Many right-wingers support Israel because they're bible-thumpers who believe that God gave "the land of Canaan" (modern-day Israel) to Abraham and his descendants through his second son Isaac (grandfather of the 12 tribes of Israel, from whom Jews descend) in perpetuity, whereas Abraham's first son Ishmael (from whom the 12 tribes of Ishmael descend, and from those 12 tribes, Arabs) had his own nation (in modern-day Arabia). Thus, they believe Jews have an inalienable, God-given right to the land that is modern-day Israel, and Arabs categorically do not have any right to it and don't belong there.
They also believe that a re-established Jewish state across all of Israel is part of the prophesied Second Coming of Jesus, Judgment Day, Armageddon, etc.
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