Supporting Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, now less than three months away
FILE - Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks with reporters after signing papers to get on the Republican presidential primary ballot at the New Hampshire Statehouse, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Concord, N.H. The Republican Party’s White House hopefuls are offering conflicting messages on the growing foreign policy challenges. A presidential election that has long been centered on domestic kitchen-table issues is suddenly shifting its focus abroad with the Israel-Hamas war.
Some Christians support Israel due to Old Testament writings that Jews are God’s chosen people and that Israel is their rightful homeland. Some evangelicals believe Israel is key to an end-times prophecy that will bring about the return of the Christian messiah. Several activists interviewed by The Associated Press were rankled by Trump's criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the immediate aftermath of the Hamas attack, and by his suggestion that Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group fighting with Israel on the country's northern border, was “very smart.”
Trump and several other Republicans have alleged Hamas sympathizers could cross the southern U.S. border, despite there being almost no known examples of unauthorized border crossers staging mass attacks. And Haley and Florida Gov.— who are battling for second place in many national polls — have argued over who is tougher on refugee issues after the Hamas attack.
DeSantis has aggressively tried to win the support of evangelical clergy. One Iowa pastor leaning toward supporting DeSantis, Joseph Brown, called Trump's criticism of Netanyahu “a huge turnoff” and questioned his true beliefs on Israel. Iowa’s evangelical voters are not monolithic. One point of debate is whether the U.S. should accept refugees from Gaza, where many of its roughly 2 million residents have been displaced by Israeli airstrikes and face acute shortages of food and water.
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Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucusesSupporting Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, now less than three months away. That's according to interviews with more than a dozen Iowa conservative activists. Curbing abortion has for decades energized Christian conservatives like no other issue.
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Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucusesSupporting Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, now less than three months away
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Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucusesSupporting Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, now less than three months away.
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Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucusesSupporting Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, now less than three months away
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Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucusesSupporting Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, now less than three months away.
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Republican Scott to boost staff, resources in Iowa as presidential campaign flagsU.S. Senator Tim Scott is increasing his staff in Iowa and shifting resources to the early voting state as he seeks to revive his languishing campaign to be the Republican 2024 presidential nominee.
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