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(JNS) \u2014 A prominent American evangelical leader said Thursday that the faith-based Christian community needs to take a more verbal stand against antisemitism, and \u201cshut down\u201d people like the right-wing political commentators Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson who feed hatred of Jews and Israel.<\/p>
The unequivocal remarks come at a time when polls show a drop in support for Israel among young evangelicals due to the fallout from the two-year war in Gaza and follow last month\u2019s assassination of the American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was a major advocate for Israel.<\/p>
\u201cWe need to be more verbal and take a more open stand against antisemitism, shutting down people like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson who call themselves Christians and whose strategy is to divide the Christian community from standing with Israel,\u201d Pastor Larry Huch, founder and senior pastor of the Dallas-based New Beginnings Church, told JNS in an interview in Jerusalem. \u201cThis avalanche of antisemitism has to be stopped now.\u201d<\/p>
Charlie Kirk\u2019s legacy<\/p>
The 74-year-old conservative pastor who has won accolades for his staunch support for Israel over the years said he sensed a \u201cgreat awakening\u201d happening in the United States among young conservatives following Kirk\u2019s assassination which, he opined, coupled with the strong support for Israel voiced by U.S. President Donald Trump during his recent visit to Jerusalem would turn the tide back in favor of Israel among the traditionally supportive conservative evangelical community which makes up the backbone of the Republican party.<\/p>
\u201cCharlie Kirk was very pro-Israel, no matter what Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens said,\u201d he noted. \u201cTheir whole false narrative is backfiring against them,\u201d he added, suggesting that one should follow their financial sponsors. <\/p>
\u201cThe moment the bullet hit Charlie Kirk it didn\u2019t extinguish the light but exploded it into millions of sparks that have hit the souls of people all over the world,\u201d he said. \u201cThe devil woke a sleeping giant and a massive army is being raised up for America and for Israel.\u201d<\/p>
Still, the evangelical leader concurred that Israel\u2019s PR failure during the war, coupled with heavily negative media coverage of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, has shaken even traditional bastions of support for the Jewish state such as the conservative evangelical community.<\/p>
\u201cWe need to very loudly educate the world to defeat the false propaganda against the nation of Israel,\u201d he said. \u201cI know we are pastors, but this is what God has called us to do.\u201d<\/p>
Huch noted that through his global ministry and seven churches in the United States and Australia, he would speak up \u201clouder than ever before\u201d in both refuting Replacement Theology and working to teach Christians the biblical truth about the Land of Israel, including its history, archaeology and politics.<\/p>
Outreach to American Jews<\/p>
The evangelical leader, who said he would be meeting with a group of American Jews in Los Angeles soon following his return from Israel, said it was essential for Jewish community leaders in the United States to join forces in the fight against the world\u2019s oldest hatred, even if they don\u2019t see eye to eye on domestic issues.<\/p>
\u201cWe need to wake up the Jewish community so that they know that millions of Christians stand with you and together we can defeat this darkness called antisemitism,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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