Glenn Beck Israel Visit Warmly Received By Parliament

JERUSALEM -- Conservative U.S. television commentator Glenn Beck received several rounds of applause by Israeli lawmakers as he voiced his unequivocal support for Israel during a visit to Jerusalem.

He spoke Monday before a packed parliamentary committee.

In the same brusque style that made him popular on Fox News, 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.

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

He left his show last month after a ratings dip. In September he plans to launch a daily two-hour show for paying customers on his own Internet network.

Comments

[Fein]

06:23 PM on 07/14/2011

Perfect ;,a kook with no legitimacy whatsoever representing a 'country' with no legitimacy whatsoever!

Seldom is reality so perfectly aligned with poetic irony. LOL

[scholar321]

10:25 PM on 09/04/2011

Israel is a country.

Now for Glen Beck... that's a different story.

[Amariri]

06:09 PM on 07/14/2011

It seems that the Knesset and the U.S. Congress are seriously swapping clowns: Bibi x Beck.

[SOD]

01:20 AM on 07/13/2011

LOL

[MarsAmbassador]

06:11 PM on 07/12/2011

There is only ONE reason fundamentalists and the radical Religious Right support Israel 100% on all things. Because they do not believe the Rapture can happen unless Israel is intact and all Jews on Earth are living there. And that is the truth of their stance.

[Jeddahman]

03:27 PM on 07/12/2011

Beck is integral in the Israeli propaganda machine in the US.israels first line of defense is these talk show master who graduated from the Israeli propaganda school and lie to the American public

[SOD]

01:24 AM on 07/13/2011

Well at least you aren't a stereotypical anti Semite.

[sarcasm]

[Fred Ricardo]

01:44 PM on 07/12/2011

This alone should win Palestine Statehood.

[blutopie]

01:43 PM on 07/12/2011

Ban Norm Chomsky but welcome Glen Beck with open arms -

Israel is becoming a cartoon-state

[blutopie]

01:37 PM on 07/12/2011

Glen would make the perfect replacement for Avigdor Lieberman once this indicted racist has been hauled off to jail.

How does Glen go about getting immediate Israeli citizenship?

[lovbagranny]

12:25 PM on 07/12/2011

So why was the "entertainer" Beck even allowed to speak to the Parliament? Was he crying and tap dancing at the black board for them? What a joke.

[clarkkentdlyplnt]

01:02 PM on 07/12/2011

I understand their reasoning. Beck has a following. He's an influential cult leader. The hope to turn that influence in into favorable representation in the US congress, and direct donation to organization that support Israel

[Gestas]

11:26 AM on 07/12/2011

Gleen Beck,,Todays Ugly American.

[patience1]

11:04 AM on 07/12/2011

Beck called on members of parliament to "speak the truth" about Israel and its adversaries.
Does he really mean the 'truth'? For someone who always speak the truth? This is so amusing to me.

[FrankensteinBlack]

10:50 AM on 07/12/2011

Now that’s just rich. Applauding someone that would advocate revocation of their religious identity to speed the rapture along. The world is filled with simple minds...

[Libertystblue1923]

10:15 AM on 07/12/2011

Is this where Beck renounces his belief Jesus is the 'son of God' and the Trinity?

[ber6964]

10:15 AM on 07/12/2011

Israel and Israelis sure are getting embarrassing!!

[nadiz6]

09:53 AM on 07/12/2011

Some Americans believe that Palestine belong to palestinians ,and they don,t know any thing about history ,Palestine is created by WW1 treaty , Jews live in Jerusalem and the current Jews land even before Jesus was born ,this the land of Israel ,so it is better that people that want to give opinions about this matter is to First read history books ,by the way I am not Jews, but I know history of this region very good

[Changeover]

12:20 AM on 07/13/2011

They also think General Santa Ana sold California to Seward for 24 dollars when Mexico owned from the pacific to the Mississippi.