Because broad swaths of US Evangelicals believe that Israel needs to be "re-established" for Jesus to return so there can be a holy war. No I am not kidding. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/14/h...)

79% of US Christians believe Jesus will have a second coming. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/04/09/christians-v...

The second coming of Jesus is not for fun times. It's for war that kills ~everyone except the true believers, who then get infinite utopia.

4 in 10 Americans and about half of US Christians overall believe we are living "in the end times," and two thirds of "highly religious" adults. I.e. we are approaching that second coming/holy war.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/11/17/how-religion...

Combine that with the fact that US Congress is 90% Christian –– dramatically more so than the US public –– and a pretty alarming decision-making environment emerges.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/23/lawmakers-more-religious-ge...