JERUSALEM, Israel – U.S. lawmakers, Israeli officials, and Christian and Jewish leaders celebrated Jerusalem Day Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Jerusalem Day marks the anniversary of Israel’s reunification of the city under Israeli control during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Josh Reinstein, the President of the Israel Allies Foundation, sponsored the event. He told CBN News that through the years, it’s grown into a global force for what he calls “faith-based diplomacy.”
“The Israel Foundation coordinates Israel Allies caucuses all around the world,” Reinstein explained. “We actually have 53 Israeli caucuses in 53 countries of 1,500 legislators in our network. And what we do is we use faith-based diplomacy. When people take their biblical support and turn it into real political action and use that to mobilize real support for Israel.”
Reinstein says the Congressional Israel Caucus is the largest and most influential caucus.
“Capitol Hill support is very important. And I have to say that since October 7th, through the activities of the Congressional Israel Caucus, we’ve never seen activity like this. It’s almost daily, dozens of hearings, resolutions, legislations, comments, (and) media reports. Bipartisan, I would say members of the House coming together to stand with Israel.
“He added, “Why it’s so significant
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