Israel Cancels Pat Robertson's Christian Theme Park
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Here's your sign, Pat.
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"We will do business with other evangelical leaders, friends of Israel, but not with him."
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Israel Cancels Pat Robertson's Christian Theme Park
(NEWSMAX) -- Israel will not do business with Pat Robertson after the evangelical leader suggested Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke was divine punishment for the Gaza withdrawal, a tourism official said Wednesday.
Robertson is leading a group of evangelicals who have pledged to raise $50 million to build a large Christian tourism center in Israel's northern Galilee region, where tradition says Jesus lived and taught.
But Avi Hartuv, a spokesman for Tourism Minister Avraham Hirschson, said Israeli officials were furious with Robertson, a Christian broadcaster. A day after Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke, Robertson said the prime minister was being punished for "dividing God's land," - a reference to last summer's pullout from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements. Read full story.
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COMMENTLINEHere's your sign, Pat.
NEWSLINE
"We will do business with other evangelical leaders, friends of Israel, but not with him."
NEWSBYTE
Israel Cancels Pat Robertson's Christian Theme Park
(NEWSMAX) -- Israel will not do business with Pat Robertson after the evangelical leader suggested Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke was divine punishment for the Gaza withdrawal, a tourism official said Wednesday.
Robertson is leading a group of evangelicals who have pledged to raise $50 million to build a large Christian tourism center in Israel's northern Galilee region, where tradition says Jesus lived and taught.
But Avi Hartuv, a spokesman for Tourism Minister Avraham Hirschson, said Israeli officials were furious with Robertson, a Christian broadcaster. A day after Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke, Robertson said the prime minister was being punished for "dividing God's land," - a reference to last summer's pullout from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements. Read full story.
Tags: religion, Israel, Middle East
Global Tags: Washington DC, News and politics, News, Politics, Current Events, Current Affairs, Life
posted by Steven Moyer at 10:32 AM
1 Comments:
Somehow, I doubt that Robertson will see it that way. The question is: will he see it as a stroke of Satan, or the breaking of a contract?
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