John Hagee

ChristianityPastorInfluencerChristian Zionism

Feb 2

EMAN website-03.jpg — **DOB:** 12 April 1940

**Nationality:** American

**Location:** U.S.

**Ideology/Affiliation:** Evangelical fundamentalism/Christian Zionism

**Type of Leader:** Pastor/Propagandist/Influencer

Biography

John Hagee is a right-wing Christian leader and founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a religious Christian organisation with a militaristic stance on U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Hagee commands a large follower base on social media, and is the pastor of the Texas-based Cornerstone Church - a large church that seats 5,000 people and retains a membership of 18,000. Hagee regularly discusses the topic of Christian Zionism and the responsibility of Christians, and particularly U.S. Christians to ensure that Israel is supported financially and militarily.

His view emanates from a theological doctrine that the Bible commands Christians to support the State of Israel, in preparation for the second coming of Jesus Christ, where he will establish a one-thousand-year empire with Jerusalem as its capital. Amongst other missions listed on his website focused on propagating Christianity and promoting Evangelism, “Commitment to Israel” is also listed as a key tenet of his ideology, promoting hatred of Palestinians and protecting Israel at all costs.

2.6M followers

448K subscribers

198K followers

Banned

Inactive

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Evidence of Hate Speech/Incitement:

October 2014: Hagee stated that the Ebola crisis was brought about by God because of Obama’s lack of support for Israel. He stated that “Our president is dead set on dividing Jerusalem. God is watching, and He will bring America into judgment”.

November 2011: Hagee accused American Muslims of being disloyal, further answering a question on whether Islam as a religion was peaceful or not, he stated that 19 out of 19 terrorists who carried out 9/11 were “Islamics who were quoting the Quran as they crashed their planes, not quoting John 3:16”.

May 2008: Hagee claimed that Hitler was fulfilling God’s will to chase the Jews out of Europe and have them gathered in Palestine - adding that Hitler expedited God’s work of having the Jews es-establish the state of Israel to prepare the world for the second coming of Christ.

September 2006: In a a radio interview, Hagee states that “Islam in general - those who live by the Quran have a scriptual mandate to kill Christians and Jews”