President Trump's photo op at St. John's Episcopal Church, where he held up a Bible without praying or notifying church leaders, following a speech on quelling violence during protests, sparked concerns of merging politics with religion akin to tactics seen in authoritarian regimes.

Adi Sherzer, a doctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University, discusses the construction of the Israeli national narrative in the early years of statehood, blending modern Israeli identity with Jewish tradition.