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Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken:

Türkiye... is a very strong army.

Very good technology as well, a lot of innovation.

Twenty years ago you just made the shift towards creating your own defense industry on a high-tech level.

We're very interested in working together.

We need Türkiye.

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

Israel is deep in the system. Theology & religion serve a political & colonial movement - providing legitimacy where it would otherwise be absent.
 
The Zionists needed legitimacy. The British needed justification for their presence. The US needs Israel today.
 
Biden said it plainly: "If Israel did not exist, we would have to create Israel to serve our interests in the region."
 
Religion provides the cover: this isn't colonialism, it's Jews returning to their land. Naive believers accept it because they believe the Bible says so.
 
Christian Zionism is the weaponization of theology for a colonial movement. It cannot be treated as simply a theological issue.

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Putin Rejects Peace Talks, Prepares to Escalate Ukraine War in Coming Months

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Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

Christian Zionists like Ted Cruz promote a theology where God conditions His relationship to humanity based entirely on how we treat a modern ethno-nationalist state.

In this framework, God does not care about true faith, charity, or feeding the hungry. You gain divine favor if you bless Israel blindly.

Does Ted Cruz genuinely believe God calls him to support Israel? Or is it AIPAC money dictating his action than his reading of scripture?

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Netanyahu:

You have to build new alliances and develop new relationships.

That's what I'm doing right now with India.

Netanyahu:

We are not Austria with F-35s.

We are not a country sitting peacefully in Europe.

We are the state of an ancient people that returned to its homeland.

Netanyahu:

Attacking Iran is like removing cancer from your body.

If you don't remove the cancer, you'll die.

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

Is the Bible a land deed? Is it a book that grants political rights to one ethnic group at the expense of others?
 
Christian Zionists are telling the world that God decided thousands of years ago this land belongs to the ethnic seed of Abraham.
 
In their understanding, international law doesn't matter. Human rights doesn't matter.
 
Thus Palestinians who have lived, farmed, built cities & kept the Christian presence alive for centuries must leave.
 
Really? Is this how we solve disputes? Is this the God of the Bible? No, these ideas are foreign to Christian theology & to scripture itself.

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Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

The famous phrase "if you bless Israel, God will bless you" is not in the Bible.
 
What is in the Bible is God telling Abraham: "I will bless those who bless you." God is speaking to Abraham - not a modern ethno-nationalist state.
 
The covenant with Abraham was never about supremacy & entitlement. It was about God using Abraham to bless all of humanity.
 
Jesus said God can raise children of Abraham from stones. It is not confined to ethnicity. God is not racist. Faith, obedience & good deeds matter.
 
If Muslims claimed the same thing we would call them fanatics. But when Christians apply the same logic to Jews - it's accepted.

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Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

There were congressional hearings on university encampments, as students were protesting for a Gaza ceasefire.
 
Congressman (Rick Allen) asked Columbia University president: "Do you want Columbia University to be cursed by the God of the Bible?"
 
This is the Congress of the world's superpower - which prides itself on separation of church & state, freedom of speech & democracy.
 
Yet a congressman used spiritual intimidation to tell a university president: If you allow students to demonstrate, God will curse you.
 
This is religious fanaticism. And it's not coming from the Middle East - as we're always told. It's coming from US Congress.

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Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

Settlers uprooting Palestinian Christians are funded by our siblings in Christ. Some don't know we exist. Some don't care.
 
Christian Zionists have given billions - not millions - to Israel. One organization alone boasted about raising $14 billion.
 
Settlers are now building a settlement on Beit Sahour - a majority Christian town outside Bethlehem, known as the Shepherds' Field.
 
Roads are already being blocked. The fear is that people will leave - that the community will be terrorized into abandoning its hometown.
 
Christian Zionism is not an academic debate about scripture. It translates directly into policy & financial support for colonization.

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Netanyahu: I look for Argentina in the World Cup. You know why?

Host: Messi?

Netanyahu: No, before Messi—Milei. He's a superstar.

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

Israel doesn't officially recognize evangelical denominations & restricts evangelism & religious conversion.
 
Some Christian Zionist organizations have signed pledges not to evangelize in Israel in exchange for being allowed to operate there.
 
Christian Zionists believe restoration of Jews to Palestine will end in a second bigger Holocaust, with Jews converting to Christianity.
 
When Israeli religious leaders are confronted with these beliefs, their response is: we know, but we don't care. They are supporting us.
 
Both are turning a blind eye for now working towards a Jewish state in Palestine. Each side has a very different vision for what comes after.

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Netanyahu:

I talk to Elon Musk and many others. I talk to them frequently.

And I ask them, "What does the future hold? What will happen? Where is it going?"

Because we have to stay ahead of all the other countries. We exist because we are strong.

Netanyahu:

There's a demonization that I don't deserve.

People don't know me. Nobody knows me.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

I always welcome Turkish hospitality, and again, Türkiye organized an excellent NATO Summit, and I will continue to work with President Erdogan toward a productive relationship.

Even if we don't solve this longstanding problem—which, again, dates back to the 1970s—that does not mean that we cannot live in peace.

Decisions taken by the Turkish Parliament back in the 1990s simply have no place in today's world.

Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
 

The direct link between Christian Zionist theology & Israeli policy on the ground is well documented.
 
Arthur Balfour, Lord Shaftesbury & many British politicians shaped their politics around theological beliefs, like American presidents & their advisors.
 
Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem on his first term & said plainly: "I did it for the evangelicals." He was returning the favor to his voters.
 
Trump's former & incumbent advisors & officials - Huckabee, Pence, Pompeo, Hegseth - are all Christian Zionists.
 
Christian Zionism shapes politicians. It lobbies for specific policies. It is a political force- not a debate about interpreting scripture.

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Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis on Türkiye:

I've always been in favor of a constructive, functional and productive relationship between our two countries. And this was also the spirit of the Athens Declaration, and I think on many fronts our relationship has progressed.

Just to mention, the management of migration is working well together, cross-border trade has improved, and we have many of your countrymen and women who come to the Greek islands of the Eastern Aegean through an accelerated visa program.

I do believe in the value of people-to-people relationships.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

Greece already has an agreed €28 billion defense procurement program.

I have said many times that we are forced to bear a higher cost than other countries—not only because we want to meet our NATO commitments, but because Greece must always maintain a strong deterrent capability, and that is what we will continue to do.

I believe the Greek people understand this sacrifice, because these are resources that could otherwise be spent on other public needs.

That is the price of freedom, independence, and protecting our sovereignty and sovereign rights. And as long as I am Prime Minister, we will continue to do exactly that.