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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Stand for Israel was launched in June 2002 at an announcement made by Republican party strategist, Ralph Reed and Rabbi [[Yechiel Eckstein]] - the founder and president of the IFCJ. Eckstein described the new organisation as the 'Christian [[AIPAC]]'.<ref> Hoover, Dennis R., 'Is Evangelicalism Itching for a Civilization Fight?: A Media Study', ''The Brandywine Review of Faith & | + | Stand for Israel was launched in June 2002 at an announcement made by Republican party strategist, [[Ralph Reed]] and Rabbi [[Yechiel Eckstein]] - the founder and president of the IFCJ. Eckstein described the new organisation as the 'Christian [[AIPAC]]'.<ref> Hoover, Dennis R., 'Is Evangelicalism Itching for a Civilization Fight?: A Media Study', ''The Brandywine Review of Faith & |
International Affairs'', 27 April 2010, accessed 28 April 2015.</ref> | International Affairs'', 27 April 2010, accessed 28 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2006 former House of Representatives majority leader [[Tom DeLay]] spoke at a Stand for Israel dinner in Washington.<ref name ="A lover of Israel">Nathan Guttman, 'A lover of Israel', ''Jerusalem Post'', 5 April 2006</ref> | ||
==Contact== | ==Contact== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:19, 18 May 2015
Stand for Israel is a project of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ). According to its website the mission of the organisation is to:
- inform, equip and mobilize individuals and churches to support the State of Israel through prayer and grass roots advocacy initiatives.[1]
History
Stand for Israel was launched in June 2002 at an announcement made by Republican party strategist, Ralph Reed and Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein - the founder and president of the IFCJ. Eckstein described the new organisation as the 'Christian AIPAC'.[2]
In 2006 former House of Representatives majority leader Tom DeLay spoke at a Stand for Israel dinner in Washington.[3]
Contact
- Address Circa 2015:
P.O. Box 96105 Washington, D.C. 20090-6105
Phone: (800) 486-8844
Notes
- ↑ Stand for Israel Website Mission statement. Accessed 28 April 2015.
- ↑ Hoover, Dennis R., 'Is Evangelicalism Itching for a Civilization Fight?: A Media Study', The Brandywine Review of Faith & International Affairs, 27 April 2010, accessed 28 April 2015.
- ↑ Nathan Guttman, 'A lover of Israel', Jerusalem Post, 5 April 2006
