The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.
A crowd of mostly Evangelical Christians waves U.S. and Israeli flags during the Christians United For Israel "Night to Honor Israel" event during the CUFI Summit 2023 on July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va.A crowd of mostly Evangelical Christians waves U.S. and Israeli flags during the Christians United For Israel "Night to Honor Israel" event during the CUFI Summit 2023 on July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va.
"The Bible predicts the final world conflict will happen on the plane of Megiddo in Israel when the superpowers assemble together to do battle," he explained."Well, I think we can see now how a regional conflict could quickly escalate into a worldwide conflict. And that is going to happen one day." According to one 2017 survey from Southern Baptist publisher LifeWay, 8 in 10 evangelicals believe that"God's promise to Abraham and his descendants was for all time," and 7 in 10 agreed that"Jewish people have a historic right to the land of Israel."Evangelist Billy Graham stands by the Western Wall in Jerusalem on March 17, 1960.
At the same time as all this, the parties continued to sort demographically, with white evangelicals over time shifting to become a massive part of the Republican base – which they still are today. Moreover, the presence of a strong democracy in the Middle East was part of what made Israel important to neoconservatives, who were ascendant in the Republican Party in the 1970s and beyond.
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