Christians donate USD 37 million to Israel and the Jewish people in 2006
By: israelinsider staff
Published: February 20, 2007
Last month, the US-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) said it donated some $37 million in aid to Israel and the Jewish people in 2006 -- $20 million of which were given during last summer's war with Hizbullah.
The IFCJ channels millions of dollars to Israel every year, the sum total of donations by evangelical Christians who believe that the return of the Jewish people to Israel signals the coming of "the last days," fulfilling a prophecy they say will hasten the "second coming" of Jesus Christ.
IFCJ founder and president, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, said this Christian aid was divided into four categories: Aliyah (immigration to Israel), absorption of immigrants, fighting poverty and security.
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