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Evangelical support for Israel is neither permanent nor inevitable

  • Written by Walker Robins, Lecturer in History, Merrimack College
imagePresident Trump's evangelical supporters cheered the 2018 move of of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.Ariel Schalit/AP

Israel’s former ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, made waves in May 2021 when he publicly suggested that Israel should prioritize its relationship with American evangelicals over American Jews.

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