Pastor John Hagee, founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, has sharply criticized antisemitic rhetoric emerging on parts of the American political Right. In an op-ed for the Jewish News Syndicate, highlighted by The Daily Wire, he calls on Bible-believing Christians to place their faith above partisan identity and to stand in unity with the Jewish people.
Pastor John Hagee, the founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, has issued a forceful denunciation of what he describes as growing antisemitism in segments of the American political Right, according to a report by The Daily Wire summarizing his recent op-ed in the Jewish News Syndicate.
In the JNS piece, Hagee recalls testimony given nearly a decade ago by his daughter, Sandra, before the House Judiciary Committee. At that hearing, she warned, “The lessons learned in classrooms today become the policies in the public square tomorrow.” Hagee argues that the normalization of “Jew-hatred” she described on campus has since broken into the broader public square.
He poses a series of questions about how Christians should respond: whether it is acceptable to give bigots a platform without challenge or to embrace hard-nosed political calculations at the expense of moral convictions. Answering his own questions, he writes, “Not if you call yourself a Christian. It’s just that simple.”
Hagee warns that some voices on the Right are effectively elevating political identity above religious belief. “In America, Bible-believing Christians must not allow themselves to be deceived into thinking that being a conservative or a Republican or a supporter of the MAGA movement is on the same plane as their faith,” he cautions. “It is not. Nothing in this world, or the next, trumps the word of God.”
Drawing on Christian scripture, Hagee contends that contemporary antisemites are reviving historic slanders against Jews, including the charge that the Jewish people are collectively responsible for the death of Christ. He counters this by citing Jesus’ words in John 10:18: “No man takes my life from me; I lay it down willingly,” and argues that anyone who blames “any people group” for Christ’s death is signaling that they reject core Christian teaching about his sacrificial death.
Hagee also condemns what he calls modern versions of replacement theology — the belief that the church has entirely supplanted the Jewish people in God’s plan. He describes it as a “backwards ideology” that portrays God as having turned his back on the Jews and insists, “God is not a promise breaker,” maintaining that the Jewish people retain a unique, biblically grounded relationship with God.
Turning to specific figures, Hagee names far-right political commentators and podcasters Nick Fuentes, Steve Bannon, Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson as examples of voices he believes are spreading such ideas. According to the Daily Wire report, he writes that they and “their ilk will be called to account for every mind they poison.” Quoting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, he further argues that “blaming the Jews for everything… is demonic, and it is from the pit of hell and it should not be tolerated,” calling those who peddle such narratives “wicked.”
Hagee roots his appeal in Genesis 12:3, the biblical promise to Abraham: “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” He maintains that the rise and fall of nations, including the United States, is intertwined with how they treat the Jewish people, asserting that this is both a divine promise and a pattern borne out in history.
Reiterating a message he says he has preached for decades, Hagee declares, “If a line must be drawn, let it be drawn around Christians and Jews together. We are spiritual brethren. The line has been drawn. Now is the time for choosing.”
In concluding remarks, he appeals directly to Christians by invoking Matthew 25:40 — “what you did for the least of His Brethren… you did for me” — and cites Psalms 105:15, “Dare not touch my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.” Hagee argues that these passages underscore the duty of Christians to defend the Jewish people, whom he describes as “chosen and cherished,” and he pledges that “millions of Bible-believing Christians in America will continue to stand alongside them.”
