The over 1.8 million members of the Faith & Freedom Coalition support Israel in their natural and God-given right of self-governance and self-defense upon their own lands.

The Christian community in the United States has a long history of solidarity with the people of Israel and it is imperative that the U.S. government continue its support. There is no greater proof of God’s sovereignty in the world today than the survival of the Jews and the existence of Israel. This truth explains in part why Christians and other conservative people of faith stand so firmly in their support of Israel.

Americans support for Israel derives from the simple fact that its land was cradle of both Judaism and Christianity.

Israel is the only genuine democracy in the Middle East and remains one of the most reliable allies of the United States. The shared democratic values and common strategic interests of Israel and the U.S. have engendered a deep bond that transcends the domestic politics of either nation and survives the triumph and tragedy of diplomacy.

Americans of faith recognize Israel’s struggle for what it should be for all the world’s citizens–a struggle to maintain free and open access to the holy sites of the world’s faiths, a struggle to build a beacon of democracy and hope in a region that has for too long known bloodshed and hatred.

• President Donald J. Trump’s policies toward Israel, including the move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2018 and the ending of the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal embodies this bond and his administration has ushered in a golden age of U.S – Israel relations.