[throwaway85825]

Purchased, blackmailed, threatened, or all 3. There's a lot of tools in the intelligence toolbox.

[red-iron-pine]

don't forget the ideological angle -- they've been hyping the Christian rubes that they need to own the holy land so Jesus will come back or some shit.

[mullingitover]

I don’t blame Israel for that one, evangelicals have a mile-wide apocalyptic streak and there are plenty of homegrown grifters ready to hustle them.