>> Chris: THIS WEEK ON
"JERUSALEM DATELINE," THE
LARGEST PRO-ISRAEL GROUP
CELEBRATES A NEW
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
WASHINGTON AND JERUSALEM.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
MANY YEARS, PERHAPS EVEN
MANY DECADES, THERE IS NO
DAYLIGHT BETWEEN OUR TWO
GOVERNMENTS.
>> Chris: SEE HOW THIS
U.N. BODY SPENDS A LOT OF
ITS TIME CONDEMNING THE
JEWISH STATE.
>>> AND TAKE A TRIP ON THE
GOSPEL TRAIL AND SEE THE
PLACES WHERE JESUS WALKED.
>>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.
COMING TO YOU THIS WEEK
FROM JUST ACROSS THE
VALLEY OF OLD JERUSALEM'S
LAWS.
NEARLY 20,000 PRO-ISRAEL
SUPPORTERS GATHERED AT THE
ANNUAL AMERICAN-ISRAEL
PUBLIC FA AFFAIRS MEETING.
HERE IS CBN NEWS' AMBER C.
STRONG.
>> THEY CAME IN SUPPORT OF
THE JEWISH STATE, TO
CELEBRATE CULTURE, DISCUSS
THE LATEST IN ISRAELI
TECHNOLOGY, BUT MOSTLY
THEY CAME TO TALK POLICY.
EACH YEAR 18,000 PEOPLE
DESCEND UPON APAC POLICY
CONFERENCE.
AND AT THIS YEAR'S
CONFERENCE, ONE MESSAGE
SEEMED TO RESONATE:
REBUILDING THAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
MANY YEARS, PERHAPS EVEN
MANY DECADES, THERE IS NO
DAYLIGHT BETWEEN OUR TWO
GOVERNMENTS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR A
THEN CANDIDATE TRUMP
IMPRESSED THE CROWDS WITH
A SCATHING DESCRIPTION OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL.
>> President Trump: HE
MAY BE THE WORST THING
THAT EVER HAPPENED TO
ISRAEL.
>> Reporter: APAC
PRESIDENT LILLIAN PINCUS
WAS QUIT TO REMIND THE
MEDIA OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
A BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE.
ALL EYES WERE ON VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
>> IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK
TO APAC.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A
LONG TIME, AMERICA HAS A
PRESIDENT WHO WILL STAND
WITH OUR ALLIES AND STAND
UP TO OUR ENEMIES.
THE UNITED STATES WILL NO
LONGER ALLOW THE UNITED
NATIONS TO BE USED AS A
FORUM FOR A WAY AGAINST
ISRAEL OR THE WEST.
>> Reporter: BEYOND
STRENGTHENING THAT BOND
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND
ISRAEL, ANOTHER TOPIC
LUMED AT THE CONFERENCE:
IRAN.
>> BOTH OUR GOVERNMENTS
RECOGNIZE THAT FOREMOST
AMONG THOSE CHALLENGES
REMAINS IRAN.
WE BOTH RECOGNIZE THAT THE
NUCLEAR DEAL DOES NOT
BLOCK IRAN'S PATH TO A
BOMB.
>> Reporter: NATALI
BENNETT, ISRAEL'S MINISTER
OF EDUCATION, TOLD CBN
NEWS THE TIME TO ACT IS
NOW.
>> WE'VE GOT AN IRAN WHO
HAS A GOAL TO CREATE A
GLOBAL HEGAMONY OVER THE
ENTIRE REGION.
WE CANNOT ALLOW IRAN TO
THREATEN THE FREE WORLD
WITH NUCLEAR BOOMS.
BOMBS.
WE HAVE TO STOP THEM.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT
IS A CHALLENGE THAT THE
TWO ALLIES CAN MEET.
>> WE HAVE TO STOP THAT
PATH.
AND THERE ARE A FEW WAYS
WE CAN DO IT, AND WE'RE
WORKING ON IT TOGETHER
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: TONY BLAIR
AGREES THAT IT IS TIME FOR
THE WEST TO PUSH BACK
AGAINST IRAN.
>> STAND UP.
BE FIRM.
AND MAKE SURE THAT --
[APPLAUSE]
>> -- IT'S A VERY SIMPLE
THING.
IF YOU HAD A BENIGN REGIME
IN IRAN, ALL OF THE
PROBLEMS OF THE MIDDLE
EAST WOULD BE EASIER TO
RESOLVE.
>> Chris: THE U.S.
SENATE CONFIRMED DAVID
FRIEDMAN AS THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SENT A
VIDEO CONGRATULATING
FRIEDMAN.
IT IS ONE MORE SIGN OF THE
GROWING COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND ISRAEL.
HERE IS WAS NETANYAHU HAD
TO SAY ABOUT THE PROSPECTS
FOR PEACE.
>> ISRAEL IS COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO ADVANCE PEACE
WITH THE PALESTINIANS AND
WITH ALL OUR NEIGHBORS.
I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMON
DANGERS FACED BY ISRAEL
AND MANY OF OUR ARAB
NEIGHBORS NOW OFFER A RARE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
BRIDGES TOWARDS A BETTER
FUTURE, A FUTURE MORE
PROSPEROUS, MORE SECURE,
MORE PEACEFUL.
>> Chris: THE
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
CONFLICT IS LIKELY TO
CONSUME A LOT OF TIME OF
NETANYAHU AND THE NEW U.S.
AMBASSADOR.
BUT ONE STICKING POINT IS
THE CONTINUED PALESTINIAN
TERRORISM INSIDE ISRAEL,
BUT WHAT IS TO BLAME?
SOME PALESTINIANS BLAME IT
ON THEIR ANGER OVER THE
CONTENTION THEY'RE LIVING
UNDER ISRAELI OCCUPATION.
BUT IN THIS EXCLUSIVE
REPORT, SOME PALESTINIANS
BLAME IT ON HOPELESSNESS
AND DISPAIR.
CORRUPTION IN THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
COULD BE DRIVING YOUNG
PALESTINIANS TO CARRY OUT
TERROR ATTACKS.
>> IN GENERAL, PEOPLE ARE
NOT FEELING SAFE.
IF ANYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT
SOMEONE WHO BELONGS TO
FATAH OR THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY, OR AGAINST
SOMEBODY WHO IS RELATED TO
SOMEONE IN THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY, THE POLICE
REJECT THE COMPLAINT.
>> Chris: AHMED IS ONE
OF SOME TWO MILLION ARABS
LIVING UNDER P.A. CONTROL
IN THE WEST BANK.
WE HAVE HIDDEN HIS
IDENTITY FOR HIS
PROTECTION.
>> EVEN IF SOMEBODY HAS
BEEN ASSAULTED BY SOMEONE
WHO BELONGS TO THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND
COMPLAINS, THEY FORCE HIM
TO BACK DOWN, OR HE IS
THREATENED WITH DEATH OR
JAIL.
>> Chris: THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT IS IN RAMALLAH.
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN
THE MID-'90s, THE U.S.
HAS COMMITTED ABOUT
$5 BILLION INSISTENCE.
THAT WOULD MAKE
PALESTINIANS AMONG THE
WORLD'S LARGEST RECIPIENTS
OF FOREIGN AID.
>> SOMETIMES I BELIEVE
THAT THE REFERLUTIONNARY
COUNCIL ITHE REVOLUTIONARYCOUNCIL IS THE C OUNCIL OF
CORRUPTION.
>> Chris: THE
PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER
RAMIHAMDALI SAYS THERE IS
NO CORRUPTION IN THE P.A.
>> THESE PEOPLE WILL BE
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE, IF
THERE IS ANY CORRUPTION.
IF ANYONE COMMITS ANY OF
THESE ISSUES, ACTUALLY, HE
OR SHE WILL BE BROUGHT TO
JUSTICE.
>> Chris: ACCORDING TO A
SURVEY LAST YEAR, MORE
THAN 95% OF PALESTINIANS
SEE THEIR GOVERNMENT AS
CORRUPT.
>> PEOPLE CAN SEE
EVERYTHING.
>> EVERYBODY KNOWS ONCE
YOU COMPLAIN, YOU ARE
PUTTING YOUR LIFE IN
DANGER.
AND THE POLICY OF THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IS
IF A PERSON HAS A PROBLEM
WITH AN OFFICIAL, IF THIS
OFFICIAL ASKS HIM FOR A
BRIBE, THAT PERSON HAS TO
PAY, EVEN IF HE HAS
NOTHING.
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
AND THE SECURITY SERVICES
COME AGAINST HIM, AND
NOBODY WILL PROTECT HIM.
>> Chris: PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS A
PEACE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL
AND THE PALESTINIANS, BUT
AKMED SAYS LACK OF PEACE
ISN'T THE PROBLEM.
>> I WANT THE WEST AND THE
UNITED NATIONS TO
ESTABLISH AN INQUIRY
DELEGATION, AN HONEST ONE,
TO INQUIRE INTO ALL OF
THOSE CRIMES THAT ARE PERO
PERPETRATED BY
PALESTINIANS.
I'M SURE HUNDREDS OF THOSE
GUILTY PEOPLE WILL BE PUT
IN PRISON.
>> Chris: AHMED WANTS
THE WEST AND THE UNITED
NATIONS TO PRESSURE THE
P.A. TO BECOME AN HONEST
GOVERNMENT.
UNTIL THEN, HE SAYS, THERE
WILL BE NO STATE AND
TERRORISM WILL CONTINUE.
>> Chris: COMING UP,
FIND OUT ABOUT THE U.N.
GROUP WHERE THE JEWISH
STATE DOESN'T SEEM TO GET
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE THE
RED ROADS OF YEMEN HASHI,
BUILT OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF
THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM.
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS A
REPUTATION FOR BASHING THE
JEWISH STATE, BUT THE NEW
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE
U.N., NIKKI HALEY, TOLD
APAC THAT THE DAYS OF
ISRAEL BASHING ARE OVER.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF
THREATS TO PEACE AND
SECURITY, BUT YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO TAKE OUR NUMBER
ONE DE DEMOCRATIC FRIEND IN
THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEAT
UP ON THEM.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS THEY'RE ALL BACKING UP
A LITTLE BIT.
THE ISRAEL BASHING IS NOT
AS LOUD.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT I MEANT, OUTSIDE OF
GIVING THE SPEECH, SO WE
SHOWED THEM.
SO WHEN THEY DECIDED TO
TRY TO PUT A PALESTINIAN
IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST
POSITIONS THAT HAD EVER
BEEN GIVEN AT THE U.N., WE
SAID NO, AND WE HAD HIM
BOOTED OUT.
SO FOR ANYONE THAT SAYS
YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING
DONE AT THE U.N., THEY
NEED TO KNOW THERE IS A
NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Chris: THE U.N.-WATCH
HAS BEEN FIGHTING THE U.N.
BIAS AGAINST THE JEWISH
STATE FOR YEARS IN THE
GENEVA-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCILMENT HERE ICOUNCIL.
HERE IS A VIDEO DELIVERING
THE STUNNING REBUKE HE
DELIVERED ON ISRAEL'S
BEHALF.
>> THEY HAVE USED THE
WORST KIND OF ABUSE, AND
IMPOSING A REGIME OF
APARTHEID.
>> THEY CONTINUE TO
EXERCISE APARTHEID IN
PALESTINIAN, WHICH
CONSTITUTES VIOLENCE AND
TERROR AGAINST THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
>> THESE VIOLATIONS
INCLUDE THE BUILDING OF
APARTHEID ROAD TO
LEGITIMIZE THE LAND AND IN TO
INCLUDE ISRAEL.
>> ISRAEL PRACTICES
DISCRIMINATION, AS WELL AS
EXTREMISM.
>> THE UNITED NATIONS
WATCH HAS THE FLOOR.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME
BEGIN BY PUTTING THE
FOLLOWING ON THE RECORD.
EVERYTHING WE JUST HEARD
FROM THE WORLD'S WORST
ABUSERS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS,
OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION, OF
THE PRESS, OF ASSEMBLY, OF
SPEECH, IS ABSOLUTELY
FALSE AND INDEED ORWELION.
THE AGENDA ITEM AGAINST
ISRAEL COMPLETELY IGNORES
THEY'RE HUMAN RIGHTS.
OVER THE WEEKEND,
PRESIDENT ABBAS ANNOUNCED
HE WAS GIVING HIS HIGHEST
MEDAL TO A MAN IN A
BEIRUT-BASED AGENCY OF 18
ARAB STATES, AFTER GENERAL
GUTERREZ RIGHTLY
INSTRUCTED HER TO REMOVE
THE REPORT THAT A ACCUSED
APARTHEID.
WHY IS HE CELEBRATING A
REPORT AFTER HIS ONLY
COMMISSION TRIED TO REMOVE
MR. FAULK?
THE ACCUSATION AGAINST
ISRAEL IS ABSURD.
ISRAEL'S 1.5 MILLION
ARABS --
>> MORE THAN ONE STATEMENT
USED INACCEPTABLE TERMS,
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE THIS
TO BE STOPPED.
AND WE CALL FOR RESPECT OF
OUR POSITIONS WITHIN THE
UNITED COUNCIL.
>> NOW, THE PREVIOUS
SPEAKER CAN CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT.
ISRAEL'S 1.5 MILLION
ARABS -- WHATEVER
CHALLENGES THEY FACE,
ENJOY FULL RIGHTS TO
VOTES, THEY WORK AS
DOCTORS AND LAWYERS, AND
THEY SERVE ON THE SUPREME
COURT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT
COMMISSION, EGYPT, IRAQ,
AND THE OTHERS, HOW MANY
JEWS LIVE IN YOUR
COUNTRIES?
HOW MANY JEWS LIVED IN
EGYPT, ALGERIA, WHERE ARE
YOUR JEWS?
EGYPT USED TO HAVE 75,000
JEWS -- WHERE ARE YOUR
JEWS.
SYRIA, YOU HAD TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF JEWS, WHERE
ARE YOUR JEWS?
MR. PRESIDENT, WHERE IS
THE REAL APARTHEID.
WHY IS THERE A U.N.
COMMISSION THAT DOES NOT
INCLUDE ISRAEL.
WHERE IS THE APARTHEID,
MR. PRESIDENT.
MR. PRESIDENT, WHY ARE WE
MEETING ON AN AGENDA ITEM,
SINGLING OUT ONLY ONE
STATE, THE JEWISH STATE,
FOR APARTHEID?
WHERE IS THE APARTHEID,
MR. PRESIDENT?
>> Chris: EARLIER, WE
TALKED WITH HIM IN OUR
JERUSALEM STUDIO ABOUT THE
BATTLE HE FACES AT THE
U.N.
>> EVERY TIME I LOCK INTO
THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL -- ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT WAS THE FOUNDING
CHAIR ON THE U.N.
COMMISSION OF HUMANITARIAN
RIGHTS, AND TO SEE TODAY
HAVING MEMBERS LIKE CHINA,
RUSSIA, CUBA, PAKISTAN,
AND VENEZUELA, IT IS
OUTRAGEOUS.
EVERY TIME I WALK IN
THERE, I REMIND MYSELF
THAT I'M WALKING INTO AN
ORWELION NEWS.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M THE
MOST HATED MAN IN GENEVA.
>> Chris: CAN YOU
DESCRIBE WHAT TYPE OF
TREATMENT THAT ISRAEL GETS
IN THE UNITED NATIONS?
>> ISRAEL GETS A TREATMENT
THAT NO OTHER COUNTRY
GETS.
AT EVERY SESSION OF THE
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,
THERE IS A DAY ON ISRAEL,
JUST LIKE A DAY ON HUMAN
RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD,
AND ONE DAY JUST FOR
ISRAEL.
A SPECIAL AGENDA ONLY TO
CRITICIZE SO-CALLED
ISRAELI VIOLATIONS.
THERE IS NO AGENDA ITEM
FOR DARFUR OR SUDAN OR IN
SYRIA, NOR ON NORTH KOREA,
ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFIC
PLACES ON THE PLANET FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS.
ONLY ISRAEL GETS ITS ONLY
AGENDA ITEM.
AND ISRAEL IS CONDEMNED IN
HALF OF THE RESOLUTIONS AT
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.
THE EXPERTS ON ISRAEL
LOOKS ONLY AT ISRAELI
VIOLATIONS, AND WON'T LOOK
AT ANY PALESTINIAN
ACTIONS.
SO IF THERE IS, GOD
FORBID, A SUICIDE BOMBING
IN ISRAEL, THE EXPERT WILL
CRITICIZE ISRAEL'S
RESPONSE BUT THEY WON'T
CRITICIZE A SUICIDE
BOMBING, WHICH IS A
PALESTINIAN ACT, BECAUSE
IT IS NOT HIS MANDATE.
IT IS DESIGNED TO CREATE A
NARRATIVE AS ISRAEL AS
SOME SORT OF WICKED HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSER.
>> Chris: BOO IS I WHAT IS IT
LOOK FOLIKE FOR YOU?
>> IT IS NOT GOOD.
YOU KNOW MANY PEOPLE
DESPISE YOU.
IT IS NOT PLEASANT, BUT WE
GET SUPPORT AROUND THE
WORLD, AND WE KNOW WE'RE
DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
SPEAKING OUT.
>> Chris: UP NEXT, IS
CHRISTIAN PER CONSTITUTION
IPERSECUTION INTHE ARAB WORLD NEW?
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE THE
CHURCH OF THE DORMISSION
ON MT. ZION, WHERE MANY
CHRISTIANS WORSHIP HERE IN
THE CITY OF JERUSALEM.
AND DURING THE PAST FEW
YEARS, MUSLIM PERSECUTION
OF CHRISTIANS IN THE
MIDDLE EAST HAS EXPLODED.
BUT IS IT ANYTHING NEW?
JULIE STAAL ASKED AUTHOR
AND PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
EXPERT, PINCUS SINBARI
ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK AND THE
STORY IT TELLS OF
CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO.
>> IT IS CALLED A WRITING
STONE.
STONE IS THE NAME OF THE
HORSE AND IT REPRESENTS A
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM.
IT IS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY DURING THE
BRITISH MANDATE, THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: THAT WOULD
BE THE CHRISTIAN-ARAB
COMMUNITY?
>> CHRISTIAN-ARAB
COMMUNITY, YES.
BUT HERE THERE IS AN
AMERICAN LADY.
>> Reporter: SHE IS NOT
JUST ANY ARAB LADY, RIGHT?
SHE HAS A HISTORY IN HIS
LAND?
>> YES, BECAUSE SHE WAS
BORN IN AMERICA, AN
AMERICAN GIRL.
AND SHE WAS RIDING HORSES
IN AMERICA.
BUT HER FATHER DID THE NOT
FIND HIS PLACE IN AMERICA.
AND HE CAME WITH ALL OF
THE FAMILY BACK TO
PALESTINE.
AND HERE SHE FINDS HERSELF
AN AMERICAN-ARAB LADY IN
AN ARAB VILLAGE, AND SHE
DID NOT FIND HER PLACE
THERE.
>> Reporter: WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT TOOK PLACE 70 YEARS
AGO, 80 YEARS AGO.
>> IT IS DURING THE
BRITISH RULE OF THE
PALESTINE, IN THE FIRST
YEAR OF THE STATE OF
ISRAEL.
WHAT IS THE LESSON FOR OUR
TIME?
THEY CONFINED IN THE STORY
THE ROOTS OF WHAT HAD BEEN
THE CHRISTIANS IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
EXCEPT FOR ISRAEL.
THEY ARE PROTECTED.
SHE BEHAVED AS A FREE
WOMAN, AND SHE WAS RIDING
A HORSE AND THE MUSLIMS
AND THE ARABS FOUND IT
PROVOKING TO THEIR
SENTIMENTS, AND SHE WAS
EXPOSED FROM THE MOSQUE.
THIS IS REPRESENTING WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO THE
CHRISTIANS IN THE COMING
YEARS.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU
SEE THE PLACE OF THE
CHRISTIANS IN THE MUSLIM
WORLD?
>> WELL, IT IS A CLASS OF
CIVILIZATIONS.
BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS ARE
ARABS, LIKE THE MUSLIMS,
BUT STILL THERE ARE
DIFFERENT ARABS.
THE PLACE OF THE WOMAN IS
DIFFERENT THAN THE PLACE
OF THE WOMAN IN THE MUSLIM
SOCIETY.
AND THE MUSLIMS ARE LESS
TOLERANT TO EVERYBODY, THE
JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS,
THE SAME.
SO THEY FOUND -- THEY
COULD NOT LIE TO SERVE THE
JEWS.
AND SO THEY ARE LOST.
ONLY IN ISRAEL THEY ARE
PROTECTED.
>> Reporter: IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD?
>> THE HERO OF THE
STORY -- AFTER SHE WAS
DISAPPOINTED AND WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER BECAUSE OF
ARABISM, SHE WANTED TO
TAKE HER DAUGHTER OUT OF
ARABISM.
AND THEN HER DAUGHTER,
VIOLET, FOUND A NICE
JEWISH BOY.
SO THE MOTHER ENCOURAGED
THEIR LOVE.
AND THE MOTHER WANTED THEM
TO MARRY.
BUT HERE, AGAIN, ARAB
NATIONALISM AND
INTOLERANCE INDECES INTERFERED,
AND THE DAUGHTER WAS
SMUGGLED OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL
SO SHE WOULD NOT BE
SLAUGHTERED.
>> Reporter: WOW, THAT
IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, IS IT?
>> IT HAPPENS.
>> Chris: UP NEXT, COME
SEE WHERE JESUS WALKED.
>> Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
PILGRIMS AND TOURISTS
VISITING ISRAEL CAN NOW
LITERALLY TAKE THE SAME
PATH THAT JESUS WALKED.
HERE IS JULIE STAAL AGAIN
TAKING US ON THE GOSPEL
TRAIL.
>> Reporter: THE TREK
BEGINS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
NAZARETH, HERE ON
MT. PRECIPICE.
>> THE TRAIL OFFERS THE
NATURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF
THE TIME OF JESUS.
THE EMPHASIS ON THE TRAIL
IS ONE WILL SEE WHAT
SOMEBODY IN JESUS' TIME,
OR JESUS HIMSELF, WOULD
HAVE SEEN WHEN HE WALKED
FROM NAZARETH TO
CAPERNIUM.
>> Reporter: THEY CALL
IT MUCH MORE THAN A FOOT
PATH.
>> THE TRAIL ITSELF IS
ACCESSIBLE THROUGH BICYCLE
OR WITH HORSES.
IT IS JUST MAGNIFICENT
SCENERY.
>> Reporter: NO ONE
KNOWS EXACTLY THE WAY
JESUS TOOK, BUT THE
40-MILE TRAIL CONNECTS
PLACES RELATED TO HIS LIFE
AND MINISTRY.
ACCESS POINTS ALONG THE
WAY ALLOW TOURISTS TO
SPEND A LITTLE OR A LONG
TIME ON THE TRAIL.
IT IS MARKED WITH THIS
DISTINCTIVE SIGN.
THIS GROUP OF
LATIN-AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
VISITED THE TRAIL.
>> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
WE SEE A WONDERFUL SEA.
THERE ARE GREAT MOUNTAINS
ALL AROUND US.
THERE IS GREAT VEGETATION.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE
ACTUAL HILL WHERE JESUS
GAVE THE SERMON ON THE
MOUNT.
>> Reporter: OSCAR SAYS
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR HIS GROUP.
>> WE'RE EXCITED TO TAKE
THIS JOURNEY.
JUST TO STAND ON HIS HILL
AND TO KNOW THERE WERE
VILLAGES THAT EXACTLY
EXISTED HERE.
IT IS A RICHNESS OF
HISTORY AND CULTURE, AND
OF OUR FAITH AS WELL, TO
KNOW THAT JESUS MAYBE
STOOD THERE, WHERE YOU'RE
STANDING AT.
>> Reporter: THE TRAIL
ENDS HERE AT CAPERNIUM,
WHERE THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS
MADE IT HOME BY THE SEA OF
GALILEE.
>> IT IS A GREAT TRAIL.
AND I THINK LOTS OF
ISRAELIS WILL APPRECIATE
IT, AND THE PEOPLE WHO
WILL COME AND ENJOY IT.
>> Reporter: WHILE IT
MAY BE THE END OF THE
TRAIL, IT'S NOT THE END OF
THE TRIP.
YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
WALK ON THE WATER, BUT YOU
CAN TAKE A BOAT RIDE AND
SAIL OFF INTO THE SUNSET
ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.
JULIE STAAL, CBN NEWS, CAP
CAPERNIUM, ISRAEL.
>> Chris: IT IS A
WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO BE
IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE
JESUS WAS WHEN HE WALKED
HERE ON THE EARTH.
THAT'S IT FOR THIS
EDITION.
REMEMBER YOU CAN FOLLOW US
ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA,
WHETHER IT IS Facebook,
TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM, OR
EVEN YouTube AND
PLEASE SHARE US WITH YOUR
FRIENDS.
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL, AND
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
"JERUSALEM DATELINE."
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét