Israel eyes closing down evangelical channel

https://news.yahoo.com/israel-eyes-closing-down-evangelical-134300445.html

Saphora Smith and Paul Goldman
,NBC News•May 13, 2020

Israel is considering shutting down an evangelical Christian television channel from its airwaves, saying it seeks to persuade Jews that Jesus is the Messiah, and that authorities were misled about its agenda.

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“Our examination shows that this is a channel that seeks to appeal to Jews with the gospel of Jesus as opposed to the way the channel was presented in the first place as intended for the Christian population,” Asher Biton, chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, said in a statement.

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