Prolog
Trump has made cryptic remarks multiple times about how "Israel no longer controls Congress like it used to" and has made it sound like this is the natural order of things that has been upset in recent years. This comment has greatly confused many a people, even Anons included.
Many were disappointed, believed he is a zionist puppet. Some were actually overjoyed because they believe in upholding the right of Israel. Common consensus amongst Anons was that Trump was exposing something in his own trolling way.
There is truth to it, but that answer never completely satisfied me and so I kept digging. After digging in many directions, I finally found my answer - and I was truly shocked. If I said I was shocked to the core, it would not be an understatement.
Not only did I understand why Trump says this (beyond the obvious trolling) but surprisingly it provided answer to a question I was yet to ask: "Why does Israel have such a deep hold on America?"
Before you read further, I strongly encourage everyone of you to ask this question to yourself: When did this (Israel's hold on America) even start ?
What is your answer Anon? When JFK forced American Zionist Council to be declared a foreign agent and got assassinated? When AZC was created in 1949? When Israel was created? When Balfour declaration was signed?
You will be wrong. Not only does it predate the creation of Israel itself, but it predates the creation of USA itself. Let that sink in for a second.
You can even make a good case that one of the goals for creation of USA. infact, was the creation of the state of Israel. But creation of Israel was not the end goal. It was simply considered an important milestone for the end goal.
The end goal is to bring about the end of the world because, it was believed, that it was possible to hasten the end times and make it possible for Jesus' second coming and to bring about the Kingdom of Heaven.
But we are getting ahead of ourselves. In this post I will focus on cold hard facts. I will outline how many of the founding fathers supported the idea of "Zionism". Going further, I will also show that it started even earlier. Even amongst the early settlers this was a driving factor.
Chapter 1:
Jewish support and even concepts of zionism in the founding fathers and even early settlers of America
John Adams
John Adams was a devout Christian. In his letters to his son he wrote:
“I have always endeavoured to read it with the same spirit and temper of mind, which I now recommend to you: that is, with the intention and desire that it may contribute to my advancement in wisdom and virtue,”
He maintained a close relationship with Mordecai M Noah, who was an early Zionist, even before Zionism was a movement. In his 1819 letter to Noah which is preserved in the archives, he wrote:
If I were to let my imagination loose I Should wish you had been a member of Napoleons Institute at Cairo nay farther I could find it in my heart to wish that you had been at the head of a hundred thousand Israelites indeed as well disciplin’d as a French army—& marching with them into Judea & making a conquest of that country & restoring your nation to the dominion of it—For I really wish the Jews again in Judea an independent nation
Alexander Hamilton
Known for his philo-Semitism, Hamilton defended Jewish clients against antisemitism and drew on Hebrew models in his writings. He once rebuked an antisemitic lawyer by invoking Jews' historical role under God's government as "witnesses of his miracles."
Hamilton's respect was bolstered by Jewish support during the Revolution, such as financier Haym Salomon's contributions of over $700,000 to the Continental Army.
John Quincy Adams:
Though not a core Founder, John Quincy Adams echoed his father's sentiments, reiterating his desire of "rebuilding of Judea as an independent nation." in his correspondence with Morecai Noah
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin proposed a Great Seal depicting Moses parting the Red Sea, with the motto "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God," drawing directly from Exodus.
The Liberty Bell's inscription "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof" is taken directly from the Leviticus.
John Winthrop (1588–1649)
As the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a leader of the 1630 migration aboard the Arbella, Winthrop framed the Puritan venture in Zionist-like terms. In his famous 1630 sermon "A Model of Christian Charity," he invoked the colonists as a "city upon a hill," echoing biblical prophecies of Israel's role as a light to the nations. He later declared that "the ways of God towards this His people are in many respects like unto His dealings with Israel of old," positioning New England as a metaphysical successor to ancient Israel.
John Cotton (1584–1652)
A prominent minister who migrated to Boston in 1633, Cotton was influenced by English Puritan postmillennialism, particularly from Thomas Brightman. He advocated for the restoration of Jews to the Holy Land, viewing it as part of God's eschatological plan.
Increase Mather (1639–1723)
Born in England but migrating to the colonies as a child, Mather became a leading intellectual and Harvard president. In his 1669 work The Mystery of Israel's Salvation, he called for the "national restoration of Israel to her land," believing it would spark a global Christian reformation led by the Jewish people.
John Eliot (1604–1690)
Known as the "Apostle to the Indians," Eliot arrived in Boston in 1631 and translated the Bible into Algonquin. His millenarian views included support for Jewish restoration, aligning with broader Puritan eschatology.
Other notable figures
Ephraim Huit, a Cambridge-trained minister who settled in Windsor, Connecticut, predicted the regathering of Jews to Palestine by 1650.
John Davenport (1597–1670), founder of New Haven, and Samuel Sewall (1652–1730), a judge and diarist, shared restorationist beliefs.
For those surprised by this strong support for a Jewish state amongst devout protestant Christians who came to America to create a Christian Nation, stay tuned for the next part: Zionism can be traced all the way back to the Lutherian split from the Holy Roman Church and is embedded deeply within the many offshoots of the Protestantism.
But the more important aspect is the reason for this - which will be explored further down - but I want to dangle a tidbit. The true motivation is not out of love for the Jewish people, but rather due to a more self serving reason. But that has to wait.
PS: I fully expect to receive flames, even from my long term followers. All I ask is, I am build up to something, and keep an open mind as I present my case.
I started through the list, for whatever reason I started at the end (John Eliot).
He thought Native Americans were Jewish. Everything he discussed regarding restoring Israel was talking about Native Americans. I'm going to go out on a line here and say none of us believe Native Americans are Jewish.
Next John Davenport. He was a Calvinist. AI tells me he had nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism. Furthermore it told me that
That's where I stopped.
The notion that 1600's ministers were supportive of a 1900s Zionism or that it has anything to do with Trump's remarks about clearing Israeli influence from congress is a miles-wide leap of logic not backed by the sauce provided.
It seems like a sentence created by an AI. While the fact that the modern movement for a Jewish State was indeed started by Theodor Herzl, the word Zionism and the idea of Zionism - as in getting the Jews to move to Plaestine as their homeland - has existed long before that and Herzl is nothing but one node of continuity in that flow. It is part of the case I make in this series, but not the main point.
The best way I like to argue with this kind of stuff is by simply presenting counter-examples:
Herzl did not coin the term Zionism
As for the concept of Jews marching to Judea and claiming their homeland - I have already presented the link to the archive of the letter in which John Adams is extremely excited about this idea - "marching with them into Judea & making a conquest of that country & restoring your nation to the dominion of it"
The earliest documented reference to the idea of sending Jews to their homeland that I can find, ironically, comes from Martin Luther in his Of
You are free to stop for whatever reason you want. Unless you are open to challenging the apparent conventional wisdom, in the same way we did with politics, medicine, science etc, this series will not be of any use.
I was about to make an argument of something like that “one point of contention does not overturn an entire argument, nor one false fact the whole set”, then noticed the original comment.