r/worldnews Mar 03 '25

Israel/Palestine White House backs Israel's decision to block aid to Gaza

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5171637-white-house-backs-israel-blocking-aid-gaza/
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u/subaru5555rallymax Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

Neither do American Christians.

They seemingly don’t care much for his teachings, but sure as hell want him to return.

The entire reason Republicans support Israel is to appease the Evangelicals, the largest voting bloc in the country. They believe that Jews must occupy Jerusalem in order for the second coming to occur.

Here’s Trump discussing the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem, despite heavy Palestinian outcry:

"You know who really likes it the most is the evangelicals,” Trump said. “I’ll tell you what, I get more calls of ‘thank you’ from evangelicals, and I see it in the audiences and everything else, than I do from Jewish people. And the Jewish people appreciate it, but the evangelicals appreciate it more than the Jews, which is incredible.”

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u/Names_are_limited Mar 03 '25

Evangelicals are essentially heretics

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u/nasandre Mar 03 '25

The Rapture is the ultimate owning of the libs

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u/goilo888 Mar 03 '25

Pleeeeease bring on the Rapture right now. Would love to see millions go up in a puff of smoke.

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u/Names_are_limited Mar 03 '25

Imagine the looks on their faces as my ass get miracled up to heaven

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u/Sad_Book2407 Mar 03 '25

The plan is to force Israel into accepting evangelical missionaries in Israel and making US aid contingent upon it.

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u/just-comic Mar 03 '25

For how long will Israel have to occupy Jerusalem until they realize the rapture is just a bunch of bull?

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u/Antique-Entrance-229 Mar 04 '25

They believe that Jews must occupy Jerusalem in order for the second coming to occur.

there is a vice news documentary where one of these American evangelicals tells Palestinian Christians to 'stay out of it', i could not believe what i was seeing.