PM Netanyahu Says Merry Christmas to Christians, Says Come Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus

Twitter ^ | December 24, 2017 | Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister's Twitter Account)

[af_vet_1981]

I'm very proud to be the Prime Minister of Israel. A country that says Merry Christmas, first to its Christian citizens, and to our Christian friends around the world! #MerryChristmas

[af_vet_1981]

Wow

[Texas Eagle]

Merry Christmas, Mr. Prime Minister.

[Spok]

I wonder if he’d be more endeared to the American left if he said everyone who doesn’t share his religious beliefs should be beheaded. Works for the Palestinians.

[Texas Eagle]

Or, if he’d invoked The Crusades.

[Right_in_Virginia]

He also uses Twitter to send greetings to Muslims during Ramadan.

He’s a politician. Nothing more, nothing less.

[af_vet_1981]

He’s a politician. Nothing more, nothing less.

That's odd; I don't recall Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama wishing Christian citizens and Christians around the world Merry Christmas. I probably missed it as you wrote ...

[Right_in_Virginia]

That's odd; I don't recall Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama wishing Christian citizens and Christians around the world Merry Christmas.

LOL! You say this as though the Democrats need American Christian Zionists. :^D

Politicians. All of them, Netanyahu included.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[af_vet_1981]

Politicians. All of them, Netanyahu included.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Is that the way you view our President and First Lady ?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Is that the way you view our President and First Lady ?

Yes and no. The video Christmas message is a tradition from the sitting POTUS and FLOTUS. So, yes, this part is political tradition. I happen to also believe the current POTUS and FLOTUS are speaking their personal faith from their hearts.

Don't take this personally, but Netanyahu is not. He's sending a politically expedient message, as he does during Ramadan.

IMO, it would be more "wow" inspiring if the PM failed to send greetings at Christmas (or Ramadan).

[af_vet_1981]

Yes and no. The video Christmas message is a tradition from the sitting POTUS and FLOTUS. So, yes, this part is political tradition. I happen to also believe the current POTUS and FLOTUS are speaking their personal faith from their hearts.

Don't take this personally, but Netanyahu is not. He's sending a politically expedient message, as he does during Ramadan.

IMO, it would be more "wow" inspiring if the PM failed to send greetings at Christmas (or Ramadan).

Okay, so you see no difference between Barack and Michelle Obama's Merry Christmas greetings and those of Donald and Melania Trump, or Bibi Netanyahu.

Did you ever post something about the Obama's sending Christmas wishes, or anyone else sending them for that matter ?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Oh, sweetie, let it go.

It can’t possibly surprise you that Benjamin Netanyahu is a politician, and this is all I’m saying.

I hope your Christmas was wonderful .. and your New Year is happy and healthy.

[WMarshal]

Netanyahu, please keep kicking as and taking names.

Please take heart from the fact that I am an unrepentant, Christian, country-boy American and that I despise the anti-Semitic platform of the globalist, communist Democrat Party.

[Right_in_Virginia]

FWIW, I see a world of difference between the Christmas messages from the Obamas, the Trumps and the PM of Israel, as my previous post explained.

Peace.

[af_vet_1981]

FWIW, I see a world of difference between the Christmas messages from the Obamas, the Trumps and the PM of Israel, as my previous post explained.

Peace.

It is difficult to rationally accept your comments "Politicians. All of them, Netanyahu included." with "I see a world of difference between the Christmas messages from the Obamas, the Trumps and the PM of Israel,"

On the surface, it seems to me, that there is a bias against the Prime Minister of Israel in not giving him the same benefit of the doubt one might give President Trump when posting or commenting on his Christmas greetings ...

[af_vet_1981]

Oh, sweetie, let it go.

It can’t possibly surprise you that Benjamin Netanyahu is a politician, and this is all I’m saying.

That is not all you wrote. President Trump is a politician too. Both of them extended Christmas greetings. It is a big deal, and not politically expedient for PM Netanyahu to invoke the name of Jesus as he did. It is not what his voters expect. Some Republicans were also uncomfortable with President Trump's frequent references to Jesus and I found it noteworthy when the name of Jesus was invoked during his inauguration (don't think I've heard that in my lifetime). I expect that made many Republicans squirm.

[montag813]

He also uses Twitter to send greetings to Muslims during Ramadan. He’s a politician. Nothing more, nothing less.

Yes. That's exactly the point. He is showing that Israel, AND ONLY ISRAEL can be entrusted with sovreignty over Jerusalem. ONLY Israel will keep the holy sites of ALL faiths safe and free. When Jordan took over Jerusalem, they toppled Jewish gravestones and used them to make walking paths, and turned Jewish shrines into latrines.

[onedoug]

Hard to admit, but some politicians are more righteous and sincere than others. Trump and Netanyahu near the top.

[maine-iac7]

You post: "Hard to admit, but some politicians are more righteous and sincere than others. Trump and Netanyahu near the top. Right_in_Virginia posted, in post # 7 and 11, "He’s a politician. Nothing more, nothing less" Hey Right_in_Virginia, "Sweetie" I think we could conclude that Netanyahu is a cut above - "something more" than, for example the decidedly 'less' president we are trying to survive from. Mr Netanyahu was a captain of the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit ("something MORE") vs Obama, a member of the Chum Gang (something LESS - far LESS")