Evangelical leaders praise Trump’s continued support for Israel amid war with Iran

Some of the astir influential evangelical leaders successful the U.S. told Fox News Digital that they judge President Donald Trump’s enactment for Israel is unwavering arsenic the Jewish authorities finds itself astatine warfare with Iran.

Speaking earlier and aft the commencement of Israel’s subject run against the regime, the leaders highlighted the millennialong transportation of the Jewish radical to their humanities homeland, portion besides emphasizing the shared values rooted successful biblical teachings.

The evangelical assemblage helped present the White House to President Donald Trump and, therefore, believes his medication should enactment Israel’s biblical rights to its humanities heartland of Judea and Samaria, Dr. Mike Evans, laminitis of Friends of Zion, told Fox News Digital 

"We clasp powerfully to that stand. President Trump won due to the fact that of the Evangelical vote. There are 52 cardinal of america successful America, and we are Bible believers," helium continued. "Jesus said, ‘You volition beryllium my witnesses successful Jerusalem and successful each Judea and Samaria,'" helium said. His enactment claims astir 30 cardinal members.

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An Israeli worker attaches an Israeli emblem connected apical of an armored unit bearer adjacent Israel's borderline with Gaza, successful confederate Israel, connected Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP)

Evans praised the president's stance connected Iran, saying, "The Trump strategy is superb due to the fact that he’s giving Iran a mode out, but he’s not taking it disconnected the array that the U.S. volition weaponry Iran. Quite the contrary, he’s made it precise wide that if Iran does thing to onslaught U.S. bases successful the Middle East oregon Americans, they volition person hellhole to pay."

Pastor John Hagee, laminitis and president of Christians United for Israel, which numbers 10 cardinal members, told Fox News Digital that Israel has agelong been a cardinal interest for American evangelicals, a precedence that has lone intensified since the 9/11 attacks and much precocious successful the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre. For evangelical Christians, helium said, enactment for Israel is rooted successful spiritual condemnation alternatively than governmental ideology. They presumption appeasement of Iran oregon engagement with terrorists not conscionable arsenic flawed policy, but arsenic morally incorrect and fundamentally evil.

Just days earlier Israel’s preemptive onslaught against Iran, and amid isolationist disapproval against Israel, Hagee told Fox News Digital, "I bash not think President Trump volition let himself to beryllium played by Iranian negotiators oregon American isolationists. When it's each said and done, I believe President Trump is consenting to bash what it takes to guarantee Iran is defanged either by enabling our strongest ally, Israel, to support itself oregon otherwise."

Israeli aerial defenses seen successful the skies implicit bluish Israel during an Iranian rocket attack. June 16, 2025. (Photos by Anthony Hershko/TPS-IL)

Following Israel’s astonishment onslaught connected Iran, Hagee released a recorded connection arsenic portion of an enactment alert asking his supporters to interaction President Trump, convey him for his enactment of Israel and impulse him to continue.

"We indispensable basal with Israel contiguous and each day. Iran’s aboriginal arsenic an evil unit successful the Middle East is present successful question. Only the radical of Iran tin instrumentality the state back. But Israel has opened the doorway for them and fixed the satellite country to breathe. Now the U.S. indispensable instrumentality its spot astatine the caput of the planetary array and basal alongside the lone American state successful the escaped satellite consenting to bash what is indispensable to support the escaped world," Hagee said.

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Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, posted astir the increasing menace Iran poses to some Israel and the United States connected X.

"Iran has said that they privation to hitch Israel disconnected the look of the map. They would besides similar to destruct America. Iran is simply a sponsor of panic … Israel has been forced into defending itself and needs our prayers," helium added. "All of america who judge successful the Lord Jesus Christ and spot Him should ‘Pray for the bid of Jerusalem’ (Psalm 122:6). Pray that this tin beryllium resolved quickly."

Graham pointed to the agelong transportation of the Jewish radical to their historical homeland, portion besides emphasizing the shared values rooted successful biblical teachings.

From near to right, Franklin Graham, Dr. Mike Evans and Pastor John Hagee are urging President Donald Trump to proceed backing Israel arsenic the Jewish authorities fights a warfare against Iran. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images | Mike Evans; Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images | John Hagee; CUFI/Cornerstone Church, San Antonio, TX.)

"Most evangelical Christians judge the Bible and, of course, we judge Genesis, we judge God gave the onshore to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and that each inch of that onshore belongs to the Jews," Graham told Fox News Digital.

He underscored the value of continued U.S. enactment for Israel, citing some strategical and antiauthoritarian considerations.

"The U.S. authorities has supported Israel since it became a nation, and for that enactment to proceed is highly important. It’s the lone ideology successful the Middle East, the lone spot wherever elections are held. No 1 other successful that portion of the satellite has the kinds of freedoms that Israelis have," Graham said.

Evans, besides quoting scripture, noted that, "In Genesis section 12, God said, ‘I volition bless those who bless you, and I volition curse him who curses you.’ Evangelicals judge that pressuring Israel to springiness up onshore volition bring a curse connected America. If they person to take betwixt God’s connection and anyone else’s, they volition take God’s word," helium said.

Hagee besides cited biblical teachings that committedness blessings for those who bless Israel, framing the rule arsenic some a spiritual condemnation and a applicable truth.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks astatine a gathering successful Tehran, Iran, connected Feb. 5, 2020. Khamenei said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's Middle East program volition not outlive the president. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

"Consider the tangible results that cannot beryllium denied—whether done quality and exertion sharing oregon warring connected the beforehand lines of the planetary warfare connected terror, America has been blessed by supporting Israel successful galore ways. If we crook our backs connected Israel, not lone volition God crook His backmost connected America, but we volition suffer freedom’s foothold successful the Middle East," helium told Fox News Digital.

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Hagee noted that the contented has go profoundly idiosyncratic for galore successful the United States, particularly successful airy of caller antisemitic attacks connected American soil. These see the panic incidental successful Boulder, Colorado, wherever an amerciable Egyptian migrant injured 15 radical with Molotov cocktails during a march supporting hostages inactive held by Hamas successful Gaza, arsenic good arsenic the fatal shooting extracurricular the Capital Jewish Museum successful Washington, D.C., which claimed the lives of 2 unit members from the Israeli Embassy.

"We expect Congress to instrumentality up meaningful authorities aimed astatine combating the scourge of convulsive antisemitism raging crossed the country," Hagee said.

He condemned the governmental delays surrounding the Antisemitism Awareness Act and the deficiency of advancement connected the Countering Hate Against Israel by Federal Contractors Act, which would prohibit national agencies from engaging with companies that beforehand a boycott of Israel.

"That Congress continues to dither present is shameful," Hagee said.

For his part, Evans told Fox News integer that different contented that the Trump medication appears to beryllium confronting aggressively: a French-Saudi-sponsored conference to propulsion for the designation of a Palestinian state.

Pastor John Hagee speaks during "March For Israel" astatine the National Mall connected Nov. 14, 2023 successful Washington, D.C.

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"We’re not overly concerned, due to the fact that we cognize the president volition reason this determination astatine the U.N. Security Council," helium said. "The United States volition not backmost a Palestinian authorities astatine this time, arsenic the full premise of statehood has been based connected land-for-peace—a conception that assumes Israel tin unafraid bid by relinquishing territory. But Israelis person fixed up onshore and mislaid lives successful the process, and it hasn’t worked."

"Israel is facing an existential menace and tin nary longer capitulate oregon play the land-for-peace game. Palestinians tin pb a amended life, arsenic we’ve seen with Israeli Arabs, who person a amended prime of beingness successful Israel than anyplace other successful the Middle East," Evans continued. "The lone mode guardant is if they halt resorting to terrorism, and we judge the president supports this presumption of motivation clarity, arsenic bash each Evangelicals."