How to fight antisemitism

The vast majority of the people supporting the State of Israel are not Jewish.

Prince George, BC, May 25, 2026/Troy Media/ - People across the world are understandably angry about the rise in fuel prices, accompanied by overall inflation. This happened after the United States and Israel attacked Iran at the behest of Israel, which identifies itself as a Jewish state.

There has also been a rise in antisemitism, and this is dangerous and irrational. If we are going to solve global issues, we need to understand the true causes. Hatred directed at a vulnerable minority is never the answer.

The first truth we need to recognize is that not all Jews support the State of Israel. In fact, many Jews, and some Jewish organizations, are among the strongest opponents to the actions of this “Jewish State.”

The second truth is that much of the support for the State of Israel comes from Christian Zionists, not Jews. Christian Zionism predates the founding of Jewish Zionism by half a century. Jewish people make up 0.2% of the global population, or roughly 15.7 million people. In the United States alone, there are 30 to 50 million Christian Zionists.

In Canada, it is estimated that there are four million Christian Evangelicals, roughly ten times the number of Canadian Jews. Many of these are also Christian Zionists, but it is difficult to assign a specific number to their ranks.

What we can do, however, is examine the teachings of influential Christian Zionists.

Mike Huckabee is a Baptist minister and the American Ambassador to Israel. Earlier this year, he engaged in a conversation with conservative American political commentator Tucker Carlson.

Carlson referred to a verse from the Book of Genesis that said God promised Abraham the territory “from the Euphrates to the Nile”, an area that encompasses several West Asian countries, and asked Huckabee if this was what he meant by “Israel.”

Huckabee tried to avoid being specific, instead stating that “Israel is a land that God gave, through Abraham, to a people that he chose.”

Carlson persisted, asking, “What land are you talking about?” again, referring to the territory from the Euphrates to the Nile.

To this, Huckabee, a man who represents the country with the largest military in the world, said, “It would be fine if they (the Israelis) took it all.”

The founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest, and arguably most influential, Zionist organization in the United States, is John Hagee. His sermons are easily available online, and they are quite revealing. On March 1, he praised the American attack on Iran called “Epic Fury.” He said that an “earthquake will swallow one third of the army coming against Israel. You have Russia coming with Iran…and you have Turkey included…. a marching horde will invade Israel.” He goes on to talk about “fire and brimstone” being sent from heaven to destroy these invading forces.

To Christian Zionists, this violence is necessary so that Jesus can come again and bring them to heaven. They also teach that Jews will be given the opportunity to embrace Jesus, but choosing not to do so will result in being condemned to hell for eternity.

Why are there Jewish people allying themselves with those who claim to be their friends, yet see such extreme violence as the will of God?

As a Levantine Christian - my family spoke the language of Jesus, Aramaic, and my name means “minor Church official” – I see Christian Zionism is the ultimate cultural appropriation. How can our indigenous religion be used to justify our own slaughter?

As Canadians, we have a right to ask whether our decision makers who “stand with Israel” share Huckabee and Hagee’s beliefs. Former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, for example, identified as a Christian Evangelical, and offered uncompromising support to the Benjamin Netanyahu regime in Israel, including military support.

Apologists for the State of Israel insist that the situation is “complex”. In times of political and economic chaos, such vague excuses can lead to confusion, frustration, scapegoating, arbitrary violence, and, in this case, antisemitic attacks.

It is therefore essential to understand the source of our current global crisis, and recognize that it originated largely outside the Jewish community.