She was a Christian Zionist, right up to her first checkpoint  http://mondoweiss.net/2011/04/she-was-a-christian-zionist-right-up-to-her-first-checkpoint.html

For Easter, here is a portion of a great piece by Alicia von Stamwitz published on America, a Catholic weekly, in February. It describes her conversion in college to Zionism as a born-again Christian, and her trip to Israel and Palestine last year, in a faith-based tour for Christian journalists. And in the occupied territories, she had an awakening. Here's an excerpt. Her amazement at the settlements is just what James North said stunned him when he went to Palestine: nothing in the American press prepared me for this. I don't care about the politics, by the way, von Stamwitz is on the road. Once you're on the road, well just ask the disciples what happened on the road to Emmaus... von Stamwitz: A tour hosted by Palestinians? ....