By COLlive reporter
Anti-Semitic and conspiracy broadcaster Rick Wiles and his outlet TruNews were in Davos, Switzerland, this week to cover the World Economic Forum.
The JNS news agency reported that TruNews received their media credential from the White House.
Right Wing Watch, a project of People for the American Way, which monitors far-right activities and content, tweeted the development on Wednesday.
Wiles, a senior pastor at Flowing Streams Church in Vero Beach, Florida, has called his outlet “a kingdom of Heaven news organization.” In November, he called the effort to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump a “Jew coup.”
In Davos, TruNews filmed an exclusive interview with Rabbi Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia and Head Chabad Shliach in the Russian Federation. They presented him as the rabbi of President Vladimir Putin.
Rabbi Lazar told TruNews that he has seen parts of the Trump administration peace plan between Israel, the Palestinians and Arab countries. “It is the best plan that was put forward,” Rabbi Lazar stated.
Rabbi Lazar said he believes that the Russian government should have a greater role in the process.
He went on to speak about his visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran over a year ago and said there are over 50 synagogues serving the 30,000 Jews living there.
“I must say,” he added, “the Iranian government is actually giving them freedom of religion, let them, worship. learn and everything that they need – synagogues, a Jewish school, and even a Jewish hospital.”
VIDEO: Interview begins at 8:00
Just because rabbi lazar says something in an interview does not mean he truly believes what he is saying.
A lot of the things he says are just because he has to say them.
I don’t believe he actually thinks that the Jews in Iran have it well there.
He said they have the freedom of worship. That they do. They’re free to learn torah, to keep mitzvos, to daven, etc. They’re not free in many other important ways.
Rick Wiles (born 1954 or 1955) is an American non-denominational senior pastor at Flowing Streams Church in Vero Beach, Florida,[1] radio host and pundit. He is the founder of TruNews, a website that promotes racist, homophobic, Islamophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
if not then why provide the whole interview if it is anti- …, etc.
Why would he give an interview to such an outlet?
Maybe Putin told him to.
How was he supposed to know who the are? I for one never heard of trunews till i saw this video.
Unfortunately, becoming a shliach does not automatically bestow all-encompassing wisdom upon someone. Shluchim should vet media outlets befor giving interviews, and refrain from discussing politics because it is not their area of expertise.
And I wouldn’t trust an organization that calls itself “Right Wing Watch” to tell me whether someone really is an antisemite. Though Wiles does indeed seem like the genuine article.
Does the Rebbe want this type of peace deal?
Creating a Palestinian state the best deal?