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  • Netanyahu: 'No Law' Will Pass in Knesset That 'Harms Christianity'

    Netanyahu: 'No Law' Will Pass in Knesset That 'Harms Christianity'

    CBN News,

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded Wednesday to a chorus of concern from evangelical Christians in the U.S. and from believers in Israel related to a bill introduced by two ultra-Orthodox of members of Israel's Knesset . The bill would have made it a criminal offense to persuade anyone to convert to another religion. In a tweet, Netanyahu declared in Hebrew and in English, "We will not advance any law against the Christian community." The prime minister's announcement allayed fears that the bill proposed by two members of the coalition government would become law.

  • Law Proposed in Israel's Knesset Would Criminalize Sharing the Gospel

    Law Proposed in Israel's Knesset Would Criminalize Sharing the Gospel

    CBN News,

    A bill introduced by two ultra-Orthodox of members of Israel's Knesset would make it a criminal offense to persuade anyone to convert to another religion. The two lawmakers are part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition, and they have been introducing versions of the law for years. The lawmakers are part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition. The Knesset bill would strengthen an existing law that makes it a crime to give anything of value to persuade anyone to change their religion and proselytizing to anyone under 18 years of age. The proposed law states, "(Anyone) who persuades a person, directly, digitally, by direct mail, or online, to convert his religion, his sentence is one year imprisonment, and if the person was a minor, his sentence is two years imprisonment."

  • Knesset Passes Law Reversing 2005 Disengagement in Northern Samaria

    Knesset Passes Law Reversing 2005 Disengagement in Northern Samaria

    CBN News,

    Many Israelis recall the traumatic scenes of the 2005 "disengagement," when the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, under pressure from the Bush administration and the international community, approved the forced removal of some 9,000 Israeli citizens from Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria (the West Bank). In a history-making vote Tuesday, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, voted to repeal the Disengagement Law applying to Samaria, where four communities were dismantled. The Biden administration opposed the vote and summoned Israel's ambassador to the U.S. for consultation.