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CONTENTS
The Biblical Case for Standing With Israel ...................1
GOD’S CHARACTER ......................................................... 10 THE CHURCH AND ISRAEL TODAY ............................. 13 THE DANGER OF REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY ........ 16 BLESSING ISRAEL ............................................................ 21
Before 1948 .....................................................................25
CONTINUOUS PRESENCE IN THE LAND .................. 25 ZIONISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY..................................27 1917 BALFOUR DECLARATION ...................................30 1947 UN PARTITION PLAN ...........................................30
Modern Israel ..................................................................33
DECLARING ISRAEL A STATE IN 1948....................... 33 MIZRAHI COMMUNITY .................................................... 35 ISRAEL’S DEFENSIVE WARS ........................................ 36 ISRAEL’S QUEST FOR PEACE.......................................50
Current Threats...............................................................52
“RIGHT OF RETURN” ....................................................... 52 INCITEMENT ....................................................................... 54 ANTI-SEMITISM REBRANDED: BDS.............................57 UN BIAS ............................................................................... 59 TERRORISM ......................................................................... 61 IRAN...................................................................................... 62 HEZBOLLAH .....................................................................63
Light Unto the Nations ................................................. 64
TIKKUN OLAM ................................................................... 65
US-Israel Relationship................................................... 68
Christians United for Israel ...........................................74
FACT SHEET.............................................................................................75 ABOUT CUFI.............................................................................................77 MAKING THE US-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP STRONGER...80
WHY ISRAEL iii
