As Evangelical Firebrand Hooks Up With Federations, Liberals Speak Out. By Rebecca Spence Published May 04, 2007, issue of May 04, 2007. Pastor John Hagee, the firebrand evangelical Christian minister from San Antonio, Texas, had thousands of pro-Israel activists standing, clapping and chanting at this year’s annual convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Hagee’s virtuoso performance at the conference in March underscored his emergence as a linchpin in the growing political alliance between Jewish and evangelical pro-Israel activists. IS bachman insane? Onward, Christian Zionists. In Washington, D.C.’s convention center they danced the horah, sang Hebrew songs, and waved American and Israeli flags.
Charlie Daniels played Hatikvah on his fiddle. It wasn’t a bar mitzvah, or a gathering of the pro-Israel group AIPAC. It was the fifth annual summit of an even larger pro-Israel organization, the nation’s largest: Christians United for Israel, better known as CUFI. John Hagee.