Half the Answer Far-Right Perspectives on Israel
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Jul 25, 2025 Join Maureen Kosse, a linguist and expert on far-right ideologies, as she unpacks the complex views on Israel from various right-wing factions. She explores the contradictions in pro-Israel sentiment intertwined with anti-Semitic agendas. Maureen discusses how groups like Christian nationalists manipulate biblical narratives while revealing their xenophobic extremes. The conversation also sheds light on the evolving dynamics of US aid to Israel amidst rising domestic challenges, and the strange bedfellows in the intersection of politics and religious ideologies.
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Far Right’s Divergent Israel Views
- The far right has two main views on Israel: religious pro-Israel for end times prophecy and anti-Jewish pro-Israel for ethnostate modeling.
- Each group uses Israel strategically, either biblically or as a model for racial separatism.
Christian Zionism’s Biblical Roots
- Evangelical Christian support for Israel is largely driven by biblical prophecies about the end times.
- This support demands Jewish conversion to Christianity and is often disconnected from modern political realities.
Greene’s Space Laser Amendment
- Marjorie Taylor Greene filed an amendment calling for space laser technology to defend the U.S. border, linking it to conspiracies about Jewish control.
- This reflects a strategy to gain attention by stirring controversy rather than genuine belief in the technology.