Are All Fundies Anti-Palestinian?

This interesting article in the New York Times says that there is a significant chunk of evangelicals who are in support of a Palestinian state. It says that there are lefty elements within evangelicalism that are going against what I thought was the status quo for Bible Bangers.

"In the last year and half, liberal and moderate evangelicals have initiated two other efforts that demonstrated fissures in the evangelical movement. Last year, they parted with the conservative flank by campaigning against climate change and global warming. This year, they denounced the use of torture in the fight against terrorism."

This differs from the other evangelicals who support Israel unconditionally because the Bible tells them to and because they believe that Israel's expanse into the West Bank is necessary for Christ's return. Basically they support Israel so Jesus can come back and send all the Jews who live there to hell.

It's good to know that there are alternative voices among American hardcore Christians, but they are far from the loudest voices. There are still plenty of evangelicals who say that, “Bible-believing evangelicals will scoff at that message [that a Palestinian state is a good thing]."

There are still plenty of Christians who argue that, “The Palestinian people have never owned the land of Israel, never existed as an autonomous society." Because, of course, if a community of people that has cultivated a section of land for over a thousand years is not "an autonomous society," it should have no right to live there.