An op-ed in today’s Jerusalem Post by Mike Evans, founder of Churches United with Israel, the largest Christian Zionist network in America, with more than 30 million followers; the author of 120 books; and the founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, as well as the Ten Boom Museum in Holland, should give pause to everyone who believes in the separation of church and state as a foundation stone of a liberal democracy.

In a response to Marjorie Taylor Greene, a former Republican congresswoman from Georgia, who alleged that Donald Trump had to make a deal with Israel to be elected president, he claims, “Donald Trump’s rise wasn’t driven by Israel, but by millions of Evangelical voters who demanded action on faith, values, and unwavering support.”

Evans continues: “The truth is much simpler, and it needs to be said clearly. Donald Trump did not make a deal with Israel. He made a deal with Evangelicals. When Donald Trump ran for president, he asked for our support. And we gave it, with three clear expectations: to reverse Roe v. Wade (i.e. that permitted abortion on demand), to stand by Israel, and to support our Christian values in America.”

To be sure, anyone who runs for public office in a democracy can promise anything he or she chooses to promise to any group as long as what is being promised is not illegal under the law. So far so good. Trump........

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