The anti-missionary organization Yad L’Achim reports an escalation in missionary activity operating cafés across Israeli cities. Yad L’Achim identifies a Jerusalem café owned by Yoel Ben David, a veteran missionary with ‘Jews for Jesus’ ties, as a center for proselytizing.
Yad L’Achim, an organization that has been at the forefront of the fight against missionary activity in Israel for over fifty years, warns of a new escalation: missionaries are operating cafés as fronts for proselytizing in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, with plans to open a branch in Beersheba soon. According to the organization’s statement on Monday evening, the Jerusalem café — named ‘Basmeta’ — is owned by Yoel Ben David, a well-known missionary figure whom Yad L’Achim identifies as a former training team leader for the ‘Jews for Jesus’ sect. The organization says Ben David’s stated goal is to introduce the missionary message deep into Jerusalem. As The Zioneer reported earlier on Monday, a separate report by Boaz Golan’s ‘The Open Studio’ program highlighted a missionary-operated café in a religious Jerusalem neighborhood that operates on Shabbat, but Yad L’Achim’s broader warning spans multiple cities and describes a coordinated network. The details regarding the specific addresses of the other cafés, the extent of their operations, and any official response remain unconfirmed at this time.
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