palestinians hold to what the majority might believe or want to do and to butcher them like the Prime Minister of Israel has been doing is wicked to the core.

Furthermore, it wasn’t defenseless Palestinians who attacked Israel but rather Hamas and therefore the USA and the churches who are supporting the evil of the Prime Minister of Israel will share the guilt and punishment along with him as well.

For the truth be told, Jews who refuse to believe in Christ are much more guilty than Palestinians who refuse to believe in Christ, and for the simple fact that Jesus wasn’t sent to the Palestinians but to the Jews and the Jews even after seeing and witnessing all that he did, still refused to believe in him and the majority of them still do also.

One last thing here, what kind of witness of Christ are we giving to the Palestinians that they should stop refusing to believe in the True God and the true Christ anyhow?

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Proverbs 27:6, Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.

If we are a friend of Israel then we or our leaders need to be honest with Israel there brutality in gaza has to stop.

But the same love has to be expressed to hamam and to the Islamic world.

There hatred and there teaching of this hatred of Israel has to stop.

Peace cannot be made or maintained if one side openly hates the other.

In the New Testament era, God’s love extends to all nations. Jesus declared to Israel, “The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit” (Matthew 21:43). God had always intended to bless the nations through Abraham, and Israel’s special role as a channel of that blessing was for a time — but when they failed, that mission broadened to all. Now God loves Israel just as He loves every nation. Every human being is made by God and is precious to Him. Those who harm or destroy human life are accountable for it, for God never sanctions violence against the innocent.

Neither. You should be Pro Justice.

God does not show favoritism between the Wicked. God sets a standard for the world and none are exempt.

Let’s be clear, the Wicked to whom I refer are those responsible for murdering the innocent. And not all Pakistanians or Israelies are responsible for this. A few do great evil in the Name of God for all their people. People in Power are demonizing both Nationalities. While the innocent, people of both Nations, are caught in the crossfire and are being murdered in the process.

I have seen the videos of grieving families whose families were kidnapped and killed. I have seen the videos of young children starving to death. Patients killed in hospitals. Because someone wants to own a piece of land that belongs to God alone. All of this is an Atrocity before the Lord and those responsible will be held to account.

Families, murdered. People without weapons, murdered. Don’t you dare tell me there is just cause. There is never just cause for any of this. It is not that difficult to learn to live peacefully together. But no. Religion does not make peace. It inspires war. Because one must be wrong in order for one to be right. Because someone has all the answers and the other person must be a complete liar.

And yet none of the behavior lines up with the Holy Spirit- That quality we strive to embody with our lives. That Spirit that says to respect your neighbors and the boundaries you share (no matter what belief, religion, race, culture, or Nation.)

Soak the land in blood, and you will be exiled. As it was in the beginning, so you can expect it now. But woe to those still chained to the land. Who cannot flee. The land may be soon covered in devastation, only a remnant to survive. And God only knows if that remnant will be survivors who manage to escape or people who have moved away before the great devastation arrives.

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Israel is doing what any democracy would do if their neighbours want to kill them, they put a stop to it. Israel is doing what America does. It’s just the jew hate that permeates the world that is against it.

Palestinians owned the Gaza Strip and chose to make the leaders live like kings and raise their kids in a death cult, they are getting their just deserts.

This post raises deep and timely questions for Christians. Scripture calls us to pray for peace, to love our enemies, and to value every life as made in God’s image.

It’s not about choosing sides politically, but about seeking Christ’s heart for justice, mercy, and reconciliation.

Lord, teach us to be true peacemakers. :raising_hands:

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Time to pray that nothing derails this latest and most hopeful peace process.

I’m confused by your comment. Why are you saying that the Israeli Prime Minister is evil? Plus, why shouldn’t the U.S. support Israel’s right to exist as an nation?

I’m a Pro-Israel Christian. Your question, I’m not sure you can be pro-Palestine and a Christian. They are attempting to steal the property deeded to the Jews by God in the Old Testament. Israel gets blamed for brutal attacks on Gaza, but that’s just war. Israel is defending itself. It wasn’t Israel that took innocent people hostage and did unthinkable things to them. Israel has been attacked since its conception in the Old Testament, its reestablishment after World War II, and today. Not to mention the attacks on Jewish people throughout the world.

Didn’t God order Saul to kill all men, women, and children pf the Amalekites in 1 Samuel 15?

I don’t know. Did He?

God’s Word is unerring. But why does God instruct Jeremiah to say in chapter 8:8-9,
8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise,
for we have the law of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
has handled it falsely?
**9 **The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and trapped.
Since they have rejected the word of the Lord,

The Word of the Lord, when properly understood, followed and obeyed, leads us to a right life governed by a Love of God and Neighbor- as the first 5 of the ten Commandments instruct us to love God while the next set instructs us to Love those around us, our neighbors.

As demonstrated by all of the righteous men and women who have ever lived, including Abraham the Father of the Hebrew people and Christ our Savior, the Father of Our Faith. Who prayed to intervine for the lost, those damned and doomed to be destroyed. Who prayed for the less fortunate, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, the stranger amongst us traveling through. They offered food, shelter, money, time and effort toward those in need, for causes that mattered to God. They, who themselves were full of mercy and kindness and hospitality, welcoming all who came to their door and pursued peace with those around them. They placed themselves in danger, sacrificed themselves for what is right. That none be lost.

Christ said the highest commandment is to Love God, and the second highest was to Love our neighbor as we love ourselvss. He said that ALL that was given to us from God, the totality of His Word given to us from God, that actually comes from God through His Prophets and His Scribes and His Lawmakers, hinge on these two Commanadments.

And it can be said that anything contrary to these two Commandments, anything that does not align with the goal of these two commandments, does not come from God at all but from sinful man instead, spoken irreverently by a crooked and corrupt generation who crave power and wealth from the greed found in their cheating and crooked and sinful hearts. Having taken God’s Good Name in Vain, offering false instruction that lead God’s people astray. Because they do not know their Lord, their God. They are Lies sustained by a cowardly and lost generation who refuse to question and reason against the authority that lies to them and binds them in sin

They, who fight so fiercely to protecti the unborn child while neglecting the one that was born, turning a blind eye toward neglect, abuse, starvation, or the lack of parental love and care. Neglecting Love and Care for both the young and the old, the child and the elderly alike. Claiming to be Pro-Life while rounding up the homeless to move them someplace out of sight, if not imprisoning and murdering them. Or sentencing human beings to die instead of seeking their education, psychological care, or rehabilitation and reconciliation. Picking sides in a war based on Religion rather than Justice, allowing children to be murdered in a genocide over an event that they had nothing to do with.

Tell me, where is God’s Word or Christ’s Love in these actions, or in the lack?

For Christ speaks of the enemy who sowed lies in the King’s field, which had been seeded full of good wheat, full of nourishing sustenance

Give to Ceasar what is Ceasar’s, but give to God what belongs to God. Man toils the land for gold and rot. But God rends the heart and seeds it to grow an Everlasting Kingdom, allowing wheat amd weed to grow together in the meantime until the Day of Harvest.

And we live in those Days. When all things will be reaped and measured, seprated by their kind. By the Winnowing Blade of Christ in all of His Authority.

And the Truth will be revealed, when mankind is rewarded for their work. And the kind of work they did. For the kingdom they fought most for, to lift up. And whether they cried out to save Christ or crucify him on the cross. Whether they were called Beloved and died with Him on that cross, reborn a child of God. Or embraced their murderous blood thirsty nature and dug in to their Godless ways to grow deeper roots into sin. Who look for the innocent victim to devour.

Did God order the murder of children? Would you say He would order the murder of a child today? Would you dare to express this opinion to God’s Face?

The Bible is clear. The Godless, those who behave in a selfish, destructive sinfull, greedy, and lawless manner will not inherit the Earth. But nothing written in the Bible gives anyone of God’s People the right, permission, or authority to behave like the Godless to their neighbors. Those who shed innocent blood on this land will be cast out of it.

Furthermore, who among you know the entire history of Israel? Or Islam? Who among you can look past bias and judge fairly? Correctly?

There is more going on here than any of us know. There are entire tribes that went missing from Israel during the times of Exile that have become lost with time. Joseph had two sons in the Bible, Manasseh and Ephraim . Both of whom were taken by Israel, formerly Jacob, and adopted by Israel so that they too could share in the blessing as direct sons.

And Ephraim, the youngest, was placed first above his brother. And as it is said, starting here, the first will be last and the last will be first. As it had been between Jacob and Esau, and aa it had been between Isaac and Ishmael.

This is important to the larger story, maybe even prophetic. The lost tribes must return home.

As google says,

Biblical prophecies foretell the return of the Jewish people to their homeland, a concept often called the regathering of Israel. Key passages include Isaiah 11:11, which speaks of a “second time” regathering from “the four corners of the earth,” and Ezekiel 37:21, which promises to take the children of Israel “from amongst the nations” and “bring them into their own land”. These prophecies describe a final return from which they will never be uprooted again, such as in Amos 9:15.

Islam, Like Israel, were a group of lost souls in the desert. Islam had a Lawgiver sent by God, just like how Moses was sent to bring Israel out of Egypt. And like Israel, Islam was drawn to the land by God.

Did it ever occur to any of you that Islam is Israel? They are some of the lost tribes returned home. While being unaware of their heritage, they were gathered by God and returned home. But their blood connection has not been found yet.

This war is brother against brother. Just like Cain and Able. But they don’t know they are brothers.

Throughout the world there are children of Israel who have no idea of their birthright. Generations of time have passed, and though they lost their identity as Hebrews, they are still family. And God, who never lost sight of them, tracks them all. Drawing them home.

Christianity is not just part of God’s plan to save the Creation from sin. It is the way in which God enters into the world to find His lost children and bring them back home, those who forgot Him and who were born with no knowledge of Him are still His to claim. And as we spread the Gospel, we reclaim them. Though none of us know the significance beyond knowing another soul has been saved.

And in a similar fashion, the lessons of Christ lead us to intercede in this world to stop bloodshed that does not need to be shed.

I know there is this thing in the human heart that sees and divides people into factions, whether it be nations, races, or religions, or different cultures and traditions, and it sets us up to be at odds with one another. But we must begin to move past this war mindset because God will not abide in this behavior any longer. This is not who Christ taught us to be.

Tillman; You asked, “Did God order the murder of children?” He has many times, including the death of the firstborn of all the Egyptians.

@ccrussell

Then tell me by what reasoning does any Christian Church stand against abortion? If children can be so easily discarded or disregarded by God that they die for the sins of their parents, why do we try to save them at all? If God flicks their little lights out without a thought, perhaps we care way more than we should. Maybe I have cared too much.. I should stop trying so hard to save the lives of the innocent and just let them go.

Thank you for helping me to see my error.

Please can you state the moral or legal authority that shows that Gods actions in the plagues of Egypt were illegal or criminal.

God is the law. Anything He does or orders is lawful and moral by definition. Illegal and criminal are human terms. A legal authority could pass a law making drinking rape juice a crime. It would therefore be illegal and criminal to drink grape juice. It wouldn’t be immoral, only unlawful because some man-made legal authority thinks so.
I hate it for the kids and innocent people in Gaza, but war is war. israel has a moral obligation to protect its citizens above all. I hope peace lasts, but it probably won’t if history is any indication.

This does very much matter. Because I do not choose to worship demons that drink the blood of children. I do not feed the power of churches that violate children. There must come a point where we stop giving what is inherently evil a blanket pass just because someone in power and authority is doing it.

Who is God? What God do you serve? What is the Nature of that God? It matters because you join into a union with that spirit you align with. It comes to live in you, to become a part of you, and it shapes your life. Making you a physical representation of itself that can touch this world and do what it will. And if that will is evil, then evil will be done.

Why was Israel exiled? Because they worshipped something that was not God. Because they began sacrificing children to another god. Did this effect how the Scruptures were handled by the Scribes? Did it effect the stories passed down first by mouth before they were written by hand? Or when they were written for the first time? Or copied many times after?

Jeremiah 8:8 gives warning of a lying pen, and those who foolishly follow a written word that leads them away from God. What word were they reading, teaching, guiding the people by and leading them astray?

Know your God.

Is it possible Gods judgement was just in those actions? That the children were taken to His side and that they did not suffer? Yes. Is it possible a world exists where they did not die at all? Yes. God can do anything. It is God’s right to do. And God can restore all things lost, as seen in Job. That God has many ways to test His Creation? Yes.

But we must understand the goal God is moving us toward. A God of Justice would never be unjust. Such a God, who hates hypocrisy, would be a hypocrite by His own standard.

Proverbs 26:4-5 and I will close with that.

@ccrussell

Thank you for demonstrating my point.

I will close with this.

Mathew 5:22

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

My “folly” is trying to protect the innocent and using everything I have in my mind to do it.

I may not know everything, or be as well educated as the Grand Theologians at Crosswalk, and yes I may very well be a fool before the Lord and all, but at the very least I know what matters. And God knows whats in my heart.

What spirit lives in your heart?