A Question for Christians Who Support Foreign Aid to Israel
Southern Baptist “leaders”—along with Yaroslav Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary, and Valerii Antoniu, president of the Baptist Union of Ukraine—urged U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a member and former official of their denomination, to get the votes needed to send more U.S. taxpayer dollars to Ukraine.
Not all Baptist Christians support U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine. I certainly don’t. In fact, I don’t support foreign aid to any country. And many conservative Christians would agree with me.
However, when it comes to U.S. foreign aid to Israel, most conservative Christians—Baptist or otherwise—suddenly lose their aversion to foreign aid.
The $61 billion in foreign aid that Speaker Johnson was able to get passed included $26 billion in aid for Israel. In the House, 21 Republicans joined 37 Democrats in voting against the aid bill. In the Senate, 15 voted with 2 Democrats and an independent against the bill.
Sandra Hagee Parker, chair of the Christians United for Israel Action Fund, praised Johnson for his “fortitude” in pushing for the “vital issue” of Israel aid. “The enemies of America are watching and waiting to see what America does, and we should do everything in our power to have Israel’s back,” she said.
According to the Council on Foreign Relations:
Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its founding, receiving about $300 billion (adjusted for inflation) in tot
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