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Christian Coalition plans mass rallies in US Elli Wohlgelernter Nov. 18, 2002 The Christian Coalition of America intends to hold mass rallies in support of Israel next year in every US state, and is also planning to bring large groups of tourists here, Roberta Combs, its president, announced Monday. Combs is here on a fact-finding tour as head of a five-person delegation of the Christian Coalition, which represents two million members. Combs said the state rallies are part of a follow-up to a large demonstration that took place in Washington on October 11. "After we did that in Washington, and there was so much enthusiasm, we just felt like it was something we should take to all 50 states, to activate people more in support of Israel," she said, "because we do have a common bond with one another, and we want to show support, show that we're here for you and we'll be here for you. It's kind of a new avenue for us in our organization, and we're excited about it." Michael Brown, national church liaison and chief US House of Representatives lobbyist, said many states did not get to send a delegation to the rally in Washington and show their support for Israel, "and there are very very strong states that want to express this. Their ambition and their desire is that they be able to exhibit this expression of support for the Jewish state." Monday was the first day of touring and meetings for the delegation, which started with a meeting with Housing and Construction Minister Natan Sharansky in the morning, a tour of the Western Wall and the Western Wall tunnel, and a visit to the Garden Tomb, a site where Jesus is said to have been buried. Later they toured eastern Jerusalem, including the Beit Orot Yeshiva on the Mount of Olives, where MK Benny Elon, its founder, greeted them. "I think the connection that we [the Christian Coalition and Jews] have is the very fact that we know that we are not foreigners - not in Jerusalem, not in Judea, and not in Samaria - and that we know that we are the children of Israel who came back to the land of Israel," Elon said. "The real connection is the understanding that the Bible is not just a book on the shelf, it's something real." Combs said in the short time she has been here, "it's an experience you can't explain. You know it, and you feel it, but once you've done it, then you really know it, and that's where I am now. There is a reason for us to be here, and I think this is just the beginning of things that are going to be happening with our relationship." The delegation will continue their tour Tuesday with a visit to Hebron and Jewish communities in the territories. This article can also be read at http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ ShowFull&cid=1037593121054 [ Back to the Article ] Copyright 1995-2002 The Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
