White evangelical Christians are some of Israel's biggest supporters. Why?

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

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As war continues to rage in the Middle East, attention has been turned to how American Jews, Muslims, and Palestinians relate to the state of Israel. But when we talk about the region, American Christians, particularly evangelical Christians, are often not part of that story. But their political support for Israel is a major driver for U.S. policy — in part because Evangelicals make up an organized, dedicated constituency with the numbers to exert major influence on U.S. politics.

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0:25.5	What's good you're listening to Code Switch. I'm Gene Dunby. And today on the show
0:29.4	we are starting in Jerusalem.
0:34.0	Hi, I'm Mike Huckabee. I've been coming to Israel since 1973
0:36.0	when I was all of 17 years old.
0:39.0	But starting in 1981, I started bringing groups here.
0:42.0	You all remember Mike Huckapey.
0:44.0	He used to be the governor of Arkansas.
0:45.0	He ran for president a couple times.
0:47.0	He's a media guy now, and one of his side hustles
0:50.0	is that he leads these semi-regular tours in Israel
0:54.0	for evangelical Christians like himself.
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1:02.0	To get information on our next trip to the land of the
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1:13.1	I'm sure it's very expensive to go on his tours.
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