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The USA has been giving Israel billions every year.

You may have misread my post.

"The USA" is not the same as "Christians all over the world, since before the time of the Crusades". Similarly, "the State of Israel" is not the same as "Jews living in Christiandom, since before the time of the Crusades".

US aid to Israel is laudable, but that alone does not erase the long and very ugly history of anti-Semitism.

You wrote, "US aid to Israel is laudable, but that alone does not erase the long and very ugly history of anti-Semitism."

It isn't intended to. Insofar as I know, the aid given to Israel is not meant as recompense for ages-old antisemitism.

Christian antisemitism has always baffled me, but even so, as a non-Jewish, Christian American, I feel no guilt whatsoever and no need to atone for the bigotry of others. The God I worship was a Jewish carpenter. He proclaimed His Jewishness often, loudly, and succinctly. While on this earth, He was addressed as 'Rabbi' by his disciples. As an individual, I support Israel partly because I think He wants me to, partly because I think the Jewish people are deserving of a homeland safe from persecution, and partly because Israel is one of the few allies we can count upon in an altogether hostile world. I can't presume to speak for my government, but I think implying the US is more or less paying reparations is way off the mark.

So..., am I to take from this that you believe the U.S. is providing aid to Israel to repay them for thousands of years of anti-semitism occuring thousands of years before the U.S. was in existance?

Oh, and the Christian religion did not come into being until after Christ was crucified on the cross. The Hebrews were targets of hate long before that time. Christians did carry out campaigns against "Jews" after the death of Christ, but Terrorism?