Exposing the lies about Israel on social media

Those who wonder how so many in Germany could remain silent during the Holocaust must open their eyes - because we are now witnessing rhetoric, particularly on social media, that targets Jews and the State of Israel in ways that echo the same libelous propaganda that fueled tragedy in Germany a century ago. That horror began with words, not weapons.

The purpose of this op-ed is not only to shine a light on these lies - many of which circulate even within the Church, which aim to turn Christian youth against Israel, sever them from their biblical and historical roots but also to recast Israel as an oppressor rather than a covenantal ally.

It is also to equip a generation with fact-based truth and the revelation found in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament - both written by Jews.

Lie #1: “The carnage in Gaza is Israel’s fault!”

This is the intended goal of Hamas’s strategy: inflict maximum suffering in Gaza, blame Israel for the consequences, and rely on the moral ignorance of the international community to provide cover fire - allowing jihadism to advance.

Left unchallenged, these lies will lead to nothing less than civilizational sabotage and suicide - ultimately, as the world cuts its own throat with a jihadist sword.

Lie #2: “Zionism is racism, colonialism, occupation.”

Jews are not foreign settlers or colonialists in the land of Israel - they are an indigenous people returning to their ancestral homeland.

Colonialism is when a foreign power exploits and governs a land it has no native connection to. The Jewish connection to the land of Israel goes back over 3,000 years, predating Islam and Arab conquests by over a millennium.

Zionism comes from the term Zion (צִיּוֹן, Tziyon) - which originally refers to a hill in Jerusalem - Mount Zion - where King David established his city around 1000 BCE. The Jewish claim to Zion is the oldest continuous national claim on earth, rooted in the promises of the Hebrew Scriptures and affirmed in the New Testament, long before Theodor Herzl convened the First Zionist Congress in 1897.

In fact, an American Evangelical Christian, William E. Blackstone, inspired by the Hebrew Scriptures, began campaigning for Jewish restoration to their biblical homeland decades earlier. In 1891, he submitted a petition to the U.S. president - signed by hundreds of leading Americans—advocating for Jewish return. When Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, a Zionist leader himself, rediscovered the petition in 1916, he called Blackstone “the father of Zionism.”

So how did a generation get to the place where the term “Zionism” is a slur!?

It reminds us of the old adage, “A lie travels the world seven times before truth ever gets its shoes on.” The lie that Zionism is racist and colonialist was launched during the Cold War when the Soviet Union and its allies deliberately weaponized language, falsely branding Zionism, which is the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland, the Land of Israel - as racist and colonialist to delegitimize the Jewish state! This campaign culminated in the notorious 1975 UN Resolution 3379, which equated Zionism with racism - a resolution that was repealed in 1991 - but the lie today thrives on such platforms as TikTok, Instagram, and X seducing a whole generation.

Zionism is a deeply biblical conviction grounded in God's covenant with Abraham and reaffirmed by the prophets and apostles. This means, that the God of the Bible is a Zionist in the truest sense of the word: He promised the land of Israel to the Jewish people - and that promise is irrevocable (Rom. 11:29) - and therefore - the return of the Jewish people to their ancestral land is not a coincidence of history - it is the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

Lie #3: “Palestinian Arabs are simply freedom fighters seeking liberation.”

The UN Partition Plan of 1947–48 offered half the territory of what was called Palestine to the Arabs and the other half to the Jews. The Arabs could have accepted it, as the Jews did, and build a thriving, peaceful nation on the Mediterranean.

Instead, they chose to deny Israel’s historical connection to the land of Israel (i.e., Anti-Zionism), despite a 4,000-year-old presence, insisting on a single, unified Arab and Islamic state and, driven by Islamic Jihadism, chose war to destroy the Jewish state.

Nothing has changed.

This is why Palestinian Arabs have rejected statehood offers five times and manipulated global opinion - distracting, desensitizing, and deflecting attention from their determined strategy to destroy Israel and promote a death cult.

Lie #4: “The Jewish people are inherently deceitful and subversive.”

In a chilling post on X (formerly Twitter), a pastor named Joel Webbon wrote: “Those of Jewish descent are generally marked by subversion, deceit, and greed.”

This is the same vile ideology that fueled Nazi Germany - the claim that Jews aren’t merely sinful like all humans but that a particular sin is somehow embedded in their DNA.It brands an entire people, saying, in effect: “Beware of the Jews, the Jews, the Jews … you know, the subversive, deceitful, greedy ones!”

This isn’t theology. It’s not even just bigotry. It’s racism! It’s demonic! And it must be denounced!

Lie #5: “Jews are of the Synagogue of Satan.”

While preparing for an event with leading pastors in California - Christians Against Antisemitism - this outrageous accusation has surfaced repeatedly on social media in opposition of our event!

Let’s be clear (I am speaking here to Christians worldwide): calling Jews, Judaism, or the State of Israel the “synagogue of Satan” isn’t just a distortion of Scripture - it is an affront to Jesus Himself!

The phrase, torn out of context, from the book of Revelation, has been weaponized for centuries to brand Jews as enemies of Christ and agents of the devil. It has fueled pogroms, blood libels, forced conversions, ghettos, and centuries of persecution.

It’s not just wrong - it’s blasphemy!

These words were not condemning an entire people, faith, or nation. Rather, Jesus was rebuking a specific group in the first century who were hostile to His earliest followers. Period.

Using Jesus - a Jew - to attack Jews is the ultimate contradiction and twist of evil.

Lie #6: “The modern State of Israel has nothing to do with biblical Israel!”

Here’s the reality: the Jewish people have maintained a continuous presence in the land of Israel ever since 1406 BCE when Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land - and Jewish presence in the land continued even after Rome destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE.

In short, there has always been a Jewish remnant in the land of Israel!

Not only does archaeology consistently affirm this ancient and continuous connection, but DNA evidence from Jewish populations in Israel and the diaspora reveals common Middle Eastern ancestry. Geneticist Doron Behar confirms this genetic link aligns with descent from ancient biblical Israelites.

Not to mention, Jewish people worldwide have preserved many biblical practices such as Torah observance, circumcision, and the celebration of the Biblical feasts such as Passover, Yom Kipper and the Feast of Tabernacles.

Lie #7: “Zionism Is Not Biblical”

There is nothing more biblical than believing in the future of Israel - the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - dwelling in the land that God promised them.

Zionism, at its core, is the belief that it is God’s plan for the Jewish people to return to the land of Israel. This is not a modern political idea imposed on Scripture; it is a biblical truth rooted in God’s unchanging Word. The promise begins in Genesis 12:1–3, is confirmed in Genesis 15:18, and reaffirmed in Genesis 17:1–5. The covenant to give the land to Abraham and his descendants - through Isaac and Jacob - was made unconditionally. It is not dependent on human merit or behavior but on God’s faithfulness.

Furthermore, Zionism cannot be separated from the person and work of Jesus. The New Covenant, which Jesus accomplished through His death on the cross during Passover, guarantees not only the forgiveness of sins and the inclusion of Gentiles into God’s redemptive plan - but also the preservation, salvation, and future restoration of Israel. This is not a fringe idea; it is central to the New Testament hope!

For Christians, every time we receive Communion (which is really the celebration of Passover in Christ), we celebrate more than personal redemption. We are also affirming God’s covenant faithfulness to Israel. We remember that the story is not yet finished - that Israel will, one day, turn to the Messiah, and that Jesus will return and reign from Jerusalem.

To deny the biblical foundation of Zionism is to overlook the consistent testimony of Scripture - from Genesis to Revelation. God’s promises to Israel are not symbolic, outdated or transferred. They are eternal!

Lie #8: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

If genocide is Israel’s goal in Gaza, why has Israel distributed more than 2,000,000 tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza since October 7 - the same volume as the Berlin Airlift under Harry Truman, which rescued over two million people from starvation during the Soviet blockade?

In the midst of a war that Hamas started - and continues by refusing to return Israeli hostages - Israel has carried out one of the greatest humanitarian efforts of the 21st century. No other nation in history has fed its enemy during wartime. Israel has.

If Israel intended to wipe out the Palestinian people in Gaza, why then does it provide top-tier education and healthcare to its two million Palestinian citizens? Why does it go out of its way to issue Arabic-language warnings before military strikes, giving civilians the chance to find safety? Why send ground troops - risking soldiers’ lives - instead of simply leveling buildings from the air? British Colonel Richard Kemp told the BBC that he has never seen a military make such extraordinary efforts to avoid civilian casualties as the IDF is doing right now in Gaza.

Genocide is a precise legal term, defined by the 1948 Genocide Convention. It refers to acts committed with the specific intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. At the heart of the definition is intent - what legal experts refer to dolus specialis. This means there must be a clear and targeted aim to eliminate a group as such. That threshold is deliberately high. Without it, even the most horrific acts may fall under other classifications like war crimes or crimes against humanity.

Israel’s objective is to dismantle the military and governing structure of Hamas, to prevent future attacks, and to return the hostages safely!

In closing, the lies about Israel must be confronted - not just for the sake of the Jewish people, but for the integrity of truth itself.

As followers of Jesus, we cannot be neutral in the face of evil. Now is the time for moral clarity - and the courage to back it up.

When history looks back, it won’t just ask who stood like Churchill or faltered like Chamberlain; it will remember those who, like Charlie Kirk, stood boldly and unwaveringly for what’s right - no matter the cost. And that means, like Charlie, making the Messiah of Israel - the Savior of the world, who gave His life on the Cross on Passover for the sins of the world, and resurrected from the dead - boldly known to all in our generation, calling our generation to repent and follow the King who is coming back again!

May the Lord help us all.