The Killing of Innocent Palestinian Children by Israel Convicts A Christian Zionist

About this episode

The episode features Lorrie Rutledge discussing her journey out of Christian Zionism and the impact of Israeli actions on Palestinian children.

During Operation Cast Lead by the Israeli Occupation Forces ending in January 2009, over 300 innocent, Palestinian children, such as this child from Gaza, were brutally murdered. Update: 2024: We Hold These Truths has challenged Christian Zionism for over 20 years. Christian Zionism’s influence on American politics is still powerful. The recent address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin to the US Congress on July 24, 2024, corroborates this—for example, Speaker of the House. Mike Johnson (R – La) is a Christian Zionist who can’t do enough to fund Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Lorrie Rutledge rejected Christian Zionist Theology This interview with Lorrie Rutledge is over 10 years old but is even more relevant today with over 16,000 Palestinian children killed since October 7, 2023, by Israel. Lorrie woke up to the errors of her theology when she was convicted of the Israeli murder of 300 Palestinian children in Gaza during their Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9. Lorrie Rutledge, from Michigan, was a Christian Zionist who didn’t know she was one because her pastors had told her that the modern state of Israel was the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy and deserved support…

People in this episode

Host: We Hold These Truths

Guest: Lorrie Rutledge

Topics covered

• Christian Zionism
• Palestinian children
• Israel-Palestine conflict
• theology
• politics
• personal journey

Keywords

• Christian Zionism
• Palestinian children
• Israel
• Gaza
• Operation Cast Lead
• theology
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Israel, Gaza

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