Christian Zionism and Its Impact on USA Politics

Authors : Servet Doğan, Mahmut Aydın

Pages : 47-73

Doi:10.17131/milel.1502653

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Publication Date : 2024-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :As we will see in this study, “Christian Zionism,” which was historically introduced about half a century before Jewish Zionism and inspired it, is not merely a concept consisting of two words. While the Jewish ideology of returning to Palestine had a Messianic and religious jargon in ancient and medieval times, contemporary Jewish Zionism has additional secular, nationalist, and socialist components to it. It is not possible to evaluate Christian Zionism independently of specific prophecies and, of course, religion. When we look at the history of Christianity, although we see extreme anti-Semitism and, within the framework of this enmity, severe oppression and persecution of Jews, in recent years, significant Christian groups, especially American Evangelicals, have not only renounced the oppression and genocide of Jews but have decided to support Jews under all circumstances and even seem to be filled with sympathy for Jews. Can it be the reason that Christians, through their reading of the Old Testament from a different perspective in the post-Reformation period, have truly regretted their mistreatment of the Jews up to this point and have come to appreciate the Jews? Or else do economic and political interests now require such a theopolitics? Or do Christian Zionists, together with Jewish Zionists, believe that the coming Messiah at the end of the world will destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and build the Temple of Solomon in its place? Is it because of these beliefs that Evangelical Christians and their puppet US administration support the state of Israel under all circumstances, regardless of the human tragedy in Gaza? By seeking answers to these and similar questions in the current study, it will be presented to the reader\\\'s attention why the Western states, especially the United States, support and participate in this crime against humanity by Israel, which massacres dozens of innocent people every day.
Keywords : Hıristiyanlık, Siyonizm, Hıristiyan Siyonizmi, Dispensasyonalizm