'It's My Personal Belief': Mike Johnson Acknowledges Biblical Rationale For The US To Support Israel

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At a House Republican press briefing on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was asked about supporting Israel.

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00:00Speaker Johnson, you've laid out the case for the geopolitical reasons why the U.S. should support Israel.

00:06But as a man of faith who has been clear about the role that that plays in how you approach your job,

00:12do you also think that there is a moral or biblical rationale for the U.S. to be supporting Israel at this moment?

00:19Sure. It's my personal belief.

00:21It begins in the first book of the Bible, the Torah, in Genesis,

00:25where it says very clearly that God will bless the nation that blesses Israel and curse the nation that curses Israel.

00:31So whether you look at this as a matter of faith, whether you look at it in purely pragmatic reasons,

00:38it's very important, very important for us to support Israel as the only stable democracy in the Middle East

00:44and one of our closest allies, arguably the most strategic ally that we have.

00:50If you do not have a stable democracy in that part of the world, it's a tinderbox.

00:54So supporting Israel, both economically, geopolitically, for policy reasons, makes all the sense in the world.

01:01But for some of us, it goes even deeper than that because it is a matter of faith.

01:05So whatever the reason, there is no logical position for any American to say that they would not support Israel,

01:14especially at this desperate time.

01:16Iran is close to having nuclear capability, if anybody missed that headline over the last couple of weeks.

01:23It's a serious business, and we have to take it seriously,

01:26and the fact that the administration is not even willing to sit on the rostrum to support the prime minister at this time to us is just...

'It's My Personal Belief': Mike Johnson Acknowledges Biblical Rationale For The US To Support Israel

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