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Palestinian Christians know how un-Christ-like and hurtful the beliefs of Christian Zionists are.  In this podcast we talk about the upcoming Christ At The Checkpoint conference in Bethlehem, Palestine on March 5-9, 2012 and play a recording of Dr. Alex Awad of Bethlehem Bible Collge at the 2010 Christ At The Checkpoint conference, entitled, "Palestinian Christians In The Shadow of Christian Zionists."  To view video highlights of the 2010 conference go to:  Combating Christian Zionism In Palestine.

We discuss some interesting stories in Israel that are ignored in the U.S.  The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, points out that..."When it comes to shooting a Palestinian, pulling the trigger does not come with a real fear of having to answer to the law." In another story, we learn that some Israelis are concerned about the welfare of Palestinians but Israeli bureaucrats are curtailing a program run by the Perez Center for Peace, a non-profit organization.  In another story we talk about Israeli settlers in the West Bank of Palestine that attacked an IDF post.

Anders Breivik killed 74 of his fellow Norwegians who supported the rights of Palestinians.  In his 1500 page manifesto, Breivik wrote that he admired such radical anti-islamists as Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer and others who fan hate against Muslims through their writings and seminars.    Chuck Carlson asks the question,  "Should a class-action suit by the parents of the slain, young people be filled against those persons who inspired Breivik to murder them?"

We pause to remember and retell the history about Palestine.   In 1947, the UN partitioned Palestine into two states, one for Jews and the other for Palestinians.  From that time, Zionists worked murderously to get rid of the indigenous people living in Palestine.  Today, in Israel, we have witnessed a 64 year military occupation.  At the end of our story we relate how this occupation can be ended by getting Christian Zionists, one at a time, to show the love of Christ toward Palestinians instead of demanding that they leave their homeland because God "gave the land of Israel to the Jews."

According to Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, in a letter to supporters, dated 11/17/2011, he writes:  "A disturbing movement is making inroads in the evangelical Christian world. A recent op-ed in theJerusalem Post summed it up: 'Evangelical and conservative Christians — Israel's most important allies — are increasingly targeted for conversion from Christian Zionism to Christian Palestinianism'.” We can only hope it's true.  We discuss this and other vital topics from rising food prices due to extending ethanol subsidies to sanctions on Iran.  There's a lot of food for thought in this podcast.

We Hold These Truths founder and chief messenger, Charles E Carlson, challenged some angry evangelicals in Tennessee who hosted an anti-Islamic, "Hate Fest" at the church of Rev. Maury Davis, a convicted murderer.  These anti-Islamic events, being conducted around the US,  have become popular among angry evangelicals (aka Christian Zionists).  This is an amazing story of the "Anti-Shariah" Seminar attended and reported by WHTT friend, Keith Johnson, and, the vigil held in front of the Cornerstone Church in Madison, TN on the Sunday after the seminar.  During the vigil, Rev. Davis came out of his church to challenge Chuck Carlson (see Chuck's letter to Rev. Davis sent before the vigil).  The vigil was reported in The Tennessean, "Anti-Shariah conference at Madison church spurs vigil."  This podcast interview is exerpted from Mark Glenn's TheUglyTruth podcast of Nov. 17, 2011 (whole program).  To understand the context of the whole issue, be sure to watch the 25 min. documentary, Not Welcome or the CNN, 44 min.

As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down with less than a hundred years more of occupation to go, the US needs another war to keep the military/industrial complex machinery well oiled and perking along.  With war drums against Iran being beaten by the US and Israel, coupled with a frenzy of Islamaphobia,  we look at what appears to be rampant insanity.  Or, is it?  Israeli, Gideon Levy, in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, talks about the insanity of Israeli leaders who are pushing them towards a war with Iran.  In this podcast, also, find out about a convicted murderer (see:  "A Grieving Son Finds No Justice On Rev. Maury Davis' Path To Redemption"), turned pastor who is sponsoring another hate fest against Muslims at his church.  Charles E. Carlson, WHTT founder is not only speaking out against such actions, he is leading a Project Strait Gate vigil to challenge this church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Do Angry Evangelicals and Christian Zionists constitute a new  Christian cult?  Charles E. Carlson makes some startling conclusions from the last We Hold These Truths' Project Strait Gate vigil held in front of a John Hagee, Night to Honor Israel fund raising event in Colorado for CUFI (Christians United For Israel).  Hagee is a self-proclaimed Christian Zionist and supporter of any war to protect Israel, including starting a new one against Iran.  Also, we talk about Rev. Alex Awad, a Palestinian Christian pastor along with his fellow Christians in the West Bank of Palestine, who suffer because of the aberrant behavior of Christian Zionists, primarily in the United States.

Charles E. Carlson of We Hold These Truths has dared to go where no others have...connecting a U.S. State Department cable from March, 2009 released by Wikileaks to the U.S. efforts to start a war with Iran based on a suspicious plot by people, supposedly under the control of Iran,  to kill a Saudi Arabian envoy in the U.S.  This needs to be heard far and wide so we aren't tricked into another war like we were in Iraq with bogus reports of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction.  Chuck's written report can be found at:  http://whtt.org/newwhtt/main.php?nid=10061&ncateid=1 Also, we have a report by Professor Rob Prince of the Front Range Jewish Voice For Peace about his experience at a recent Project Strait Gate vigil to protest the appearance of John Hagee of Christians United for Israel at a local Denver, CO church.

Charles E Carlson of We Hold These Truths thinks a movement similar to Occupy Wall Street is needed in front of evangelical churches all across the US that support wars in the Middle East to protect Israel.

The average American's earning power is being eroded by government induced inflationary policies.  And, a falling job market and a rise in the number of Americans living under the poverty level is generating discontent around the United States.  Add to that the bailout of the banksters by the US government... no wonder movements like Occupy Wall Street are spreading across the country.  We also talk about the withholding of American aid to Palestine because of the UN bid for statehood.  This aid is less than one sixth the level given to Israel

Charles E Carlson, founder of We Hold These Truths looks behind the scenes of the recent application for statehood recognition in the United Nations by the unelected leader of Palestine.  In this podcast we also discuss another evangelical Christian author and lecturer, Carl Medaris, who has castigated Christian Zionism that infects evangelical Christian churches.

We look at US presidential candidates in this podcast.  Rick Perry, governor of Texas, is called a Likudnik by the Israeli newspaper,  Haaretz.  Find out what this means.  Former 2008 presidential candidate, Chuck Baldwin, an evangelical pastor says that there are many "Cheerleaders for War" in the ranks of evangelicals from the top down.  Find out how these evangelicals give Christianity a bad rap.

We pay tribute to the opposition in Israel who stand up to the insane policies of the Israeli government that are centered around their unwillingness to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians.  The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, has some strong words about the suicidal policies of the Israeli government.  We focus on 6 stories, editorials and opinions from Haaretz.  Of course, the United States suffers from a similar type of insanity... its serial wars syndrome.

One of the largest groups who support wars in the Middle East to protect Israel are "Angry" Evangelicals sometimes known as Christian Zionists.  WHTT Director, Thom Compton explains what "Angry" Evangelicalism is and how to combat it.  The referenced email in the podcast, "The Internet Never Lies...But People Do or Why Some Christians Love to Hate Muslims" can be viewed at:  http://www.whtt.org/images/PW-20090206-Internet-Never-Lies.pdf

A successful We Hold These Truths' Project Strait Gate vigil was held in Fresno, CA to challenge the entrenched Christian Zionist dogma prevalent in so many evangelical Christian churches.  We got some excellent news coverage from a local network TV station.  Check it out:  http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8329657 We, also, have a follow-up story to the 8/24/11 story about the IDF soldiers being killed on an Israeli bus with confirmation from a Haaretz story.

Learn how Israeli propagandists transformed dead soldiers into civilians.   In 2002 WHTT founder, Charles E. Carlson, road the same bus route in Israel where a bus was recently attacked near Eliat, Israel.  Find out what he learned then that still is true today.

Are there people who pull the strings behind the scenes? Charles E. Carlson, founder of We Hold These Truths writes a letter to his "son" asking him if he will ignore, join in, or expose those people behind the scenes. Find out what the World Trade Center and The Federal Reserve System have in common in this thought provoking installment. The links for the two videos mentioned in this podcast on the World Trade Center buildings can be found at: http://whtt.org/newwhtt/main.php?ncateid=1&nid=2605