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Showing posts with label Laurie Cardoza-Moore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laurie Cardoza-Moore. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Will You Stand With Israel in 2016? - PJTN (Proclaiming Justice To The Nations - Laurie Cardoza-Moore)
Monday, October 19, 2015
FIVE US CONGRESSMEN TAKE PART IN BIPARTISAN FACT FINDING MISSION TO ISRAEL DESPITE ONGOING VIOLENCE
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The 'Troubling' Turn in US, Israel Relations
The 'Troubling' Turn in US, Israel Relations
By Julie Stahl and Chris Mitchell
CBN News Middle East Bureau
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel and the United States have enjoyed a very close relationship going back to the creation of the Jewish state. But on a recent visit to the Middle East, two U.S. congressmen said they're troubled by the direction the relationship is taking.
In a region where radical Islam looks to seize power from long-time dictators, Israel is the sole democracy. On the frontlines of the war against terrorism, it's also a leader in the world of hi-tech and medical advances.
On a fact-finding mission to Israel recently, hosted by a group called "Yes! Israel" and sponsored by Laurie Cardoza-Moore's Proclaiming Justice to the Nations, U.S. Congressmen Dennis Ross, R-Fla., and Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., talked to CBN News after visiting Judea and Samaria to learn more about how the country protects its people and way of life.
"I'm concerned that we as Americans don't truly appreciate or understand and therefore don't appreciate how significant Israel is, not only to our survival as a country, but also the survival of the free world, especially here in the Mideast," Ross told CBN News.
"They [Israelis] have been our surrogate fighting the terrorists," Pittenger said. "We have helped contribute to the Iron Dome, which is a missile defense system that they've developed."
The congressmen's comments come at a time of unprecedented friction between U.S. and Israeli leadership over the issue of a nuclear Iran.
"The prime minister is the Winston Churchill of our era and regrettably President Obama is the Neville Chamberlain," Pittenger explained. "He doesn't see the facts. He doesn't see the issues."
Pittenger said he was disturbed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared unsure of U.S. help in its time of trouble.
"Frankly, I asked the prime minister at such time that you believe that you will need America, will you believe America will be there for you? And the best answer he could give me was 'I hope so,'" he said.
Other long-time U.S. allies -- like Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates -- are looking to Israel for help in fighting radical Islamic groups.
"Who came in to help Egypt? It wasn't us. It was Israel," Pittenger told CBN News. "Israel has been the best partner that President el-Sisi has had to defeat the Muslim Brotherhood. Israel has as well been giving significant strategic assistance to Jordan."
The congressmen said the U.S. could learn a lot from Israel.
"We don't understand what a resilient country that this is -- under enormous pressure and challenge from its borders. In the midst of that, they're one of the strongest, entrepreneurial economies in the world," Pittenger said.
"We can learn a lot about not only their commitment with the young people going into the IDF and having public service, we can learn a lot from their opportunities for economic development," Ross said. "We can learn a lot from their agricultural skills that they've honed and turned a desert into a very vibrant and successful agricultural arena."
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
MEDIA ALERT! - Israel Boycott Rejected
MEDIA ALERT!
PROCLAIMING JUSTICE TO THE NATIONS FOUNDER BRINGS NATIONAL ATTENTION TO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE AGAINST DIVESTMENT EFFORT
Laurie Cardoza-Moore
July 11, 2012 - (Nashville, TN) Laurie Cardoza-Moore, founder and President of Proclaiming Justice To the Nations (PJTN) issued a statement today commending the Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly for rejecting an effort to boycott a slate of US companies doing business in Israel. She went on to voice a note of condemnation for their vote to boycott Israeli products.
Last Thursday, the Presbyterian Church USA's Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) was hoping to complete a process, which began at the 2004 General Assembly to recommend the PCUSA divest itself of stock in Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions, suggesting that they are "profiting from non-peaceful pursuits in Israel-Palestine." On Friday the General Assembly voted in favor of a boycott of "all Israeli products coming from 'occupied' Palestinian Territories."
"As a Christian leader, I am extremely disturbed by the blatant lies and misrepresentation of the facts on the ground coming from leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA," noted Ms. Cardoza-Moore in a press statement. "The Bible is very clear, Israel is living in the land that God gave to her ancestors dating back to the time of Joshua."
Ms. Cardoza-Moore, who serves an appointment as a Special Envoy to the UN for the World Council of Independent Christian Churches (WCICC) last week encouraged the over 44 million members and congregants of PJTN and the WCICC to contact the Presbyterian Church leaders to voice their opposition to this issue. "Clearly, our efforts to mobilize our base and add our voices to other pro-Israel organizations who lobbied against this effort is what tipped the scales in our favor, but we still have more work to do," she noted.
Further commenting on the action, she added:
"It further illustrates how vitally important our work is at PJTN. The growing lack of Biblical understanding is threatening our Jewish and Christian brethren in the region and is an affront to Almighty God. We cannot pursue efforts that are antithetical to God's Word and His Covenant. In doing so, we are not just condemning our Jewish brethren, we are standing in direct opposition to God's Covenant."
Cardoza-Moore gave a further word of caution on a growing global trend. "We are once again witnessing a rise of a "new" form of anti-Semitism against our Jewish brethren and Israel by Christian churches," she observed.
Noting the Presbyterian vote in particular, she commented: "Ironically, what wasn't on the MRTI agenda is the persecution of Christians who are being slaughtered in places like Iran, Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria and Nigeria. Neither are they addressing Moslem women who are being raped and stoned to death by their Moslem husbands, brothers and fathers. And this is the Committee that addresses Middle East peace for the Presbyterian Church? It seems obvious that this agenda is not to defend Human Rights, but a blatant attack on our Jewish brethren."
Resource PJTN online: www.pjtn.org
Media Contact for PJTN:
Jackie Monaghan
Morningstar PR-Nashville
(615) 646-5990-Direct
morningstarpr@comcast.net
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