Jesse Jackson is “just a supporter” of Barack Obama, not a spokesman or an adviser. But his connections to the American presidential candidate are deep and go back for some years.

In the New York Post, Amir Taheri reports that Jackson, at an event last week in France, spelled out how he believes America’s foreign policy would change under an Obama administration.

The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where “decades of putting Israel’s interests first” would end.Jackson believes that, although “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades” remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.

The insulting reference to “Zionists” aside, Jackson may well be right about what we might soon see from the White House. Biblical prophecy suggests such an eventuality.

In Zechariah 11:14 is a prophecy that God would “break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.” This could refer to a future rift between America (biblical Israel) and the Jewish state (Judah).

In some ways, this rift is already developing, simply because America is proving itself unable or unwilling to confront the existential threats facing the Jewish state, most notably Iran and its terrorist proxies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Given the fact that America is essentially Israel’s only ally, this is no small loss.

The Trumpet has spoken often of the prophecy in Zechariah 14:2 that half of Jerusalem will be taken from the Jews by violence, which will lead to Israel’s downfall. The less reliable America becomes as an ally, the more isolated and vulnerable little Israel becomes, and the closer this prophecy comes to being fulfilled.

Read Jerusalem in Prophecy to better understand these future events.