Southern Baptists are about the only ones I can speak for
I’m pushing 60 in 2017.
The thoughts about Israel I grew up with was that they deserved a holy land homeland and were our kindred religious and cultural and political allies
This notion I see so prevalent here for lack of a better word comes across to me nowadays as what I’d call Rev Hagee or Beck style whereby Israel is end times building block and Jews are someone these folks appear to envy
Or covet being
It’s a foreign way of thinking to me
So I’m not sure maybe pandering to both
I think if you ask any Jew short of an ultra Orthodox it isn’t time for Israel yet sort or a Jewish rejectionist who sides with the Hashemite diaspora that even a Harvey Weinstein or Speilberg or Katzenberg however leftist will insist they support Israel even though they vote and finance and heavily culturally influence anti Israel democrat party candidates and ally with black leftists many of whom are what yes I would consider anti Israel and possibly anti Semite
Hence I think evangelical Protestants support Israel more politically in the long run that sentiment purporting to support Israel is arguably equal at least in their opinions of themselves
Guess you can pander to both but one group is already a GOP lock and the other may never be ever
That’s a good point that made me think....pander to evangelicals yes is likely
Good observation
And avoid the pitfall anyone white and christian has of appearing non supportive of Israel....which only in the U.S. is equated with anti Semitism and then only if the one parsing over Israel is a white conservative
Paul was the only one on stage in any danger of that....lol...he should have crowed the loudest no?
Plus don’t forget they all have Bibi envy....I know I do....my favorite world leader right now though I confess I like however unpopular Putins love of mother Russia and her cultural traditions and specific people’s...however flawed an autocrat he is.....he doesn’t apologize for Russia
BTW, regarding Does Israel pander to the U.S. in parliamentary elections...Knesset to be precise I hope not , recall the last election. Herzog's main point was Bibi's alienation of the US, which he could correct. The US relationship was a big issue, which Bibi won. Of course since Herzog opposed the Iran deal too, he couldn't differentiate himself on that issue.
American Jews don't view the GOP as historically anti-Israel. I do, but like most people I bring my political bias to these issues, so less than friendly actions toward Israel I tend to overlook. Like Dem Presidents, Republican Presidents have been more and less friendly toward Israel. Obama, though, is the anti-Israel winner.