You give that position much more prominence in these discussions at Mudcat, than anyone beyond a small fringe, does in Israel

I only respond to it when I see it, Guest, C-watch. But you're wrong that only a small fringe in Israel believe this. There are a lot of Christians (mostly of the fundamentalist stripe) here in the US who believe it. I have a relative (Christian) who used to believe it. And although most of them are not in Israel (some of them are), US public opinion does have an impact on US policy in the Middle East.