Hagee: Antichrist is Jewish like Hitler, homosexual; Eliot Engel still speaking at Hagee's Conference

Max Blumenthal, the blogger/reporter/YouTube documentarian that's been following Rev. John Hagee and Christians United for Israel over the past year, has uncovered remarks by Hagee where he states that the Antichrist is a homosexual and part Jewish, like Hitler.


Blumenthal also contacted the Press Secretary of Congressman Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who is speaking at Hagee's Christians United for Israel Summit next month, and the Congressman has yet to denounce Hagee or cancel his appearance.


From Max Blumenthal:

On March 16, 2003, on the eve of the United States’ invasion of Iraq, Pastor John Hagee took to the pulpit to warn of the coming Antichrist. In his sermon, “The Final Dictator,” Hagee described the Antichrist as a seductive figure with “fierce features.” He will be “a blasphemer and a homosexual,” the pastor announced. Then, Hagee boomed, “There’s a phrase in Scripture used solely to identify the Jewish people. It suggests that this man [the Antichrist] is at least going to be partially Jewish, as was Adolph Hitler, as was Karl Marx.”

This “fierce” gay Jew, according to Hagee, would “slaughter one-third of the Earth’s population” and “make Adolph Hitler look like a choirboy.”

So, why are two notable Jewish legislators, Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Rep. Eliot Engle, standing by Hagee? Why are they looking the other way as he cranks up the hate speech and supporting his Christians United for Israel Summit?

Lieberman will be joined at CUFI’s conference by Rep. Elliot Engel, a Democratic congressman from New York with a fairly progressive voting record. On Thursday, May 29, I asked Engel’s press secretary, Joseph O’Brien, if Engel still planned to attend Hagee’s gathering in light of his remarks about the Holocaust. O’Brien told me Engel would respond shortly. So far, Engel has said nothing.

Engel is slated to speak on CUFI’s “Middle East Briefing” panel this July. He will be joined on the panel by Republican Rep. Mike Pence, Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist Bill Kristol, and Christian right activist Gary Bauer.

LEFT of the HUDSON was the first New York political outlet to discuss Engel's attendance at the CUFI Summit in depth.

And we should remind readers of Hagee's other statements: Hagee said that Hitler was doing "God's will," by hunting the Jews and sending them back to Israel. Hagee said that Hurricane Katrina was god's punishment for "gay sin." And last, this is the same Rev. John Hagee that has called the Roman Catholic Church the "Great Whore."

Let's not forget about Rev. Hagee's minions at CUFI. As a group, and without exception, these are people that are lobbying the government to attack Iran because it plays to their eschaton beliefs. Yes, CUFI is a fatalistic Doomsday cult that believes that there must be a State of Israel as one of the conditions for Christians to experience The Rapture. Members of the group are on the record as stating that their support of Israel is based upon their Armageddon scenario. And now, the group sees Iran as a threat to Israel and they seek to destroy it.

Again, I find it totally unacceptable that a member of the Democratic Party, and my Congressman nonetheless, continues to support and appeases groups like CUFI. This a dangerous group of maniacal war-mongering theocrats. They do not represent even the smallest percent of Congressman Engel's constituency. So why does Eliot Engel continue to support CUFI?

We've got to stop Congressman Engel for continuing to stand with the CUFI cult and with Rev. John Hagee. As a Rockland County Democratic Committee Member, I have made the decision not to carry Congressman Engel's ballot petitions this week, unless he cancels his CUFI appointment and apologizes to his constituents concerning this unfortunate alliance. Other Democratic Committee members are quietly joining me in this action. I am looking forward to them coming out about this matter publicly.