In Rochester: Rev. Graylan Hagler disinvited to speak on Palestine, sent death threats

<p>So Witness Palestine Rochester is going to have a kick off event--Connecting the dots: Ferguson to Palestine--with Rev. Graylan Hagler to start their film series season at the Little Theatre. Rev. Hagler was scheduled to speak at Colgate Rochester Crozer DIvinity School, but was dis-invited and has been receiving death threats. Witness Palestine Rochester is scrambling for a new venue and Rev. Hagler says he is committed to speaking in Rochester.<br><br>Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a hard-line right-wing Evangelical Christian Zionist group; Roc4Israel, a local pro-Israel group; and the Jewish Federation “pressured and threatened the Divinity school to cancel my speaking engagement,” Hagler told Mondoweiss.<br><br>This past week, Rev. Hagler also received numerous death threats via phone and email. In some of the phone calls, Hagler said those threatening him identified themselves as members of CUFI. They said things like “We are going to kill you in the name of Christ if you come to Rochester” and “I hope you come here so I can spit in your face.”<br><br><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/09/graylan-disinvinted-palestine">http://mondoweiss.net/2015/09/graylan-disinvinted-palestine</a></p>

<p>So Witness Palestine Rochester is going to have a kick off event--Connecting the dots: Ferguson to Palestine--with Rev. Graylan Hagler to start their film series season at the Little Theatre. Rev. Hagler was scheduled to speak at Colgate Rochester Crozer DIvinity School, but was dis-invited and has been receiving death threats. Witness Palestine Rochester is scrambling for a new venue and Rev. Hagler says he is committed to speaking in Rochester.<br /><br />Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a hard-line right-wing Evangelical Christian Zionist group; Roc4Israel, a local pro-Israel group; and the Jewish Federation “pressured and threatened the Divinity school to cancel my speaking engagement,” Hagler told Mondoweiss.<br /><br />This past week, Rev. Hagler also received numerous death threats via phone and email. In some of the phone calls, Hagler said those threatening him identified themselves as members of CUFI. They said things like “We are going to kill you in the name of Christ if you come to Rochester” and “I hope you come here so I can spit in your face.”<br /><br /><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/09/graylan-disinvinted-palestine">http://mondoweiss.net/2015/09/graylan-disinvinted-palestine</a></p>