Interview on "What is Christian Zionism?"

Back in March, Pastor Jon Hopkins and I were interviewed by Jesse Gillis of NH Peace Action about Christian Zionism. We covered a lot of topics, including the history of Christian Zionism and its roots a dispensational eschatology, a theology coming from a specific strand of American fundamentalism. We talked about how Christian Zionism poses as friendly to Jews but is at its root antisemitic and also islamophobic. Finally, I spoke about my contact with Arab Christians living in Palestine had how they also long for a future of safety and self-determination, a desire they share with their Jewish neighbors.

Here is Jesse's own description of our conversation: "Focusing on Christian Zionism, I had an opportunity to interview both pastors on my show on Concord public TV. As the pastors state, this is a distortion of the faith to support imperialism in the Middle East and racism against Arabs, and justify the genocide in Gaza. To want a stop to the genocide, to morally reject the Israeli's governments actions towards Palestinians is not antisemitic. You would not equate criticizing the actions of the United States government with being anti-American."

Watch the video here.