Ted Cruz Won't Fund United Nations While It Supports Anti-Semitism, Rafael Cruz Says
Pastor Rafael Cruz, the father of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, vowed that, if elected, his son would not fund the United Nations while it supports anti-Semitism.
The elder Cruz, who has campaigned for his son's presidential run, said America needs to preserve its close ties with Israel, arguing that the very "foundation of America and the American Constitution was the Torah," during a speech at an event for Proclaiming Justice to the Nations, an organization "established to educate Christians about their biblical responsibility to stand with Israel."
Cruz also vowed that his son, a Texas Senator, will "not fund the United Nations until they stop supporting BDS and anti-Semitism," referring to a movement pushing for sanctions against Israel.
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"Israel is the only country in the world with a title deed from the Almighty!," Cruz added, interpreting God's promise to the Jewish people.
Israel National News reported that Cruz's speech was well received at the event, at the end of which Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president and founder of PJTN, came out to express her gratitude to the pastor.
"Pastor Cruz is a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people within the evangelical world," she said.
"We need more people like him today, when more and more of our brothers and sisters are embracing heretical forms of anti-Semitism like BDS and replacement theology."
Rafael Cruz told The Christian Post in a January interview that he fears America is "deteriorating very rapidly," and called on Americans to vote for Judeo-Christian principles in the elections.
"America is a country that was founded on the Word of God. Founded by men and women seeking the freedom to worship God. And yet we have seen for decades now a decay of conscience, we've seen secular humanism take over," Cruz told CP at the time.
"I realized that the great majority of Christians are not even voting. Are not even involved in the political process, and so what we have in America today has been a result of people of faith, people of principle, becoming disengaged from the political process."
The pastor reflected that calling the U.S. back to its Judeo-Christian principles is a central cause of his son's presidential campaign.
"We must elect people that uphold the fundamental principles that have made America the greatest country on the face of the Earth," he said.
