MESOP COMMENTARY BY JONATHAN SPYER : ISRAEL … THE WINNER OF UK ELECTIONS ?

– SPEAKING ABOUT IAN PAISLEY’S NORTERN IRISH DUP & PROTESTANTISM

Jonathan Spyer There is an interesting historical point to be made here re this community’s traditional support for Israel. When I say ‘this community’ I dont just mean Ulster Unionists, but rather that particular low church, Protestant, militant, Bible-thumping tradition of which they are a part and that is an element of the English-speaking world. Representatives of this orientation are very noticeably over-represented among friends of Israel and Zionism in the English-speaking world,both now and historically. Examples: Arthur James Balfour, Orde Wingate, John Henry Patterson, George Eliot.. I suppose it is the prominent role of the ‘Old Testament’, in their worship which lies at the core of this. More profoundly, arguably, a major factor that sets the US apart from other English-speaking countries in the levels of public support for Israel is the far greater preponderance and influence of this trend in American life when compared with any other English-speaking nation. https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.spyer?fref=ufi
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