Jehovah's Witnesses in Israel

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:country gptkb:Israel
gptkbp:first_congregation_established 1950s
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Ramat_Gan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jehovah's Witnesses in Israel
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Russian
English
gptkbp:legal_challenges faced opposition and legal restrictions
gptkbp:legalStatus not officially registered as a religious denomination
gptkbp:mainActivity gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
congregational meetings
door-to-door evangelism
gptkbp:notableEvent Supreme Court rulings on religious freedom
attacks on members and property
gptkbp:numberOfMembers about 1,600 (as of 2022)
gptkbp:persecutedBy members have faced harassment and violence
gptkbp:places_of_worship Kingdom Halls
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Awake!
gptkb:The_Watchtower
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Jehovah's_Witnesses
gptkbp:status recognized as a religious community
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Israeli_Christians
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6