Steve Bannon, the prominent MAGA activist and former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, is calling for a “three-state solution” for Palestine, Israel, and a “Christian state.”
Bannon’s comments come amid the recent Middle East peace plan that Trump announced to officially end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. The deal also allows for the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees.
"The only solution here, if you’re going to have a two-state solution, you have to have a three-state solution… you have to have a Christian state," he said.
Bannon, who describes himself as a Catholic nationalist, added: "If you really want to protect the Holy Land, the Christians are going to have to get their own stake in this.”
According to The New Arab, the population of Christians in Palestine has been in decline, with many emigrating to escape the harsh conditions of life under occupation. An estimated 50,000 Christians live in the Palestinian territories, representing 2% of the population.
There are also an estimated 135,000 Palestinian Christians living within Israel’s 1948 borders who hold Israeli citizenship.
Bannon’s remarks follow months after he stated on his podcast that people under 30 in the MAGA movement have “very little support for Israel,” following reports that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
At the time, a Gallup poll revealed that only 32% of US adults supported Israel’s military actions in Gaza, a record low since the conflict began. That figure fell to 9% among those polled between the ages of 18 and 34 across all political parties.