The Role of Evangelical Christians in the Survival and Regional Hegemony of the Zionist Regime
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Amir Aghajani
1
,
Seyed Asadollah Athary
2
,
Hojjatollah Darvish Pour
3
,
Mohammadreza Hatami
4
1 - Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Political Science, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran
3 - Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Political Science, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Evangelical Christians, Jews, the United States of America, Jesus Christ, the Zionist regime,
Abstract :
Since the 16th century, evangelical Christians have always made extensive efforts to attract Jews and Christians and tried to induce the thinking of managing the events of the end of time and making the appearance of Christ come into being. They have done major works such as author-ing books, writing many articles, holding congresses, and influencing them; Because they be-lieve that one of the steps of the reappearance of Christ is the return of all Jews to Palestine and the support of the Israeli government so that currently the most essential concern of evangelical Christians is; The issue is the territory, power, and survival of the Zionist regime. Therefore, the question arises, what role do evangelical Christians play in Israel's survival and regional hegem-ony? The hypothesis of the article states that the evangelist current is a cultural, political, and discourse current that relies on Talmudic and Torah teachings and the support of Western coun-tries, especially the United States of America, as well as influence in the mass media today, has been able to survive and regional hegemony. become a Zionist regime, and this article, based on the descriptive-explanatory method and using the discourse analysis theory of Laclau and Mouffe, tried to examine how evangelical Christian’s influence and support the survival of the Zionist regime.
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