Countering Efforts to Divest Evangelical Support from Israel

Summary

Yitzhak Santis, NGO Monitor’s chief programs officer, spoke at the Joint B’nai B’rith World Center-Ecumenical Fraternity “Liaison Committee” Symposium on “The Effort to Divest Evangelical Christians from Israel: A New Campaign”, Jerusalem, March 13, 2014.

Santis is the head of BDS in the Pews, a project of NGO Monitor, which examines the role of churches, Christian aid societies, and faith-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in political campaigns against Israel.  It provides analysis of the activities and funding of these groups, as well as their grantees, in the context of demonization and delegitimization campaigns.

Click here to learn more about NGO Monitor’s BDS in the Pews project

Click here for introductory remarks to the “Liason Committee”.

Click here to view the address by Dexter Van Zile, a Christian media analyst for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting (CAMERA).

Click here to view the address by Robert W. Nicholson, a Tikvah Fellow and former Marine who researches law, religion, and the relationship between Christians and Jews.