Hagee, Graham, Evans urges American support to Israel against the Iranian threat
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Some of the most influential evangelical leaders in the United States told Fox News Digital that they thought that President Donald Trump’s support in Israel was unshakable when the Jewish State is at war with Iran.
Speaking before and after the start of the military campaign of Israel against the regime, the leaders underlined the link of the millennium of the Jewish people to their historical homeland, while emphasizing the shared values rooted in biblical lessons.
The Evangelical Community has helped deliver the White House to President Donald Trump and, therefore, believes that his administration should support the biblical rights of Israel to his historic heart of Judea and Samaria, said Dr. Mike Evans, founder of Friends of Sion, Fox News Digital.
“We are strongly due to this position. President Trump won because of the evangelical vote. We are 52 million of us in America, and we are believers of the Bible,” he continued. “Jesus said,” You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in any Judea and Samaria, “he said. Its organization claims nearly 30 million members.
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An Israeli soldier attaches an Israeli flag at the top of a armored staff carrier near the border of Israel with Gaza, southern Israel on Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP)
Evans praised the president’s position on Iran, saying: “Trump’s strategy is brilliant because it gives Iran an Iran, but it does not remove the table that the United States will bomb Iran. Absolutely on the contrary, it clearly indicated that if Iran does whatever
Pastor John Hagee, founder and president of Christians United for Israel, who has 10 million members, told Fox News Digital that Israel has long been a central concern for American evangelicals, a priority that has only intensified since the September 11 attacks and more recently following the massacre of October 7 in Hamas. For evangelical Christians, he said, support for Israel is rooted in religious conviction rather than in political ideology. They consider the appeasement of Iran or the commitment with terrorists not only as an erroneous policy, but also morally erroneous and fundamentally evil.
A few days before the preemptive strike of Israel against Iran, and in the midst of isolationist criticisms against Israel, Hagee told Fox News Digital: “I do not think that President Trump will allow himself to be played by Iranian negotiators or American isolationist. When everything is said and done, I think that President Trump is willing to do what Iran President is the strongest.
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The Israeli air defenses seen in the northern sky of Israel during an Iranian missile attack. June 16, 2025. (Photos of Anthony Hershko / TPS-Il)
After Israel’s surprise attack on Iran, Hagee published a message recorded as part of an action alert asking his supporters to contact President Trump, thank him for his support for Israel and the exhort to continue.
“We have to stick with Israel today and every day. The future of Iran as a perverse force in the Middle East is now in question. Only the inhabitants of Iran can take over the country. But Israel has opened the door for them and taking into account the world hall to breathe. Now, the United States must take place at the head of the international table and stand next to the American allance in the free world. Declared Hage.
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Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelisc Association, published on the growing threat that Iran poses both in Israel and the United States on X.
“Iran said they wanted to wipe Israel from the face of the card. They would also like to destroy America. Iran is a sponsor of terror … Israel has been forced to defend itself and needs our prayers,” he added. “We all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and trust him should” pray for the peace of Jerusalem “(Psalm 122: 6). Pray so that it can be resolved quickly.”
Graham highlighted the long connection of the Jewish people to their historical homeland, while highlighting the shared values rooted in biblical lessons.
From left to right, Franklin Graham, Dr. Mike Evans and Pastor John Hagee urge President Donald Trump to continue supporting Israel while the Jewish state fights a war against Iran. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, included via Getty Images | Mike Evans; Lev Radin / Pacific Press / Lightrocket via Getty Images | John Hagee; Cufi / Cornerstone Church, San Antonio, Tx.)
“Most evangelical Christians believe in the Bible and, of course, we believe in Genesis, we believe that God gave the earth to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and that every centimeter of this earth belongs to the Jews,” Graham told Fox News Digital.
He stressed the importance of continuous support from the United States in Israel, citing strategic and democratic considerations.
“The American government has supported Israel since it has become a nation, and for this support, it is extremely important. It is the only democracy in the Middle East, the only place where the elections take place. No one in this part of the world has the kind of freedom that the Israelis have,” said Graham.
Evans, also quoting the Scriptures, noted that: “In Chapter 12 of Genesis, God said:” I will bless those who will bless you, and I will cursed who curses you “. The evangelicals believe that the pressure of Israel will abandon the land will bring a curse to America.
Hagee has also cited biblical lessons that promise blessings for those who bless Israel, supervising the principle as a spiritual conviction and a practical truth.
The supreme chief, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks at a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on February 5, 2020. Khamenei said on Wednesday that the Middle East plan of President Donald Trump will not survive the president. (Office of the Iranian supreme chief via AP)
“Consider the tangible results that cannot be refused-only through intelligence and sharing of technology or the first line of world war against terrorism, America has been blessed by supporting Israel in many ways. If we turn our backs to Israel, not only God News Digital, but that we will lose the freedom of the Middle East,” he said to Fox News Digital.
Hagee noted that the question has become deeply personal for many in the United States, especially in the light of recent anti-Semitic attacks against American soil. These include the incident of terrorism in Boulder, Colorado, where an illegal Egyptian immigrant injured 15 people with Molotov cocktails during a march supporting hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, as well as the fatal shooting outside the Jewish museum of the capital in Washington, DC, which cost the life to two staff Israeli.
“We expect the congress to undertake significant legislation aimed at fighting the scourge of violent anti -Semitism that rages across the country,” said Hagee.
He condemned the political delays surrounding the law on awareness of anti-Semitism and the lack of progress on the counter-move against the entrepreneurs of hatred against Israel by entrepreneurs, which would prohibit federal agencies from engaging with companies that promote a boycott of Israel.
“That the Congress continues to dive here is shameful,” said Hagee.
For his part, Evans told Fox News Digital that other problems that the Trump administration seems to face aggressively: a conference sponsored by the Saudi to put pressure for the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Pastor John Hagee speaks during “March for Israel” at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC
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“We are not too worried because we know that the president will oppose this decision to the United Nations Security Council,” he said. “The United States will not support a Palestinian state at that time, because the complete premise of the State was based on the ground for the track – a concept which supposes that Israel can ensure peace by abandoning the territory. But the Israelis have abandoned land and lost lives in the process, and that did not work.”
“Israel is faced with an existential threat and can no longer capitulate or play the earth’s game for the track. Palestinians can lead a better life, as we have seen with Israeli Arabs, who have a better quality of life in Israel than everywhere else in the Middle East,” said Evans. “The only way to follow is to stop using terrorism, and we think that the president supports this position of moral clarity, just like all evangelicals.”
