I most probably will be classed as a Philo-whatever. So be it. I could care less what labels are assigned to me.
It seems like every so often another article like this comes out of the woodwork, designed to split Jewish-Christian relations with the tired old argument that the "Christians want to convert the Jews" or "the Christians have murdered Jews in the past" and remove Christian support of Israel.
Both things are partially true. These things have happened in the past. But they are based on generalizations. Generalizations which are useful to promote stereotypes which are easy to propagandize mass audiences with.
The truth is, not all Christians seek to evangelize Jews, and not all Christians seek to exterminate Jews.
The reverse is also true: not all Jews hate Christians, and not all Jews suspect the motives of Christians.
There are over 1000 sects and denominations of Christianity. Not all have the same doctrines and beliefs. Most Christians could not name every denomination and sect of Christianity.
There are also many sects of Judaism: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Reconstructionist, schismatic denominations like the Karaites and many other groups. A lot of Jews can not name all of the denominations and sects of Judaism.
I will readily admit I base my support of Israel and the Jews on Biblical commandments found in the Bible. Specifically the books of Leviticus and Matthew. They are called the "Golden Rule".( Matthew 7:12 and Leviticus 19:18)
Articles like this are only written for one purpose: they hope to achieve a goal. That goal is the full removal of support from the cause of Israel, and the delegitimization of Christianity and Judaism. The writers hope to do so by using a broad brush to exploit our historical differences and then seek to drive a wedge in them to keep old wounds fresh.
I find this type of article frightening in one aspect:
what will happen when the goals of article writers like this are successful and the supposed unconditional support of Israel by Christians is allowed to be eroded enough to be permanently and irrevocably removed? I can only imagine, but I know it would not lead to a good outcome. I personally believe it would lead to systematic persecution on a scale not imagined since the Dark Ages.
I hope that this revocation of support would never be able to happen, however. I hope there will always be indivdual Christians who will unconditionally support Israel, no matter what the cost, because they recognize support of Israel is simply the right thing to do.
I also hope that Christian believers who firmly support Israel do it simply because they are realists and know there is no safe place in the world for a Jew -except Israel- because of historical hatred that has resulted in persecution and death to Jews in almost every society that they have lived in since the Roman exile.
Given the growing amount of Jew-hatred present in this world, if Israel ceased to exist, where would Jews go to be safe and cared for in a hostile world when persecution is on the rise and sympathy is removed from their cause?