by Elad Benari
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) marked the tenth anniversary of its establishment in Israel by organizing a special conference which took place in the Knesset earlier this week. Israel has benefited from the political support of tens of millions of Evangelist Christians in the United States, whose pro-Zionist views are religion-based, but whose political clout based on Biblical sources supporting Jewish residence in Judea, Samaria and united Jerusalem is significant electorally..
The conference was attended by mayors and Knesset Members who together tried to come up with ways that the IFCJ can better help the weaker segments of society. Funding by the group, however, is not acceptable to prominent rabbis such as the late Chief RAbbi Avraham Elkana Shapria. There are many who feel that the funding carries with it a subliminal missionary goal and has known missionaries working with it, which Rabbi Eckstein denies. These rabbis welcomed the political support and understanding of the Christian community, but did not want to accept money from it.
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