Representatives of some 50 Christian evangelical organizations active in Israel agreed not to conduct, encourage or support missionary activities there. As a result, an Israeli lawmaker said he would drop his sponsorship of an anti- proselytizing bill that has been the target of protests from Christian groups around the world. Labor Knesset member Nissim Zvilli also said he would attempt to get fervently Orthodox groups who have lobbied for the bill’s passage to acknowledge the declaration from the evangelicals.
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