GOD TV Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Israel ==== [[File:GODTVChristian 1.png|thumb|GOD TV Camera Crew on location in Israel.]] The network hosts tours to Israel which include visiting Bible sites and staging events that are broadcast worldwide. The largest tour to date was in 2008 with 1,800 tour-goers who attended 'A Celebration of Israel's 60th Anniversary'. Held at the Davidson Center alongside the Western Wall in the Old City, this was attended by both Jewish and Christian guests.<ref>[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/god.tv.to.gather.thousands.in.israel.for.anniversary.broadcast/14345.htm 'Thousands Gather for GOD TV Israel Tour'], ''[[Christianity Today]]'' 2 November 2007.</ref> GOD TV's Arise Zion Tour took place in 2018 as part of Israel's 70th Anniversary celebrations. In 2009, GOD TV partnered with the [[Jewish National Fund]] (JNF) US$500,000 to plant trees on land said to be inhabited by Bedouin tribes in Israel's [[Negev]] region. A coalition of Jewish and Arab human rights groups denounced the project, accusing GOD TV and the JNF of teaming up to force the Bedouin out of the area to make way for Jewish communities.<ref>[http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16517 'Jesus Recruited: God-TV Helps Israel Oust Bedouin.' - "Half a million trees planted over the past 18 months on the ancestral lands of Bedouin tribes in Israel's Negev region were bought by a controversial Christian evangelical television channel that calls itself God-TV."], Palestine Chronicle, 28 December 2010.</ref> GOD TV's CEO Ward Simpson was in Israel in October 2017 at the invitation of the Israeli government, to address a Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem.<ref>{{cite news | last=Schiavi | first=N.J. | url=http://kehilanews.com/2017/10/26/christian-reporters-call-israels-media-summit-a-success/ | title=Christian reporters call Israel's media summit a success | quote=Israeli officials were able to connect with leading Christian media personalities. The heads of several large outlets attended the summit including Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) CEO Gordon Robertson, Trinity Broadcasting Network President Matt Crouch, Good TV International Manager Winifred Yeh, God TV CEO Ward Simpson and author Mike Evans who founded Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem. | work=Kehila News Israel | date=26 October 2017}}</ref> In June 2020, the channel was ordered to shut down for violating the country's laws concerning [[proselytism]].<ref name="AP28June2020" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page