"We need to be stronger. We need to fight back. It's in the Bible. If someone hits you, you hit them back, twice as hard, 10 times as hard."
Jason Burke, "Israelis Voice Sadness and Defiance over Gaza Protests on U.S. Campuses," The Guardian.com (May 3, 2024).
This titbit of scripture knowledge is from Joseph Avi Cohen, a retired bank manager in Israel, who was recently asked for his man-on-the-street opinion of the American student protests. I don't suppose The Guardian is regular reading among Christian Zionists, but if it were they might be puzzled by Mr. Cohen's words. I suspect most Christian Zionists believe the book they call the Bible instructs God's children to forebear, forgive, and, when all else fails, to hit back with tears and not even half as hard.
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