Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters now faces possible prosecution simply for supporting Palestine Action, a group banned in the UK for its direct actions against the arms trade and its complicity in Israel’s apartheid and genocide in Gaza. Supporting the group could carry a prison term of up to 14 years. This marks a chilling escalation in the global crackdown on freedom of speech and the right to protest, particularly when it comes to advocating for Palestinian human rights. Waters has long been outspoken against apartheid and genocide, and targeting him for supporting nonviolent resistance exposes the hypocrisy of governments that claim to champion democracy while silencing dissent that challenges their arms sales and foreign policies. Criminalizing solidarity with Palestine is not justice—it is censorship in the service of genocide.
Evangelical Christianity and Israel
If you’re curious about the driving force behind US support for Israel, it’s ironically rooted in Evangelical Christianity. Many Evangelical Christians believe they can hasten the “second coming of Christ” by bringing about the apocalypse. According to their interpretation of the Bible, this involves Israel reclaiming Jerusalem, Jesus returning, and ultimately eliminating all Jews. For numerous “Christian Zionists,” especially influential evangelists aligned with the Republican Party, support for Israel is less about political strategy and more about its supposed role in biblical prophecy. In this worldview, war is not something to be avoided but embraced as a divine necessity—an inevitable and even celebratory step toward Jesus’ rule from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The fate of Jews and Palestinians is, to put it mildly, seen as collateral damage.
Evangelical Christianity and Israel
If you’re curious about the driving force behind US support for Israel, it’s ironically rooted in Evangelical Christianity. Many Evangelical Christians believe they can hasten the “second coming of Christ” by bringing about the apocalypse. According to their interpretation of the Bible, this involves Israel reclaiming Jerusalem, Jesus returning, and ultimately eliminating all Jews. For numerous “Christian Zionists,” especially influential evangelists aligned with the Republican Party, support for Israel is less about political strategy and more about its supposed role in biblical prophecy. In this worldview, war is not something to be avoided but embraced as a divine necessity—an inevitable and even celebratory step toward Jesus’ rule from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The fate of Jews and Palestinians is, to put it mildly, seen as collateral damage.
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