The role of any religion is to help followers perfect their ethics. In researching about this unparalleled support for US to Israel’s regime crimes, I see how religion is being manipulated to have the masses follow and submit to the will of those in power. However, those in power don’t care about religion. There is a war lobby that benefits from war (another research to come)

Back to manipulation. In some Abrahamic religions, there is a prophecy that at the end of time Jesus Christ will come back to earth in Jewish land and those who believe in him will be saved and others will be punished.

The interesting part is how this story is used by heads of some churches (predominantly evangelicals) to support Israel just because of that prophecy, regardless of any means to reach this goal. They made it sound like a good news because Jesus will come back and this formation of Jewish land is the start. Those are the biggest supporters of Israel in the US regardless of the genocide against Palestinians.

Here is the irony: the core of religion’s ethics is for people to live in peace and have high morals. At the same time, you allowed and supported war crimes because it aligns with a prophecy. How peaceful and aligned is that?!

So, in case you were thinking that Jews are the biggest US supporters of Zionism, that is not true. More than 55% of US Jews are antizionism (resource in a previous post). The major support (from population viewpoint) comes from Christian Zionists (a group of Evangelicals). Not all evangelicals though supports Zionism and the percentage is declining through the years, thanks to the young minds. Evangelicals in general form about 24% of US population. Evangelicals are part of Protestants who form 40% and keeps declining in rates higher than Catholics. There is also another interesting observation; most – if not all – antisemitic movements in the US are related to White Christian nationalists which are predominantly Protestants according to my observation. Check the second resource.

To summarize, there is a lot to do with Israel than superficially thinking about conspiracy theories made by Jews. In fact, one of the most active antiZionism organizations is Jewish Voice for Peace. At the core are manipulated Evangelicals by those in power who do not care about religion. They use it to mobilize masses to their benefits.

For those being manipulated, please do your research and read and reflect on the core values of humanity which is at the core of any religion. If someone tells you otherwise you have to use your instinct and judgement as a human being.

Resources:

About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated | Pew Research Center

Hate Groups in the U.S.

Evangelical Diversity and Support for Israel