>> Chris: THIS WEEK ON
"JERUSALEM DATELINE," THE
U.S. EMBASSY MAKES THE
MOVE TO JERUSALEM.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE 45th
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, WE
WELCOME YOU OFFICIALLY AND
FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED
STATES HERE IN JERUSALEM,
THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
>> Chris:
PLUS...GUATEMALA JOINS THE
U.S. IN MOVING ITS EMBASSY
TO JERUSALEM, AND
PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE
BREAKS OUT ON THE GAZA
BORDER, SUPPOSEDLY IN
REACTION TO THE EMBASSY
MOVE.
BUT WHAT IS REALLY BEHIND
THE RIOT.
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.
COMING TO YOU THIS WEEK
WITH THE CITY OF JERUSALEM
BEHIND ME.
70 YEARS TO THE DAY, AND
ALMOST THE VERY HOUR AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMAN
RECOGNIZED ISRAEL, THE
UNITED STATES MOVED IIS
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MANY
PEOPLE BELIEVE WAS HISTORY
IN THE MAKING.
TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN
MNUCHIN UNVEILED THE SEAL.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE 45th
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, WE
WELCOME YOU OFFICIALLY,
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO
THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED
STATES HERE IN JERUSALEM,
THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
>> Chris: IN A VIDEO,
HER FATHER, PRESIDENT
TRUMP, SAID HIS DECISION
ACKNOWLEDGED REALITY.
>> President Trump:
ISRAEL IS A SOVEREIGN
NATION WITH THE RIGHT,
LIKE EVERY OTHER SOVEREIGN
NATION, TO DETERMINE ITS
OWN CAPITAL.
YET FOR MANY YEARS, WE
FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
OBVIOUS: THE PLAIN
REALITY THAT ISRAEL'S
CAPITAL IS JERUSALEM.
>> Chris: ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU CALLED IT
HISTORIC.
>> WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY.
REMEMBER THIS MOMENT.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, BY
RECOGNIZING HISTORY, YOU
HAVE MADE HISTORY.
>> Chris: AMBASSADOR
DAVID FRIEDMAN HOSTED THE
EVENT AND TOLD CBN NEWS
HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE
HISTORIC DAY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING
FOR THIS FOR 25 YEARS, AND
THANK GOD IT CAME.
IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE
MOMENT, ONE THAT WILL
PROBABLY TAKE ME WEEKS FOR
ME TO PROCESS ALL OF MY
EMOTIONS.
>> Chris: AFTER NEARLY
23 YEARS, THE JERUSALEM
EMBASSY ACT HAS BEEN
FULFILLED, WITH THE
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA HERE IN
JERUSALEM.
BUT SOME SAY IT IS NOT
JUST HISTORY IN THE
MAKING, BUT ALSO PROPHECY
IN ACTION.
>> WE'RE SEEING PROPHECY
UNFOLD.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LORD
IS COMING BACK, BUT I KNOW
TODAY IT GOT A LITTLE BIT
CLOSER.
>> THIS IS ALSO A
PROPHETIC MOMENT BECAUSE
GOD PROMISED ISRAEL, IN
THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY,
CONCERNING THE NATIONS, I
WILL MAKE YOU THE HEAD AND
NOT THE TAIL.
>> Chris: OTHERS SAW IT
AS ISRAEL TAKING ITS PLACE
AMONG THE NATIONS.
>> ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE
MANFESTOTATIONS OMANIFESTATIONS IN THE
WORLD OF DOUBLE STANDARDS
IS IT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY
NOT ALLOWED TO NAME ITS
CAPITAL.
>> AND IT ALSO TELLS
ISRAEL'S ENEMIES, THIS IS
OUR CAPITAL.
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IS
HERE.
NOW DEAL WITH IT.
>> Chris: MEANWHILE,
THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS
RIOTEDED ALONG THE ISRAELI
ISRAELI-GAZA BORDER TO
PROTEST THE EMBASSY MOVE
AND TO MARK THE NAKBA.
DURING THE RIOTS, GAZAN
OFFICIALS SAID MORE THAN
550 DIED AND HUNDREDS MORE
WERE WOUNDED.
THE I.D.F. DROPPED
THOUSANDS OF LEAFLETS
WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY
AWAY FROM THE BORDER.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO
DEFEND OUR SOVEREIGNTY,
OUR CIVILIANS, AND OUR
BORDER.
WE WILL DO SO WHILE TRYING
TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF
CASUALTIES, BUT WE WILL
NOT LET THE RIOTERS
THROUGH AND TO HARM
ISRAELI CIVILIANS.
>> Chris: ISRAEL SAID
CAPTURED GAZANS TOLD THEM
HAMAS ENCOURAGES CHILDREN
TO CROSS THE FENCE.
THEY SAID THEY WANT THEM
TO SEE IT AS A POPULAR
UPRISING AND NOT INSPIRED
BY HAMAS.
TRUMP'S HISTORY-MAKING
DECISION HAS OPENED THE
DOOR FOR OTHER COUNTRIES
TO FOLLOW.
GUATEMALA FOLLOWED THE
UNITED STATES JUST TWO
DAYS LATER.
ON DECEMBER 25th, 2017,
GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT JIMMY
MORALES ANNOUNCED HIS
COUNTRY WOULD MOVE ITS
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM.
TODAY IT BECOMES THE
SECOND NATION AFTER THE
UNITED STATES TO
OFFICIALLY DO SO.
CBN NEWS GOT THE FIRST
INTERVIEW WITH THE
PRESIDENT IN ISRAEL.
>> Through Translator:
GUATEMALA HAS BEEN A
BLESSED NATION, AND I
BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD AN
EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WITH
THE PRESIDENT IN 1948.
AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD
EXCELLENT RELATIONS, AND
WE HAVE TO STRENGTHEN
THEM, AND I BELIEVE WE'LL
BE RECEIVING BLESSINGS FOR
BOTH PEOPLES BY DOING THE
RIGHT THING.
>> Chris: AT THE
OPENING, ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU WELCOMED
GUATEMALA'S PRESIDENT AND
CITEDECITED THE HISTORIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND GUATEMALA.
>> THERE ARE GUATEMALANS
IN MANY CITIES AND
COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL
BECAUSE WE REMEMBER OUR
FRIENDS.
AND GUATEMALA IS OUR
FRIEND.
>> IT IS A VERY BRAVE
DECISION.
IT'S AN HISTORIC DECISION.
AND WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT
THIS.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
SAID IS THE CORRECT
DECISION.
>> Chris: SARAH SOLIS IS
THE GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR
TO ISRAEL.
>> GUATEMALA WAS THE FIRST
ONE TO ESTABLISH AN
EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM IN
1956.
SO NOW WE ADD ANOTHER
MILESTONE TO THIS HISTORY,
THAT IS THE RETURN OF THE
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM.
>> Chris: GUATEMALA HAS
A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING
ISRAEL.
IN 1948, IT JOINED THE
U.S. IN RECOGNIZING THE
JEWISH STATE.
AFTER PRESIDENT HARRY S.
TRUMAN DID SO FOLLOWING
DAVID BEN-GURION'S
DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
>> THERE ARE VERY FEW
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THIS
KIND OF HISTORY.
SO WE FEEL VERY CLOSE TO
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND
WE HAVE CREATED A UNIQUE
FRIENDSHIP.
>> Chris: ISRAELI
LEADERS, INCLUDING MICHAEL
OREN, SEE THE U.S. AND
GUATEMALA AS JUST THE
BEGINNING.
>> WE HAVE IN CLI INDICATIONS
FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
FROM HUNGARY, AND SOME
LATIN-AMERICA COUNTRIES,
AND WE'RE EAGERLY AWAITING
THEM.
>> THIS IS NOT THE END OF
A PROCESS.
I BELIEVE, ACTUALLY, IT IS
THE BEGINNING OF A
PROCESS.
WHAT THE U.S.
ADMINISTRATION AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS DOING
WAS, I THINK HE WAS, IN A
WAY, SHOOTING THE STARTING
SHOT FOR A RACE.
I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE
MANY OTHER NATIONS THAT
WILL FOLLOW THE UNITED
STATES.
>> Chris: JERUSALEM
MAYOR NIR BARKAT HELPED
FACILITATE THE NEED.
>> I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR
PARTNERS IN GUATEMALA.
THAT WILL BE THE SECOND
EMBASSY MOVING.
>> I WAS AMAZED BY THE
INNUMERABLE AMOUNT OF
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES
THAT TH THE EMBASSY RECEIVED,
NOT ONLY FROM ISRAEL, BUT
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN MANY LANGUAGES.
FROM AFRICA, FROM EUROPE,
FROM LATIN-AMERICA, SAYING
CONGRATULATIONS,
GUATEMALA.
WE SUPPORT YOU.
THEY WERE SAYING, OUR
COUNTRY SHOULD DO THE
SAME.
OUR PRESIDENT SHOULD MAKE
THAT DECISION.
>> Chris: AND THAT'S
WHERE GUATEMALA COMES IN.
IT HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGES OF EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD.
AND ONE REASON WHY THE
COUNTRY IS ON ITS WAY TO
JERUSALEM.
>> PEOPLE IN GUATEMALA
PRAY FOR THE PEACE IN THIS
REGION, PRAY FOR
JERUSALEM.
AND THEY ARE EXCITED.
THEY TOLD ME IT IS AN
HONOR THAT IT WAS DURING
YOUR TERM.
I FEEL PRIVILEGED.
I FEEL MOVED.
I FEEL THAT THIS IS A GIFT
FROM GOD.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF
BLESSINGS WILL COME AFTER
THIS DECISION.
THIS IS A PROMISE IN THE
BIBLE, IN GENESIS.
AND I DON'T THINK -- I'M
SURE MANY BLESSINGS WILL
COME FORWARD.
>> Chris: THE SAME DAY
AS THE U.S. EMBASSY MOVED
TO JERUSALEM, PALESTINIANS
RIOTED ALONG THE
GAZA-ISRAELI BORDER.
MORE THAN 60 PALESTINIANS
WERE KILLED AS THEY TRIED
TO RUSH THE FENCE AND GET
INSIDE ISRAEL.
AND FALLOUT CONTINUES
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE
EAST.
TURKEY EXPELLED ISRAEL'S
AMBASSADOR AND ITS ONE
MORE SIGN THAT THIS FORMER
ALLY IS EMBRACING RADICAL
ISLAM.
PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP
ERDOGAN LABELLED ISRAEL'S
ACTS ALONG THE GAZA BORDER
AS GENOCIDE.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SHOT
BACK STATING: "ERDOGAN IS
AMONG HAMAS' BIGGEST
SUPPORTERS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HE
WELL-UNDERSTANDS TERRORISM
AND SLAUGHTER.
I SUGGEST THAT HE NOT
PREACH MORALITY TO US."
OTHER NATIONS ALSO
CRITICIZED ISRAEL,
SPECIFICALLY BLAMING THE
MOVE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY
TO JERUSALEM FOR THE
UNREST.
AMERICA'S U.N. AMBASSADOR
NIKKI HALEY PUT THE BLAME
SOLELY ON HAMAS AND IRAN.
>> IN RECENT DAYS, HAMAS
TERRORISTS, BACKED BY
IRAN, HAVE INCITED ATTACKS
AGAINST ISRAELI SECURITY
FORCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THOSE WHO SUGGEST THAT THE
GAZA VIOLENCE HAS ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THE LOCATION OF
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY ARE
SOARLY MISTAKEN.
THE VIOLENCE COMES FROM
THOSE WHO REJECT TO THE
STATE OF ISRAEL IN ANY
LOCATION.
>> Chris: WHILE THIS
FOOTAGE DOCUMENTED A HAMAS
SQUAD, ARMED WITH GRENADES
AND WEAPONS, TRYING TO CUT
THROUGH THE FENCE.
THE I.D.F. IDENTIFIED 24
OF THE DEAD AS KNOWN
TERRORISTS.
HAMAS ALSO ATTACKED A
KARAM SHALOM CROSSING.
CBN NEWS HAS REPORTED IT
IS THE CROSSING WHERE
ISRAEL SENDS TONS OF FOOD,
FUEL, AND MATERIALS INSIDE
GAZA FOR ITS PEOPLE.
DESPITE THE EVIDENCE,
TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN
STILL CONDEMNED ISRAEL,
AND BACKED ITS LONG TIME
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ALLY,
HAMAS.
>> TURKEY IS MOVING AWAY
FROM ITS FORMER ROLE AS A
RELIABLE WESTERN ALLY AND
AS A NATO MEMBER IN GOOD
STANDING, AND MORE AND
MORE TOWARDS A SENSE THAT
TURKEY IS A STATE DEEPLY
TINGED WITH ISLAMIST
IDEOLOGY, AND ACTING
ACCORDING TO SECTARIAN,
AND QUITE DANGEROUS.
>> Chris: SPIRE SAYS
ERDOGAN HAS EMBARKED ON A
MISSION TO TRANSFORM
TURKEY FROM A SECULAR
REPUBLIC TO AN ISLAMIC
STATE.
MORE THAN 60 PALESTINIANS
DIED IN CONFRONTATIONS
WITH ISRAEL AS THEY TRIED
TO BREACH THE BORDER
BETWEEN GAZA AND ISRAEL.
MUCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA PORTRAYED IT AS
ISRAELIS KILLING INNOCENT,
UNARMED PALESTINIANS.
HAMAS OFFICIALS TELL IS
DIFFERENT STORY.
MUCH OF THE COVERAGE
SEEMED TO SHOW ONE SIDE OF
THE STORY: AN UPRISING TO
PROTEST THE OPENING OF A
U.S. EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM.
BUT "MEMORY," A RESEARCH
INSTITUTE, REACHED A
COMPILATION OF VIDEOS
FOLLOWING MONDAY'S
CONFRONTATIONS THAT GIVE A
MUCH DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS HAMAS
OFFICIAL ADMITTED ON
PALESTINIAN TELEVISION
THAT 50 OF THE 62 PEOPLE
KILLED WERE HAMAS MEMBERS.
MAHKMUD, A SENIOR
OFFICIAL, SAID THIS ON
THE al-JAZEERA NETWORK.
>> THIS IS A CLEAR
DECEPTION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
PEACEFUL RESISTANCE, WE'RE
DECEIVING THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS A PEACEFUL
RESISTANCE BOLSTERED BY
MILITARY FORCE AND BY
SECURITY AGENCIES.
>> Chris: THE VIDEO
SHOWED TIRE BURNING AND
WIRE-CUTTING UNITS, SAYING
THEIR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS
IS TO DIE FOR THE SAKE OF
ALLAH, OR TO TAKE DOWN THE
BORDER FENCE WITH THE
FINGERNAILS OF THEIR
CHILDREN.
THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR
CALLED THIS A PALESTINIAN
CYCLE OF DEATH.
>> FIRST THEY INCITE
PEOPLE TO VIOLENCE.
AND THEN THEY PLACE AS
MANY CIVILIANS AS
POSSIBLE, INCLUDING WOMEN
AND CHILDREN, IN THE LINE
OF FIRE TO MAXIMIZE
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
THEN THEY BLAME ISRAEL,
AND THEN THEY COME HERE TO
COMPLAIN TO THE U.N.
>> Chris: EVEN THIS
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
OFFICIAL BLAMED THE P.A.'S
RIVAL, HAMAS.
>> SERIOUSLY, SENDING
CHILDREN TO BE KILLED OR
LOSE A LIMB WHILE YOU'RE
LEADERING ARE HAVING A YOUR
LEADERS ARE HAVING A GOOD
TIME?
>> Chris: SADLY, MANY
MORE MAY LOSE LIMBS OR BE
>> Chris: JUST ONE DAY
AFTER THE HISTORIC MOVE OF
THE U.S. EMBASSY TO
JERUSALEM, I SAT DOWN WITH
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL,
DAVID FRIEDMAN.
FREED MAFRIEDMAN REFLECTED ON WHAT
THE DAY MEANT TO HIM AND
WHAT HIS DAD WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND HE
TOLD US A LITTLE-KNOWN
STORY ABOUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
>> THE INSPIRATION WAS
PALPABLE.
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF RELIEF BECAUSE WE'VE
BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS FOR
25 YEARS, AND THANK GOD IT
CAME.
IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE
MOMENT.
ONE THAT WILL PROBABLY
TAKE ME WEEKS FOR ME TO
PROCESS ALL OF MY
EMOTIONS.
MY FATHER DEDICATED HIS
LIFE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
HE WAS A VERY PROMINENT
RABBI.
ISRAEL TO HIM WAS THE
CULMINATION OF ALL OF THE
HOPES AND PRAYERS OF THE
JEWISH PEOPLE FOR
THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
MY FATHER WAS OF THE
GENERATION THAT SURVIVED
THE HOLOCAUST.
SO THE JUXTAPOSITION OF
THOSE GREAT LOSSES AND THE
CREATION OF ISRAEL HAD A
PROFOUND AFFECT UPON HIM.
AND THAT'S HOW I GREW UP.
AND SO TO SEE THIS HAPPEN,
AS I WAS STANDING THERE, I
COULDN'T STOP THINKING
ABOUT HOW PROUD MY FATHER
WOULD BE AND I WISH HE WAS
ALIVE TO SEE THIS DAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A VERY
GOOD MAN.
IT IS NOT A DESCRIPTION I
GIVE MANY PEOPLE.
HE IS A GOOD MAN.
HE DOESN'T GET CREDIT FOR
ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS HE
HAS DONE.
I HAVE SEEN MANY OF HIS
ACTS OF KINDNESS AND
CHARITY TOWARDS OTHER.
WHEN I WAS MOURNING MY
FATHER, IT WAS A DAY IN
FEBRUARY, AND THERE WAS A
COMPLETE BLIZZARD ON LONG
ISLAND, AND WE HAD SHIVA
FOR SEVEN DAYS, AND PEOPLE
COME TO VISIT THE HOUSE.
AND NO ONE WAS COMING THAT
DAY BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS
MASSIVE BLIZZARD.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IN HE
WALKS, AND IT TOOK HIM
THREE AND A HALF HOURS IN
A CAR FOR HIM TO GET OUT
TO VISIT ME.
LONG BEFORE POLITICS WAS
ON THE HORIZON.
NOBODY WAS THERE, NO
PRESS.
AND WE SAT FOR TWO HOURS,
AND HE TALKED ABOUT HIS
FATHER, AND I TALKED ABOUT
MY FATHER.
AND WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO
HAVE HIM IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE HOW
THESE COMMUNITIES ARE
GROWING CLOSER AND CLOSER
TOGETHER, BASED UPON A
COMMON WEALTH OF THE LAND
OF ISRAEL, THE PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL, THE DESTINY OF
ISRAEL.
IT IS REALLY A
GAME-CHANGER FOR ISRAEL'S
STABILITY AND SECURITY IN
THE REGION.
THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE A
SMALL NATION.
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS
NOT A SMALL COMMUNITY.
FOR ISRAEL TO HAVE THESE
TYPES OF FRIENDS, IT IS
REALLY UNPRECEDENTED AND
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
I KNOW THE PRIME MINISTER
IS DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF
THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY, AS AM I AND AS
IS PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> Chris: UP NEXT, SEE
WHY THE U.S. AND
>> Chris: ADVOCATES SAY
THE MOVE OF THE U.S. AND
GUATEMALAN EMBASSIES FROM
TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM
MARKED A GREAT VICTORY FOR
FAITH-BASED DIPLOMACY.
THE KNESSET ALLIED CAUCUS
HELD A SPECIAL MEETING TO
HONOR THE U.S. AND
GUATEMALA, AND MANY GAVE
THE CREDIT TO GOD.
HERE ARE WHAT SOME
ISRAELIS AND AMERICANS HAD
TO SAY.
>> THIS WEEK WAS THE
GREATEST VICTORY IN THE
HISTORY OF FAITH-BASED
DIPLOMACY.
WE KNEW FOR DOZENS AND
DOZENS OF YEARS, THERE
WERE MILLIONS AND HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS
PRAYING FOR THE PEACE OF
ISRAEL, AND THE
RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM
AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL,
AND TODAY THOSE PRAYERS
WERE ANSWERED.
>> NO ONE COULD TAKE THE
CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE THIS
WAS SOMETHING THAT
OCCURRED SO MIRACULOUS
THAT IT WAS CLEARLY COMING
FROM THE RIGHT ARM A
SOVEREIGN GOD.
>> EVER SINCE THE LEADERS
OF NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH
KOREA MET, EVER SINCE THE
IRANIAN DEAL WAS
CANCELLED, AND WITH THE
SAYING THERE IS NO
COMPROMISE OF EVIL, AND
EVER SINCE THE UNITED
STATES EMBASSY MOVED TO
JERUSALEM, YOU KNOW WHAT
IS SHOCKING IN THE ISRAELI
SECULAR PRESS?
THEY CAN'T GET OVER ONE
THING: WHY ARE YOU YOU
MENTIONING GOD SO MANY
TIMES?
>> BY DENYING OUR
CONNECTION TO JERUSALEM,
ACTUALLY, IT IS ALSO THE
DENIAL OF CHRISTIANITY.
>> BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED
IN JERUSALEM THIS WEEK --
AND I WANT TO PARAPHRASE
JOHN HAGEE, WILL ECHO IN
THE HALL OF DAMASCUS.
IT WILL REVERBERATE IN THE
STREETS OF TEHRAN, AND NOT
JUST ON A RELIGIOUS LEVEL.
>> BUT IT IS NOT THE LAST
BATTLE IN THE WORLD'S WAR
AGAINST ISRAEL.
MY MESSAGE WAS: SO WE ARE
CELEBRATING IN JUBILANCE,
WE MUST CONTINUE TO BE
VIGILANT.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO WORK
TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS
OF MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE
WORLD.
>> Chris: COMING UP, "TO
LIFE," SEE HOW ISRAELI
>> Chris: TO HONOR
ISRAEL'S 70th ANSWER,
CBN PRODUCED "TO LIFE:
HOW ISRAELI VOLUNTEERS ARE
CHANGING THE WORLD."
TAKE A LOOK HOW ISRAELI
REFUGEES HELPED THOSE
FLEEING FROM A CIVIL WAR
WHEN THEY LANDEDE LANDED ON A
GREEK ISLAND.
>> Gordon: THE GREEK
ISLAND OF LESBOS, A QUIET
VACATION SPOT WHERE
TOURISTS RELAX AND LOCAL
CHILDREN PLAY IN PEACE.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ISLAND, A VERY
DIFFERENT SCENE IS
UNFOLDING.
EVERY DAY THOUSANDS OF
REFUGEES ARRIVE ON THIS
SHORE.
MOST ARE FLEEING THE
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, HOPING
TO RESETTLE IN EUROPE.
>> WE SEE BABIES WHICH ARE
ONLY A FEW DAYS OLD, OLD
PEOPLE, AT THE AGE OF 90,
95, EVEN, AND WE GET MANY
PEOPLE FROM SYRIA, ALSO
FROM IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN,
IRAN.
>> Gordon: WAITING TO
HELP THEM ON THE BEACHES
OF GREECE ARE THE LAST
PEOPLE THE SYRIANS MIGHT
EXPECT: VOLUNTEERS FROM
ISRAEL.
>> MY NAME IS TALISHA, AND
I'M HERE WITH AN
ISRAELI-BASED COMPANY.
>> I WORK AS A NURSE.
>> I LIVE IN TEL AVIV.
I JUST FINISHED MED SCHOOL
AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY.
I CAME HERE TO BE ON THE
COAST AS A DOCTOR.
>> I'M FROM NAZARETH, AND
I'M THE TEAM LEADER OF
ISRA-AID.
>> Gordon: THE ISRA-AID
TEAM IS A MIX OF DOCTORS
AND NURSES, BOTH ARAB AND
JEWISH.
>> I AM A PALESTINIAN
CITIZEN OF ISRAEL.
AND I'M ALSO A CHRISTIAN,
SO I'M A MINORITY INSIDE
OF A MINORITY INSIDE OF
ISRAEL.
BEING AWARE OF MY HISTORY,
MY BACKGROUND, WHERE I
COME FROM, THE HISTORY MY
PEOPLE WENT THROUGH, THIS
IS WHAT APPEALS TO ME.
THIS IS MY JOB AND WHAT I
SHOULD BE DOING.
>> Chris: THE FILM
REALLY DOES TELL AN
AMAZING STORY OF WHAT
ISRAELI VOLUNTEERS ARE
DOING AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER
YOUR OWN COPY, PLEASE GO
TO cbn.com.
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