Brazilian Evangelical Support Israel During Crisis

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Source: Fohla de S.Paulo – English Edition – October 9, 2023

Why Do So Many Evangelicals in Brazil Support Israel in the New Conflict?

This new stage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has revived the popularity of Zionism within this religious segment

The eruption of a new conflict in Israel has flooded evangelical social media with the white and blue flag bearing the Star of David in its center. This new stage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has revived the popularity of Zionism within this religious segment, even prompting expressions of support from this religious bloc in Congress.

Brazil is one of those countries where a very large Evangelical constituency can override Arab sympathies in the political realm. The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was very pro-Israel. The current president is not so.


Rio De Janiero protest in support of Israel
Posted on YouTube: October 15, 2023


Pro-Israel supporters from another view.
Posted on YouTube: October 16, 2023

Almost one-third of Brazil is now Evangelical Christian (31%) – who tend to support Zionism – and the government, even though it is leftist, has to respect their political power.


Posted on YouTube: October 16, 2023

One can see the enormous numbers of people who support Israel. Yet, there are not a lot of Jews in Brazil, relatively speaking. Roughly 110,000 which is one-twentieth of one percent (0.05%) of the population.

So where is this support coming from: The Evangelicals.

Yes, there is pro-Palestinian support (see video below) but it will be drowned out.

Remember that the Arabs in Brazil are, in the vast majority, Christian, and some of those would be Evangelical or, at the least, moderate Maronites. So even though Brazil has roughly 15 million Arabs, the Evangelicals will win.


News report on pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel supporters.
Posted on YouTube: October 11, 2023

The Evangelical Christians are making demographic gains daily. While there will be pro-Palestinian support in Brazil, in the end, the politics will sway to Israel. The Evangelicals are powerful — powerful enough that the leftist president Lula da Silva has had to moderate his position.

Added October 24 (below):

Not just the Evangelicals in Brazil. Apparently, there was a massive street protest in favor of Israel in Buenos Aires. Argentina has a massive amount of influential Jews — circa 180,000.

Expect Brazil, with its large Evangelical base, and Argentina – with a large Jewish community – to be more muted or balanced in taking sides in this war, unlike Chile or Honduras where Palestinians are large, elite, and powerful.

The video below was posted on October 16 which leads me to believe that this protest and the Brazilian demonstrations were coordinated to occur around the same time, across Brazil and Argentina, as a large scale show of political power.