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Trump claims he moved US embassy to Jerusalem ‘for the evangelicals’

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Published: 21 August 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Astonishing comment follows earlier bombshell last week that Christianity played a 'big part' of Israel's deal with UAE, and plays to his strong Christian base for November election

Trump says he moved US embassy to Jerusalem ‘for the evangelicals’ (Times of Israel)
US President on campaign tour of battleground Midwest states says evangelical Christians ‘more excited’ about his support for Israel than Jewish people

Why Christian Zionists see themselves as winners in a Gulf pact with Israel (Middle East Eye)
The deal between the UAE and Israel has energised the most fundamentalist parts of Trump's base ahead of November's election, experts say

Trump’s accidental diplomacy in the Middle East (Foreign Affairs)
MARTIN INDYK: How a Botched Peace Plan Produced the Abraham Accord

Trump claims Christianity a 'big part' of Israel's deal with UAE (Jewish Chronicle)
US president claimed protecting Christians in the Middle East would also be a component of future deals signed between Israel and other countries in the region.

Will Trump's landmark Middle East deal deliver election boost from Jewish and evangelical voters? (Time)
For evangelical voters who took a chance on President Donald Trump, and conservative Jewish voters who put their hopes in him, the White House announcement that the UAE would normalise relations with Israel was delivery on a promise

Photo: US President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House, June 1 (Patrick Semansky/AP)
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