Jennifer Rubin has written a superb, brief article on the phenomena of Christian Zionism whose adherents are the fastest growing, and least understood, Israel support group in the nation. An excerpt regarding the founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Pastor John Hagee:Hagee is a charismatic preacher with a sonorous baritone voice. At the banquet, he held the crowd spellbound, explaining Israel's plight and the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. He reminded the crowd that John F. Kennedy went to Berlin at the height of the Cold War, "an outpost of democracy in a sea of tyranny." He quoted Kennedy: "Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was ‘civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.' " Hagee then pivoted:I stand here at a time when Israel is a tiny outpost of freedom and democracy in a sea of tyranny. . . .  Permit me to say something to you straight from the heart....(Read Full Post)