Why I Signed the Open Letter
Chris Seiple Saturday, 1 December 2007
Mr. Seiple,
With Yom Kippur on the doorstep, it is time for you to repent and turn from your evil ways. You should repent to Hashem. If you don't turn from evil, Genesis 12:3 will surely curse you as an enemy of Israel. Why do you hate the Jews so much and love the enemies of G-d, the Muslims, so much? What paltry sum did you sell yourself for? With 20-odd Muslim states in the Middle East, why is another terrorist state needed?
Unsigned, this postcard arrived in response to the role I played in organizing the July 27 open letter to President Bush, signed by a group of evangelical leaders supporting a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. On its face, our open letter was actually rather innocuous. After all, the letter merely affirmed the official policy of Israel and the United States and reiterated an easily verifiable (albeit widely ignored) fact of evangelical public opinion: not all evangelicals provide unconditional support to Israel as a function of their belief. It's also worth noting that the letter was distinctly more moderate in tone and content than an open letter that many of the same evangelical leaders sent to President Bush on November 1, 2002.
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