Yad LaAchim Warns Against Four Cafes It Says Are Linked to Missionary Activity

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The organization Yad LaAchim has launched a warning campaign against four cafes in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa, which it claims are linked to missionary activity in Israel. The video it published presents remarks attributed to one of the venue owners, who explains how the cafes make it possible to reach Jews who would not otherwise enter a church.

The organization is escalating its awareness campaign for the broader public and is distributing a new awareness video that calls on the public: "not to enter, not to drink, and not to let the missionaries work on us". According to the organization, the missionaries' cafe network is meant to hunt lost Jews and convert them away from their faith.

The message of the campaign is that the venues pose a trap for the public, and therefore the organization urges people to avoid entering them. The new video is being circulated among the wider public in order to highlight the danger.