The Congressional Black Caucus made a "terrible mistake" in snubbing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress," says Minister Ben Kinchlow, founder of Americans for Israel and former co-host of "The 700 Club."
"We made a terrible mistake … criticizing the prime minister [who's] probably our strongest ally, certainly the strongest in the Middle East, and maybe one of the strongest allies we have in the world," Kinchlow said Wednesday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on
Newsmax TV.
"That was a strategic and tactical error. Plus, it had some very bad political ramifications that I would like not to have seen."
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Among them was obscuring the true political feelings of most African Americans in the United States, according to Kinchlow.
"The fact of the matter is African Americans in America hold conservative values … However, because they have been brainwashed by the media, they vote liberal or Democrat," he said.
"As a result what we have is a situation … where this Congressional Black Caucus, which are almost all Democrats, went with the idea of opposing Israel while most African Americans as a general rule in churches support Israel, because Jesus was Jewish and Israel is where he's coming back to and it is the land of the Bible."
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