Can You Love Judaism but Hate Israel? | Land of Israel Guys Podcast

Can you love the Jewish people and can you love Judaism but hate the state of Israel? >> If you ask me, the answer is absolutely not. When he says the Jewish people, why Abdul say, why are why are we called the Jewish people? Because we're from Judea, >> right? >> Because we're from Judea, >> right? >> We're not a religion. But the there's you have to understand there's also a very sinister duplicitous strategy here of sewing division within the nation of Israel because American Jews who are in this place of fear and terror and what's going on. They hear that and they're like, "Oh, all I need to do is say I'm anti-Zionist. I'm anti-Israel. And now I'm one of the good Jews." You have Judaism every single day in the prayers from what I understand is a prayer to return to the land of Israel three times a day, right? >> Yeah. Totally. Of So, like how can you support Judaism if you don't support what they're praying every day, >> right? They want to neuter Judaism and make it an abstract like like you know Greek Orthodox Catholicism where it's just an ancient religion with no relevance in the world today. An ancient dead god of Israel with an old covenant that he betrayed and his own words to his people he has given up and chosen a new people and that's fine with them. But the living God of Israel bringing his nation back home in the face of all of the world. That's how I feel living in Judea. You know, we're living in the southeastern tip of settlement in Judea, surrounded by 23 Arab states, 57 Muslim states. The West is nashing their teeth in rage and in hate. Meanwhile, we have vines of beautiful grapes exploding in places I didn't even plant grapes before. [music]