Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Ambassador Oren Thanks Christians for Supporting Israel

(IsraelNN.com) Michael Oren, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, thanked 300 pastors and Christian leaders for supporting Israel but noted Israeli "sensitivity" to Messianics. His audience gave him a warm welcome, in contrast to the raucous anti-Zionist reception at the University of California's Irvine campus.

Oren said he came to address a meeting of southern California Christian evangelists "because the Evangelical community in the United States is a very prominent and crucial component of the United States-Israel relationship. It is a component that has proven vital to Israel’s security and well-being in the course of Israel’s existence over the last six decades.”