Pro-Israel group criticizes Georgia Senate candidate for past sermon

Christians United for Israel slammed Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock over a 2018 sermon he gave on the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, but others have defended the candidate for a US Senate seat.
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Democratic US Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock of Atlanta speaks to supporters at a rally on Dec. 19, 2020, in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia. Warnock and Jon Ossoff are in a tight Jan. 5 runoff election against Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. - Megan Varner/Getty Images
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A pro-Israel group has released an attack ad against the Rev. Raphael Warnock ahead of the Democratic candidate's crucial January US Senate runoff in Georgia.

CUFI Action Fund, an organization related to the pro-Israel group Christians United for Israel, released on Dec. 23 a video accusing Warnock of “lying about the Jewish state.”

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