Evangelical Christians in the US played a key role in Trump's Palestine deal with Israel, permitting the annexation of occupied Palestinian territories
What Trump calls “the deal of the century” is what Palestinians see as a simple land grab and denial of their rights.
Israel immediately praised the deal as a “great plan”, but Christian evangelical leaders are as happy as Israel. According to the evangelical belief system, the creation of Israel and a complete takeover of Jerusalem, including the area where the Al Aqsa mosque exists, will pave the way for the end-of-times prophecy. With Israel occupying East Jerusalem since 1967 and effectively annexing it in 1980, the evangelical belief of a Second Coming became stronger.
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