To many Christians of Arab origin, this interpretation of biblical writ is simultaneously amusing and frustrating, eliciting more questions than scripture can answer. As arguably the oldest community of Christians in the world, are they called upon to embrace anything that could be interpreted as "support" for Israel, even if that means misguided intervention that kills innocents and leads to their displacement and destruction? One need not cite canon to know that the answer is "no."

Were this an internal belief held widely by American politicians—affecting only their private lives and philanthropic habits—perhaps there would be little need for analysis. But this is not the case. Using specious affiliations between Christianity and Zionism, American pols eagerly enact policies that often prioritize Israeli aims over American.