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| − | [[Ted Beckett]] is the founder of [[Christian Friends of Israeli Communities]] (CFOIC), a Christian Zionist organisation which supports settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories. Beckett worked in real estate and managed mobile-home parks. He formerly served in the US marines and reportedly used his vacation time to smuggle Christian literature into communist countries during the cold war. The launching of CFOIC was instigated by the Oslo accords and what Beckett believed to be a threat to the continued existence of the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Beckett was raised a Catholic but converted to the evangelical New Life Church. | + | [[Ted Beckett]] is the founder of [[Christian Friends of Israeli Communities]] (CFOIC), a Christian Zionist organisation which supports settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories. Beckett worked in real estate and managed mobile-home parks.<ref name ="A US Christian">Ilene R. Prusher, 'A US Christian Who's 'Doing Deals for the Lord' in Israel', ''Christian Science Monitor'', 24 April 1998</ref> He formerly served in the US marines and reportedly used his vacation time to smuggle Christian literature into communist countries during the cold war.<ref name ="A US Christian">Ilene R. Prusher, 'A US Christian Who's 'Doing Deals for the Lord' in Israel', ''Christian Science Monitor'', 24 April 1998</ref> The launching of CFOIC was instigated by the Oslo accords and what Beckett believed to be a threat to the continued existence of the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories.<ref name ="A US Christian">Ilene R. Prusher, 'A US Christian Who's 'Doing Deals for the Lord' in Israel', ''Christian Science Monitor'', 24 April 1998</ref> Beckett was raised a Catholic but later converted to the evangelical New Life Church.<ref name ="A US Christian">Ilene R. Prusher, 'A US Christian Who's 'Doing Deals for the Lord' in Israel', ''Christian Science Monitor'', 24 April 1998</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:39, 22 May 2015
Ted Beckett is the founder of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC), a Christian Zionist organisation which supports settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories. Beckett worked in real estate and managed mobile-home parks.[1] He formerly served in the US marines and reportedly used his vacation time to smuggle Christian literature into communist countries during the cold war.[1] The launching of CFOIC was instigated by the Oslo accords and what Beckett believed to be a threat to the continued existence of the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories.[1] Beckett was raised a Catholic but later converted to the evangelical New Life Church.[1]
Views
Regarding Jewish settlement in historic Palestine Beckett has commented that:
- What God is doing now is restoring Israel to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob... His word says he's going to restore the land to the Jewish people. It's a God thing.[1]
