Reform Jewish leader calls Hagee 'extremist' unworthy of support: Different views on what it means to support Israel
The president of the 1.5-million-member Reform Judaism movement called controversial Texas pastor John Hagee an “extremist” and urged fellow rabbis to shun his high-profile support of Israel.
Eric Yoffie, head of the Union for Reform Judaism, denounced Hagee, head of the Christians United for Israel, at an April 2 meeting of Reform rabbis in Cincinnati.
The rabbi accused Hagee of fostering religious intolerance between evangelical Christians and people of other faiths, as well as exacerbating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by vigorously opposing a two-state solution.