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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2025 · 1H 18M

Far-Right Perspectives on Israel

from Half the Answer · host Liberal Currents

Trent and Caitlin check in with Maureen Kosse, linguist and researcher of far-right ideologies, about the various strains on the right when it comes to Israel and America’s involvement therewith. They go over the different groups of right-wing Israel supporters, including those opposed to sending military aid to Israel or to its striking of Iran, and talk about the reasons each has for throwing their weight behind the country. They also look at how individuals across the alt-right try to attract less-plugged-in folks to their movement, at first hiding their xenophobic and anti-semitic beliefs only to reveal them later.ResourcesHalf of evangelicals support Israel for restorationist reasons: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/14/half-of-evangelicals-support-israel-because-they-believe-it-is-important-for-fulfilling-end-times-prophecy/Ted Cruz tries to use Genesis to defend Israel: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14826517/ted-cruz-israel-support-iran-tucker-carlson.htmlMarjorie Taylor Greene on Jewish Space Lasers: https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/marjorie-taylor-greene-penned-conspiracy-theory-laser-beam-space-started-deadly-2018 MTG votes no on aid for Israel (2023)https://greene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=589 MTG files space laser amendment (2024) https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-lasers-israel-aid-bill-2024-4?op=1MTG votes no on anti-boycott bill (2025) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/5/us-bill-to-ban-israel-boycotts-faces-right-wing-backlash-over-free-speechMTG votes no on aid for Israel (2025) https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5392660-marjorie-taylor-greene-stop-israel-aid/Groypers view Israel as an expression of Jewish world control: https://globalextremism.org/post/groyper/History of Christian Zionism:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christian-Zionism https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/evangelical-zionism https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/ad/ad_v9_2/daw01.html https://www.globalministries.org/mee_resources_christian_zionism_koshy/ Thumbnail assets:https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=163339506 https://www.flickr.com/photos/22007612@N05/51770690611

Trent and Caitlin check in with Maureen Kosse, linguist and researcher of far-right ideologies, about the various strains on the right when it comes to Israel and America’s involvement therewith. They go over the different groups of right-wing Israel supporters, including those opposed to sending military aid to Israel or to its striking of Iran, and talk about the reasons each has for throwing their weight behind the country. They also look at how individuals across the alt-right try to attract less-plugged-in folks to their movement, at first hiding their xenophobic and anti-semitic beliefs only to reveal them later.ResourcesHalf of evangelicals support Israel for restorationist reasons: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/14/half-of-evangelicals-support-israel-because-they-believe-it-is-important-for-fulfilling-end-times-prophecy/Ted Cruz tries to use Genesis to defend Israel: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14826517/ted-cruz-israel-support-iran-tucker-carlson.htmlMarjorie Taylor Greene on Jewish Space Lasers: https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/marjorie-taylor-greene-penned-conspiracy-theory-laser-beam-space-started-deadly-2018 MTG votes no on aid for Israel (2023)https://greene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=589 MTG files space laser amendment (2024) https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-lasers-israel-aid-bill-2024-4?op=1MTG votes no on anti-boycott bill (2025) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/5/us-bill-to-ban-israel-boycotts-faces-right-wing-backlash-over-free-speechMTG votes no on aid for Israel (2025) https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5392660-marjorie-taylor-greene-stop-israel-aid/Groypers view Israel as an expression of Jewish world control: https://globalextremism.org/post/groyper/History of Christian Zionism:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christian-Zionism https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/evangelical-zionism https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/ad/ad_v9_2/daw01.html https://www.globalministries.org/mee_resources_christian_zionism_koshy/ Thumbnail assets:https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=163339506 https://www.flickr.com/photos/22007612@N05/51770690611

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