Posted on 07/28/2008 10:26:45 AM PDT by Victory111
Israel’s Ministry of Interior has decided to reinstate an old regulation that is threatening to cripple, if not shut down, several Christian ministries by limiting the time volunteers can spend serving in Israel to 27 months.
The ruling was as sudden as it was drastic. The effects began to be felt earlier this month when three volunteers from Christian Friends of Israel, assuming their visas would be renewed at the Interior Ministry under the previous five-year agreement, were instead told they had two weeks to pack up and leave the country.
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Can’t really fault the Israelis for caring about their borders. Wish we did.
This was the case with our missionaries to Israel last year. But they were allowed permission to stay with their three kids joining the Israeli army.
Now that is Faith, and Love.
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