[PJ] Rev. Raphael Warnock, who won the right to participate in the January 5 Senate runoff election with Republican Kelly Loeffler, signed a letter last year in which a group of black pastors compared the state of Israel with "previous oppressive regimes," such as the "military occupation of Namibia under apartheid South Africa."Warnock’s position on Palestine and the West Bank may play well with Democrats in Georgia, but it’s problematic for him otherwise. Supporting a terrorist state run by the terror group Hamas against the Democratic nation of Israel — a close and trusted ally — will cost him votes among evangelical Christians and many Jews.
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The letter was written by a group of faith leaders from historically African American and South African churches, all of whom had just taken a trip to Israel in Spring 2019. Warnock was among the group who signed the letter.
The letter suggests that the group while visiting occupied territory witnessed: "The ever-present physical walls that wall in Palestinians in a political wall reminiscent of the Berlin Wall," along with "The heavy militarization of the West Bank, reminiscent of the military occupation of Namibia by apartheid South Africa."
No, it’s not "reminiscent" of South Africa’s brutal and inhuman occupation of southwest Africa. In fact, it’s not reminiscent of much of anything, since it’s a unique situation. One people with the stated goal of committing genocide against a neighbor is found nowhere else in the world. Israel’s "occupation" is wholly justified under the self-defense clause in the UN Charter.
But the eternal Palestinian victimhood culture has to create ever more wild and shocking analogies to keep the pressure on Israel. They’re not based on reality, but they look good in a headline.
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