Jews and Israel: Netanyahu Coalition and Evangelical Christians Are on Collision Course

From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: July 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Jews and Israel: Netanyahu Coalition and Evangelical Christians Are on Collision Course

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Israel's principal Washington, DC lobby, makes no bones about it. While its clout in the media flows directly from Jewish network executives, publishers, journalists, and advertisers, its hold on Congress is further strengthened by "60 million Evangelical Christians" who, as lobby advertisements put it, "believe the creation of Israel is the fulfillment of God's prophecy."

There's a complication in that, which neither Israel's Jewish supporters nor the ...

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