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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — No Israeli leader has done more to build a strong and strategic alliance with the world’s 600 million Evangelical Christians than Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu.
“Israel has no better friends — I mean that — no better friends in the world than the Christian communities around the world,” Netanyahu told nearly 200 visiting Evangelical journalists at the inaugural “Christian Media Summit,” which was organized and sponsored by the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem in 2017. “And Israel is the one country in a vast region where Christians not only survive, they thrive.”
"You are ambassadors of truth — you’re not merely the greatest ambassadors that Israel has around the world – you're champions of truth," Netanyahu said the following year, at the second Christian Media Summit in 2018.
“And if there's one thing that I can ask you to do is, to tell the truth. Tell the truth about our history. Tell the truth about our present. Tell the truth about who wants peace and who doesn't want peace.”
At the time, I praised Netanyahu’s decision both to organize these summits and to be the keynote speaker at them.
"I think what these summits show that Israel feels very much under siege — not from bullets, bombs, missiles, and terrorists, although that remains a real threat, but from the propaganda war that's being waged against them in the UN, in the media, all over — and they're reaching out to a constituency, a set of allies, the Christians," I explained in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network that was covering the summit.
"It's encouraging to see that the government of Israel realizes that Christian journalists are at least willing to consider their perspective and in fact communicate a fair picture of what's going on," I added.
Israel has continued to hold these summits every year since, including during the COVID pandemic, and Netanyahu has continued to use these and similar forums to thank and praise the Christian Zionists for their steadfast support for the Jewish state.
When he published his memoirs last Fall — BIBI: MY STORY — Netanyahu did a series of interviews with Christian journalists and media outlets that he has been building friendships with for years.
A SERIOUS CRISIS IS DEVELOPING
But a new and serious crisis is developing that requires Netanyahu’s immediate attention.
Israel’s Interior Ministry has suddenly turned against pro-Israel Evangelical organizations that are operating in the country and is threatening to cripple their important work.
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“Israel has no better friends — I mean that — no better friends in the world than the Christian communities around the world,” Netanyahu told nearly 200 visiting Evangelical journalists at the inaugural “Christian Media Summit,” which was organized and sponsored by the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem in 2017. “And Israel is the one country in a vast region where Christians not only survive, they thrive.”
"You are ambassadors of truth — you’re not merely the greatest ambassadors that Israel has around the world – you're champions of truth," Netanyahu said the following year, at the second Christian Media Summit in 2018.
“And if there's one thing that I can ask you to do is, to tell the truth. Tell the truth about our history. Tell the truth about our present. Tell the truth about who wants peace and who doesn't want peace.”
At the time, I praised Netanyahu’s decision both to organize these summits and to be the keynote speaker at them.
"I think what these summits show that Israel feels very much under siege — not from bullets, bombs, missiles, and terrorists, although that remains a real threat, but from the propaganda war that's being waged against them in the UN, in the media, all over — and they're reaching out to a constituency, a set of allies, the Christians," I explained in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network that was covering the summit.
"It's encouraging to see that the government of Israel realizes that Christian journalists are at least willing to consider their perspective and in fact communicate a fair picture of what's going on," I added.
Israel has continued to hold these summits every year since, including during the COVID pandemic, and Netanyahu has continued to use these and similar forums to thank and praise the Christian Zionists for their steadfast support for the Jewish state.
When he published his memoirs last Fall — BIBI: MY STORY — Netanyahu did a series of interviews with Christian journalists and media outlets that he has been building friendships with for years.
A SERIOUS CRISIS IS DEVELOPING
But a new and serious crisis is developing that requires Netanyahu’s immediate attention.
Israel’s Interior Ministry has suddenly turned against pro-Israel Evangelical organizations that are operating in the country and is threatening to cripple their important work.
More
Israel’s Interior Ministry turns against Evangelicals, refuses to issue staff visas for pro-Israel groups like the Christian Embassy
I ask PM Netanyahu to intervene ASAP
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