Why is the Republican Party the Party of Zionism?

he movement to isolate Israel may be in full swing on college campuses across the country, and Israel may be the subject of ever-louder international denunciations, but when it comes to a Republican Party riven by squabbles, the Jewish state has become a unifying glue. read more

The Republican Party is the party of Evangelical Christians who want to use Israel as a proxy in an anti-Islamic crusade in the hopes of bringing about the second coming of Jesus. It is also the party of right wing Jews who think a very aggressive US is good for Israel. read more

Pro-Israel hawks have done more in 20 years than create a fundraising apparatus designed to impose pro-Israel litmus tests upon Republican politicians; they have forged an entire ideological party inside the Beltway, comprised of think tank staffers and ideological journalists, all of whom can be reliably counted on to advocate for some version of a right-wing Israeli perspective whenever circumstances require it. read more

As these voters moved in large numbers to the Republican Party, beginning with the election in 1980, these pro-Israel Christians started to emerge as the largest and most important segment of the GOP base. read more