Posted on 05/10/2020 9:12:57 AM PDT by FewsOrange
Israel is reportedly threatening to remove GOD TV channel just one week after its launch, claiming it is proselytizing.
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GOD TV began airing the 24/7 Hebrew-language "Shelanu TV" channel last week on Israel's HOT cable network ...
“Today we made history! For the first time ever, a Messianic television channel is broadcasting the Gospel across Israel in the Hebrew language,” GOD-TV said in a statement April 29. “Shelanu translates to ‘Ours’ in Hebrew. We want every person in Israel to know, not a foreign Messiah, but a Jewish one! His name is Yeshua and He has not forgotten His people," it continued.
But on Tuesday, Israeli Communications Minister David Ansalem said in a statement he was not aware that a license was granted to GOD TV, adding he "will not allow any missionary channel to operate in Israel, at no time and under no circumstances.”
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"If indeed this channel does missionary work, it be removed immediately," the statement said.
Proselytizing to anyone under 18 years old without parental consent is against the law in Israel, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, and the terms of the license issued to Shelanu, prohibit missionary programming. ...
Shelanu's station manager said it's "been a challenging process" and asked for financial support on GOD TV's website "to produce relevant and dynamic content that will grab the attention of the Israeli people and open their eyes to the truth of their Messiah, Yeshua."
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Michael Brown, a Messianic Jewish radio host, announced in a video on Tikkun International's website that the new channel will "preach the gospel of Jesus the Messiah in Hebrew on cable TV for the first time in history."
Israeli outlets report Christian channels Daystar and Middle East Television both broadcast on Israel's YES satellite TV and do not proselytize.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
A prime example of Jews mistrust of some Christians.
Where is the mistrust? If the law is don’t missionize (in that way) then don’t.
You are going to have to parse better than that
I have no problem with this.
Israel is a Jewish state and is opposed to Christian (and other, as far as I know) religious prosyletization.
All people should have the right to rule themselves, have secure borders, and keep out alien peoples and ideas.
ALL people. That includes us.
I wish we’d shut down a few hucksters, preaching in the name of the Lord.
Impossible, our ‘elder brothers in the faith’ would never do that.
I agree. I live in a largely Jewish area and hear from them of mistrust of Christians often.
But Israel is correct in their actions.
Agree
Actually you are.
I think it’s wrong and inconsistent for Israel to prevent Christians from proselytizing
Nobody stops Jewish religious expression here
Gander Goose right?
Besides most Jews except for the few here will never buy it.
Divergent value systems in key areas despite some commonality
I failed to follow my own usual advice and read the article which I had failed to do
This is about messianic Jews
Man secular and Haredi Jews both do not cotton to messianic Jews at all
I’m not surprised it’s a law against proselytizing
Jews don’t proselytize
Orthodox lecture the secular on dress and Shabbat but I wouldn’t call it proselytizing
This is going to be a fun thread :)
I have been reading about this in Kehila News (supports station) and JPost/Arutz Sheva (basically oppose). From what I gather, it is not a cut-and-dried legal case, and the station’s lawyers expect to prevail. Definitely a complicated situation, I don’t know enough to have a firm opinion. But I do remember some Israeli guy saying something about “Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and the ends of the earth”.
Nice post. Gets right to the root of it all. If most of the world loves you and agrees with you, it might be a good time to return to Jesus.
But only after the government allows freedom of religion for your safety.
If Easter would have been cancelled under Obama, i wonder who would have been upset.
“But on Tuesday, Israeli Communications Minister David Ansalem said in a statement he was not aware that a license was granted to GOD TV, adding he “will not allow any missionary channel to operate in Israel, at no time and under no circumstances.””
Gee, what are they afraid of?
Jews mistrust Christians for good reasons, for those who follow history.
“If the law is don’t missionize (in that way) then don’t.’
So laws against freedom of religion are okay then?
“Jews mistrust Christians for good reasons, for those who follow history.”
Christians could say the same about Jews.
Stealing the souls of their tragically-uneducated Jewish citizens. (No sarcasm)
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