Jews on First have produced this illuminating video about Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a leading Christian Zionist organization, and as its leader enjoys the support of major Jewish organizations. With narration by Ed Asner, their video shows a number of instances in which Hagee's understanding of Jews and Judaism should give cause for concern. Hagee declares that Hitler was "part Jewish." He says that Jews attribute special healing powers to the "spittle" of their first-born sons. He repeats anti-semitic canards about Jewish control of the financial system. They hope this video will prompt rabbis and Jewish organizational leaders, especially, to reevaluate their relationships with Hagee and CUFI.
David Rosser-Owen of The Association of British Muslims have expressed similar concerns:
Given the nature of the rabble-rousing content of his preaching and the inflammatory effect that it has, it would be singularly inappropriate for this preacher to be allowed into the United Kingdom during the middle of the month of Ramadan and to have free access to a public platform in Birmingham, a city with a very large multi-cultural and multi-religious population. We call on The Rt Hon Theresa May, HM The Home Secretary, in her power to issue an Exclusion Order for Mr Hagee, in the same way that she has done for other extremist hate preachers, in the public interest.The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Right Revd Dr Rowan Williams has described John Hagee's views as "dangerous fantasies"
Richard Bartholomew points out that while not necessarily anti-semitic, Hagee's fantasies are nevertheless inflamatory:
...who rants about how the US economy is run by a group of Satanists called the Illuminati, in particular naming Alan Greenspan and “the Rothschilds”? Or who infers that Satan was able to make particular use of Karl Marx because he was Jewish and Hitler because he was “partly Jewish”?Home Office Minister Theresa May said recently, "I will seek to exclude an individual if I consider that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good, and the government makes no apologies for refusing people access to the UK if we believe that they might seek to undermine our society.”
In the light of these concerns from mainstream Jewish, Christian and Muslim organisations, it is hoped that the Home Secretary will issue an Exclusion Order and ban John Hagee from visiting the UK in August to hold a fund-raising Bible Prophecy Seminar in Birmingham on the grounds that it is "not conducive to the public good."
