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How the White House is Courting Evangelicals on its Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

posted on March 28, 2019

Religion News Service’s Emily McFarlan Miller writes about evangelicals’ influence on the White House’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. A March meeting between prominent evangelical leaders and the president “is just one of a series of meetings, dinners, lunches and coffees the White House has had with evangelical leaders as it prepares to release its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.” Author Joel Rosenerg said, “President Trump is not like your normal politician, and therefore he is very sensitive to criticism or the potential of criticism by evangelicals with regards to a number of issues. Certainly, Israel and the Middle East is one of those topics.”

Read at Religion News Service