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Yes and it is important to note the reason half of evangelicals support Israel and are even paying for Jews to emigrate there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/14/half-of-evangelicals-support-israel-because-they-believe-it-is-important-for-fulfilling-end-times-prophecy/
Jews here and in Israel are well aware of the whacky fundamentalist motivation for the "support" of Israel (i.e., so it can be destroyed in Armageddon) but they're more than willing to get the political and material support from them--for the time being anyway. There's a delicious irony about that support though. The extreme Jewish counterpart to these fundamentalists isn't exactly too keen on giving special consideration to Christians and their holy sites:
Bishops visiting Israel hear Christian concerns over Jewish nation-state law