POLITICS-US: Christian Zionist's Crusade Bears Fruit
The media-savvy, well-connected and well-traveled conservative evangelical Christian Zionist - with several bestselling books to his name and a bent for the hyperbolic - has for years opposed Bush's road map to peace in the Middle East, a two-state solution, and a divided Jerusalem. He has also been warning the world about the danger that Iran poses and the necessity of a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities by either the U.S. or Israel.
"The plan," writes Evans, "is backed by a group simply known as The Elders, an idea formulated by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and musician Peter Gabriel to create a world council of elders to tackle issues such as peace in the Middle East."
Pastor John Hagee, the founder of Christians United for Israel, the Rev. Pat Robertson or the late Rev. Jerry Falwell
The Jewish people would be forced to live next door to a state controlled by Islamic fanatics such as Hamas."
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