Kimberly W. Troup

Kimberly Troup is secretary and treasurer of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC) a Christian Zionist organisation that supports illegal settlements in the occupied territories. The CFOIC website provides the following biography:
:Kimberly Troup was born in California, but moved to rural Kentucky at the age of 7. She was brought up in a Christian home and was home-schooled from 1984 – 1993, a home-school pioneer! From a very young age, her parents imbued her with Christian values which included a deep love of God and a great interest and respect for the Jewish people. The first time Kim actually met a Jew in person was as a young woman, but the truths about God’s chosen people that were planted in her since early childhood played a major role in her life-long passion for Israel.
:Kim moved to Colorado at the age of 18 to care for her ailing grandmother. In 1996, she moved to Colorado Springs to attend Charis Bible College, from which she graduated with a ministerial license in 1998. She joined Christian Friends of Israeli Communities in March of 1998, as a ministry coordinator, and in 2002, became the director of the US office.
:Kim has been on ministry trips to Mexico, England, Ireland, and Scotland and has also traveled several times to Israel, in 2003 as the leader of a CFOIC Heartland tour. In 2011, Kim spent two weeks in Israel on an extensive tour of the communities assisted by CFOIC Heartland. Kim is passionate about Israel and committed to the settlement movement. Her faith in God’s promises to Israel fuel her passion and initiative as the leader of CFOIC Heartland’s North American office. She also shares truths that she has gleaned from God’s Word about His people through speaking engagements and articles.CFOIC Website Kimberly Troup. Accessed 26 April 2015.
==Views==
Regarding Israel's borders Troup commented:
:the Most High gave each nation their inheritance; He divided mankind, and fixed the borders. Moreover, he fixed the borders of the nations, based on what the Children of Israel would require! God's borders, then, are not set by governments or political parties. When I think about all of the borders that have been drawn and re-drawn in my short lifetime, I find it amazing that the borders of Israel cause so much angst for almost every nation on earth! When you look at it with a purely natural eye, the situation in Israel today with regard to borders is beyond ludicrous! If someone remodels their kitchen, or adds a porch to their house in Judea or Samaria, it causes consternation from the White House to the Kremlin, to parliaments across the world, and of course in The Hague. National borders changed and entire countries were created between the two world wars and no one made a fuss. So why is Israel different? Could it be because there is a spiritual element involved?constantcontact.com [http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Who-OWNS-the-land-of-Israel-.html?soid=1011102361286&aid=jaKcsfuxuLk Who "OWNS" the Land of Israel?
Part 1 ]. Accessed 28 April 2015.
She has also commented that 'God is doing something in Israel today, and God's not done... God really does have it all under control ... it doesn't matter who's in control - the UN, EU, Russia, China ... because God's got a plan.Christa Case Bryant, 'Why some Christians back Israeli settlers in the West Bank; 
US Evangelicals' support for Jewish settlement of the West Bank has grown in the last decade or so, giving Israel greater traction in Washing-ton.', Christian Science Monitor, 18 December 2012
Troup has explicitly described the work of CFOIC as aimed at preventing Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories:
:the more that we build, the more that we support and encourage their right to live in the land, the harder it's going to be for disengagement, for withdrawal.Jim Rutenberg, Mike McIntire, Ethan Bronner, Isabel Kershner, Myra Noveck, 'Tax-Exempt Funds Aiding Settlements in West Bank', The New York Times, 6 July 2010
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