Glenn Beck gets a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament..!

[jackovesk]

Glenn Beck gets a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament

With his outspoken, conservative views, TV commentator Glenn Beck constantly courts controversy in the U.S. but in Israel it's another matter.

On his latest trip to Israel, and in his first time at the Knesset in Jerusalem, the Israeli parliament, he was given nothing short of a hero's welcome.

He received several rounds of applause by lawmakers there as he voiced his unequivocal support for Israel, with one leading politician saying: 'If we didn't have someone like Glenn Beck we would have had to invent someone like him.'

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Mr Beck spoke on Monday before a packed parliamentary committee. In the same brusque style that made him popular on Fox News, Mr Beck encouraged lawmakers to 'stop playing the game' of mainstream media.

He called on members of parliament to 'speak the truth' about Israel and its adversaries.

His appearance in parliament comes ahead of a pro-Israel rally he plans for August in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Red carpet treatment: Sign in Jerusalem welcoming the TV commentator

Leading Israeli politician Danny Danon, who had invited the conservative pundit to Israel, introduced him by saying: 'I am glad to host a friend of the State of Israel... Usually we don't clap here in the Knesset, but maybe we can do that at the end."

Mr Danon lauded Mr Beck's love for Israel and his ability to passionately defend and advocate for both the state and the Jewish people.

'Glenn Beck has a lot of experience with putting facts on the table.

'If we didn't have someone like Glenn Beck we would have had to invent someone like him,' Danon added.

Mr Beck discussed how the shocking reality of Israeli everyday life, under constant threat of terrorism, does not prevent the public from living their lives comfortably and casually.

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Please, please: Glenn Beck soaks up the applause as he addresses a parliamentary committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday

According to the Jerusalem Post, Mr Beck made a couple points based on 'the few things I actually know' about Israel.

Firstly, he said, Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about destruction of Israel and the West.
He told lawmakers that the world is about to change.

'Everything you thought you can count on, forget about it,' he said.

Mr Beck left his Fox show last month after a ratings dip.

He plans to launch a daily two-hour show for paying customers on his own Internet network in September.


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013616/TV-pundit-Glenn-Beck-gets-heros-welcome-Israels-parliament.html#ixzz1RuhDa6p0

PS - Anyone still TRUST Glenn Beck???

[Cidersomerset]

Thanks Jackovesk .....Glad I had my tea...What a 'Smuck' as they say in Israel....Must be showing off his sick ..CV..for a show over there , especialy if the Murdoch empire crumbles......LOL..

[ceetee9]

When I was first made aware of Glenn Beck, I was encouraged and hopeful by many things he said and that maybe the mainstream media (FOX Network) was beginning to allow some truth to come out. I did not agree with everything Mr. Beck said or his divisive manner, but I was willing to overlook it to some degree as long as he was bringing important information to the public that the mainstream media would not.

However, once he started introducing more of his religious ideology into the mix he started losing me and I began questioning his true intentions. Even in the video link provided he admits that people around the world are basically the same and just want to be left alone to raise their families and live in peace (I’m paraphrasing here), but then he goes on to say “rulers want to control and that’s where our trouble gets in because there are people who want to control…” Perhaps Mr. Beck forgot that, next to governments, religions are the biggest proponents of power and control on the planet and that throughout human history literally billions of people have been persecuted and/or killed over religious beliefs and intolerance and that the hatred, mind control, and killing continues to this day.

It’s truly sad how so many people can easily see all the control, death and destruction other religions have brought to the world, but they never seem to be able to see the control, death and destruction their own religion has brought to the world. The same statement holds true if you substitute ‘governments’ for ‘religions.’

I sincerely wonder if there is any hope for our species.

[Carmody]

Glenn Beck gets a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament

With his outspoken, conservative views, TV commentator Glenn Beck constantly courts controversy in the U.S. but in Israel it's another matter.


He plans to launch a daily two-hour show for paying customers on his own Internet network in September.



Internet hhmm?

That means he can be hit in a Denial of service attack. Forever.

That such fun can be had in the world.....

[ViralSpiral]

He plans to launch a daily two-hour show for paying customers on his own Internet network in September.




where's the Pay-your-pal button?

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I am guessing there are still cats to be herded.........