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How Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz's biblical bickering explains the MAGA divide on Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY The interview between Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz highlighted the internal MAGA divide on U.S. support for Israel and intervention in Iran. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastChristian ZionismBiblical InterpretationAipacTed CruzTucker CarlsonU.S. InterventionMaga PoliticsEvangelical Beliefs

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Louis Keene is a reporter for the Forward. His work has also been published in The New York Times, New York magazine and Vice. He is based in Los Angeles."
Israel
"Jews are a majority in the modern state of Israel, and its not uncommon to see Jewish people post the biblical phrase when ill befalls Israels enemies or conversely post Am Yisrael Chai as a statement of support for the people or the place."
Iran
"In a fiery two-hour interrogation, Carlson a leader of the MAGA movements isolationist faction challenged Cruz on his support for regime change in Iran and for Israel generally."

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