# The strangest reason to support Israel from a CNN poll

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**Created:** [June 26, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-reason-to-support-israel-from-a-cnn-poll/115958 "2002-06-26T01:42:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-reason-to-support-israel-from-a-cnn-poll/115958/1 "2002-06-26T01:42:27Z")

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You won’t believe the cockamamie sh\*t I just saw on CNN.

Not that I think that CNN is a reliable source of news or anything - and I was just flipping through channels so I didn’t see the source of the stat - but here it goes:

36% of Americans polled support Israel because the believe Israel must be controlled by the Jews before Christ will come again.

Those wacky Christians!

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**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-reason-to-support-israel-from-a-cnn-poll/115958/2 "2002-06-26T03:13:53Z")

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haha. That’s my Dad! He’s all about the Jews building a temple again and the anti-Christ taking it over.

Ouisey

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**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-reason-to-support-israel-from-a-cnn-poll/115958/3 "2002-06-26T06:13:14Z")

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That’s not so wacky on part of CNN. It’s a long standing reason why the likes of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are so intensly pro-Israel.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-reason-to-support-israel-from-a-cnn-poll/115958/4 "2002-06-26T19:47:28Z")

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Do they have that poll on their site anywhere?