Pro-Israel US outlet Newsmax this week criticized a Knessset bill that seeks to ban proselytizing, saying it would "outlaw talk about Jesus."
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Evangelical Christian leaders have called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block the bill proposed by ultra-Orthodox lawmakers of his coalition that would punish attempts to solicit conversion with imprisonment.
Video: Newsmax
The bill – introduced by United Torah Judaism's Moshe Gafni and Asher Yaakov – would ban people of one faith from discussing or trying to persuade people of other faiths to consider changing their current religious beliefs.
Attempts to convert minors, in particular, would carry heavier prison sentences.
According to Gafni's associates, the measure is reintroduced with every new Knesset, but is not being promoted nor is there an intention to promote it.
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