' s ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Dem ocracy , ▁Human ▁Rights , ▁and ▁Labor ' s ▁annual ▁International ▁Relig ious ▁Fre edom ▁Report , ▁most ▁recently ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁report . ▁ ▁The ▁State ▁Department ▁notes ▁in ▁its ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁report , ▁however , ▁that ▁the ▁neg ativity ▁toward ▁pros ely t izing ▁of ▁Isra eli ▁Jews ▁goes ▁beyond ▁Lev ▁L ' A ch im : ▁▁ ▁" So ci etal ▁att itudes ▁toward ▁mission ary ▁activities ▁and ▁conversion ▁generally ▁are ▁negative . ▁Isra eli ▁Jews ▁frequently ▁are ▁opposed ▁to ▁mission ary ▁activity ▁directed ▁at ▁Jews ▁and ▁occasionally ▁are ▁host ile ▁toward ▁Jewish ▁converts ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁Such ▁att itudes ▁often ▁are ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁frequent ▁periods ▁in ▁Jewish ▁history ▁in ▁which ▁Jews ▁were ▁co er ced ▁to ▁convert ▁to ▁Christian ity ." ▁ ▁Je hov ah ' s ▁Wit ness es ▁file d ▁over ▁ 1 2 0 ▁compla ints ▁about ▁instances ▁of ▁har ass ment ▁by ▁Jewish ▁groups ▁during ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 9 ; ▁yet , ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁no ▁ind ict ments ▁or ▁pro sec utions . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Je hov ah ' s ▁Wit ness ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁charged ▁with ▁" off ending ▁religious ▁sens itivity " ▁for ▁distrib uting ▁religious ▁literature ▁at ▁Tel ▁Av iv ' s ▁bus ▁station ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁The ▁comp lain ant ▁was ▁a ▁Y ad