Bridges For Peace CEO Ranked among Top Christian Israel Supporters

October 22, 2024

by: Kate Norman

Tuesday, 22 October 2024 | Bridges for Peace CEO Rev. Peter Fast ranked among top Christian supporters of Israel in a list published by the Israel Allies Foundation.

The annual list is released each year ahead of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, and includes Christian supporters of Israel—pastors, businesspeople, former politicians, performers and other influential Christians who stand with Israel and the Jewish people.

Fast ranked number 14 on the list of 15 Christian Israel allies. The list was topped by Franklin Graham, son of the influential evangelist Billy Graham, and also included former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Daystar TV co-founder Joni Lamb, Pastor John Hagee, actress Patricia Heaton, Dr. Phil, former US Governor Mike Huckabee, actress Kathie Lee Gifford, Dave Ramsey and other influential Christians.

“I am deeply humbled to be included in such a prestigious list of faith-driven men and women who stand with Israel,” Fast said. “For over 50 years, Bridges for Peace has sought to be a beacon of light, comfort, solidarity, support and love to Jewish people around the world and the State of Israel.”

Fast noted the importance of standing with Israel and the Jewish people especially during this time, as Israel has fought a war of survival for the past year against Hamas and Hezbollah, following Hamas’s brutal attack last year.

Initially the Jewish state held public sympathies as it mourned the 1,200 casualties murdered and the 250 hostages swept away to Gaza.

In response, Israel launched its ground operation shortly after to wipe out the threat of Hamas and rescue its hostages. Last month, Israel launched another operation in southern Lebanon to wipe out the threat of Hezbollah, which has been launching near-daily cross-border attacks in northern Israel for over a year.

Rather than standing with Israel and its right to fight for survival against enemies whose stated goals are to wipe it off the map, public opinion turned against the Jewish state and global antisemitism skyrocketed.

“This light is needed more than ever today in the wake of October 7, 2023,” Fast noted, “as Israel fights for its survival while millions around the world question Israel’s right to exist and shout hate from the streets of cities.”

“I have dedicated my life to being such a light through the work of Bridges for Peace,” Fast continued, “and I stand alongside millions and millions of other Christians around the world who are willing to count the cost in order to oppose evil and stand for righteousness.”

The Israel Allies Foundation’s list is in accordance with biblical prophecy found in Zechariah 14:16, which says in the end times that Gentile nations “…shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”

Posted on October 22, 2024

Source: (Bridges for Peace, October 21, 2024)

Photo Credit: Michio Nagata/bridgesforpeace.com