The Friday Edition
Evangelical Christian Groups Invested $65 Million to Jewish Settlements
Source: The Palestine Chronicle
By the Palestine Chronicle staff
Published December 10, 2018
Evangelical Christian groups have invested up to $65 million in projects in the “Biblical Heartland” over the past decade, however, that doesn’t include services they provide free of charge, such as volunteer laborers, according to a Haaretz investigation.
Israeli authorities approved the construction of hundreds of new settler units in the West Bank. (Photo: File)
When evangelicals first descended on Israeli settlements a decade ago they raised suspicions and faced hostility. Then came Trump. A Haaretz investigation shows how millions are now being used to "fulfill the biblical prophecy" #THREAD >> https://t.co/EkDIQgdjgU
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) December 9, 2018
Haaretz news outlet reported that about 1,700 volunteers were sent by Christian Evangelical groups to the illegal Jewish settlement of Har Brakha, south of the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus.
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