Born Again Christian

 The 73-year-old from Tennessee is actually a born-again Christian, part of a growing group of devout Protestants, many from the United States, who are supporting Israel with their votes and their wallets.

"Coming here just does something inside of me," McCaleb said at Shiloh, a holy Jewish site in the occupied West Bank where the Bible says the Ark of the Covenant once rested. "This land belongs to God, and God gave it to the Jews."
 

What A Special Time

7,000 mostly evangelical Christians from across the world flocked to the Holy Land this week to celebrate the Jewish festival of Sukkoth and to show support for Israel.

During the event, busloads of pilgrims traveled in bullet-proof buses to Jewish sites in the West Bank -- which some Jews call Judea and Samaria -- and to Jewish settlements, which are deemed illegal under international law.

 

A Chance To Meet The 'Elite IDF'

Some pilgrims toured army bases and donated gifts to Israeli soldiers while others gave money to buy mobile bomb shelters for communities near the border with the Gaza Strip, which are often targeted by rockets from Palestinian militants in the enclave.

A Chance To Meet God's People

Shouting "Amen" and "Hallelujah" as settlers acting as tour guides vowed to hold onto "the land of their forefathers" in the West Bank, the pilgrims said it was their duty as Christians to support Israel against a broader Muslim threat.

 

God Gave This Land To The Jews

"We are here to support the Jewish people and to bless them," said Scott Fritz from California. "The idea of giving land back to the Palestinians is completely wrong."
 

Christian Zionists Is The Jew's Greatest Ally

This pro-Israel lobby  raise millions of dollars each year to support projects in Israel and to lobby Washington.

 

No Sympathy For The Arabs

"Governments come and go but anyone who tries to give away God's land will fall," settler Yehudit Tayar told one of the buses, prompting cheers from the pilgrims.