Chad Groening OneNewsNow.comMarch 21, 2007
The head of a pro-Israel ministry is praising the pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's church for admitting his concerns about the Illinois senator's association with the so-called palestinians and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Jeremiah Wright, Jr., is pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, where as a 26-year-old, Barack Obama walked down the aisle and publicly committed himself to God. But in two separate interviews, Pastor Wright has revealed his concerns about Obama's pro-Islamic leanings. Jan Markell, founder and director of Olive Tree Ministries, is saluting Wright for expressing his concerns.
"He warned the senator that association [with the so-called palestinians] could pose political problems partly because of his history of supporting so-called palestinian causes," notes Markell. "Barack Obama has made the statement that the so-called palestinians are the most oppressed people on earth."
And Markell commends the pastor for his concerns about a 1984 trip Obama made to Libya, where he met with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. "Wright states a lot of [Obama's] Jewish support will dry up quicker than a snowball in Hades [because of that meeting]," she suggests. She believes that Pastor Wright, in issuing the warning, "was speaking out of genuine concern for Obama and perhaps even America. So I salute him."
Markell fears that if Obama becomes president, the United States will "blatantly" turn its back on Israel -- and suffer the consequences later.