‘Pro-Israel’ evangelical Christian groups bemoan cleric visa rejections by Netanyahu government
Israel’s new visa rules means that Evangelical Christian clerics are finding it difficult to get permits to work in the country.
Israel has stopped issuing visas to evangelical Christian preachers – including strongly pro-Israeli groups – in a puzzling shift in immigration policy, according to reports.
Evangelical Christian organisations operating in Israel can no longer obtain visas for staff, having a major impact on charity work, Haaretz has reported.
“We are slowly being squeezed out of existence by the interior ministry,” David Parsons, vice president and senior spokesperson of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), told the Israeli daily.
“We cannot continue our vital work to build global Christian support for Israel under these strict…
