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In the wake of the Annapolis peace conference, Bill Moyers Journal looks at Pastor John Hagee's politically powerful group Christians United for Israel, which opposes a two-state solution and calls Iran the head of the beast of radical Islam in the Middle East. Bill Moyers then gets theological and political perspective on the situation in Israel from Ronald J. Sider, director of the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy and author of The Scandal...

"Most observers explain evangelical Christians' bedrock support for Israel as stemming from the apocalyptic belief that the Jews must return to the Holy Land as a precondition for the second coming of Christ. But the real reasons, argues Stephen Spector, are far more complicated. In Evangelicals and Israel, Spector delves into the Christian Zionist movement, mining information from original interviews, Web sites, publications, news reports, survey...

The author documents the growth of American Zionism between 1933-1948. he Refers to the Non-Zionist approach of the American Jewish Committee, the personality clashes between Abba Hillel silver and Stephen wise, and the major question in american jewish minds as to whether to give priority to rescuing european jews or to securing a national homeland in palestine.

Clark explores the 400 year history of this powerful political ideology from its beginnings among the Puritans of 17th century England to the present-day United States, where Christian Zionists wield unprecedented influence.

Eleven minutes after Israel declared its independence on 14 May 1948, the United States granted it de facto recognition. President Harry Truman's memo was short and to the point: "This Government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel."...