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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by rbanffy on Monday May 20, 2024 @07:28PM (#40421897)
> Hamas's messianic nutbag leader genuinely believed that he was ushering in the end of days

This is more or less why Israel has so much support between Evangelical Christians. A relatively large number of these people actually want the world to end because they really believe in the Rapture and that they’ll be saved.

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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by tptacek on Monday May 20, 2024 @07:30PM (#40421923)
People overindex on this. Israel enjoys overwhelming support in both parties, and, for those unfamiliar with US politics, evangelicals belong overwhelmingly to just one of them.
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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by rbanffy on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @02:38AM (#40424889)
In the US, not supporting Israel is political suicide.

That said, a lot of evangelicals do believe the world is about to end and are willing to pay to hasten the process.

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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by tptacek on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @10:46AM (#40429182)
Telling a pollster you support Israel isn't political suicide, and Americans consistently do that. It's political suicide for a politician to oppose Israel, because Americans like Israel.
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Re:ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu fo... by rbanffy on Thursday May 23, 2024 @03:39AM (#40451683)
There’s an immense gap between supporting Israel and a two-state solution and supporting Netanyahu and those positions should be confused. I fully support the two-state solution, but I don’t support Netanyahu and his genocidal policies.
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