Rep. Gohmert Upset Obama’s Israel Policy Not Based On Biblical Prophecies

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6. This is due to the belief that a State of Israel is necessary for the second coming

As a Jew, I am aware that a number of right wing types support the State of Israel due to their belief that such a state is necessary for the second coming. Rachel Maddow discussed this the other night. This is from the article I cited above.

"It was more than just news, it was actually kind of scary that the George W. Bush administration, when we learned how policy toward that part of the world was being made inside the Bush White House," said Maddow.

"These groups wanted the Bush administration to make sure that the borders of Israel lined up exactly with what they thought the Bible said it needed to be in order to bring about the apocalypse," she explained.

In light of the history of the group with the Bush administration, Maddow said it was not surprising that he would be speaking at the group's fundraising event.

"It's an amazing thing," Maddow said. "I mean, everybody's religious beliefs are their own, and by definition in this country, nobody's religious beliefs are better than anyone else's."

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