In Christian version of AIPAC conference, CUFI draws 5,600 to Washington for pro-Israel lobbying
WASHINGTON (JTA) Seven years on, many Jews still have lingering questions about the addition to the pro-Israel lobbying scene of Christians United for Israel, the project of evangelical leader the Rev. John Hagee.
Hagee believes he has a biblical mandate to press on and is undeterred.
As Isaiah said, For Zions sake we will not hold our peace and for Jerusalems sake we will not rest, Hagee told more than 5,600 delegates at the opening plenary Monday of the CUFI Washington Summit 2012.
The summit stands as something of a Christian version of the annual Washington policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Like the AIPAC event, the CUFI gathering includes a day of lobbying and here, too, the Israeli prime minister is a guest speaker, albeit via satellite.
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