>> THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM
DATELINE," WINDS OF CHANGE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT INVITES
EVANGELICAL LEADERS TO
MEET WITH HIM.
AND 100 YEARS SINCE THE
BATTLE OF BEERSHEBA, THE
VICTORY THAT PAVED THE WAY
FOR THE JEWISH STATE.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE THIS
WEEK ON "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
>>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
I'M JULIE STAAL, FILLING
IN FOR CHRIS MITCHELL.
>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME A
DELEGATION OF CHRISTIAN
EVANGELICALS FROM THE
UNITED STATES VISITED WITH
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT
EL-SISSI.
SOME BELIEVE IT RECOMMENDS
A TURNING POINT WITH THE
WORLDS LARGEST COMPANY.
>> THE MEETING BETWEEN
PRESIDENT el-SISSI AND
THE EVANGELICALS EXCEEDED
THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
>> RARELY HAVE I BEEN IN A
MEETING THAT WAS MEANT FOR
AN HOUR AND WENT FOR THREE
HOURS.
AND THERE WAS NO HEDGING
OF ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS SETTING
INTO MOTION AN HISTORIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN
ARAB MUSLIM LEADER AND THE
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN
MOVEMENT.
>> Chris: AUTHOR AND
MIDDLE EAST EXPERT JOEL
ROSENBERG HOSTEDED THE HOSTED THE
DELEGATION.
HE BELIEVES E EL-SISSI IS
THE LEADER WE NEED TO MEET
WITH.
>> WHAT DO WE NEED IN THE
UNITED STATES?
PEOPLE WHO TELL US I WANT
A STRONG STRATEGIC
ALLIANCE WITH AMERICA.
>> Reporter: DURING THE
MEETING, HE STRESSED
FIGHTING ISLAMIC TERRORISM
AND PROTECTING RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.
>> AS A FORMER MEMBER OF
THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS, I CAN TELL YOU
PRESIDENT EL-SISSI IS THE
BEST OF THE BEST.
WE CAN BE EXTREMELY GLAD
HE IS HERE.
AND I AM EXTREMELY PROUD
TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
PRESIDENT el-SISSI
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO ENSURE
THAT I, AS A CHRISTIAN IN
EGYPT, AM ABLE TO PRACTICE
MY FAITH WITHOUT HAVING
THAT DISRUPTED.
>> Chris: THE DELEGATION
ALSO MET WITH TWO
INFLUENTIAL MUSLIM
LEADERS, INCLUDING EGYPT'S
GRAND MUFTI AND THE WIDOW
OF EGYPT'S FORMER
PRESIDENT, WHO FORGED AN
HISTORIC PEACE WITH
ISRAEL, A PEACE THAT HAS
LASTED FOR DECADES.
>> IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL GROUP
LIKE THEM TO VISIT EGYPT.
AND TO GET TO KNOW THAT
THE EGYPTIAN WANT TO BUILD
OUR COUNTRY AND WE WANT TO
DO OUR BEST -- WE WANT TO
DO MORE HOSPITALS, MORE
SCHOOLS, MORE EVERYTHING
TO MAKE THE COUNTRY -- TO
ELEVATE THE STANDARDS OF
THE PEOPLE.
>> Chris: EGYPT IS A
LAND RICH IN BIBLICAL
HISTORY.
MOSES WAS RESCUED FROM THE
RIVER NILE.
IT IS THE LAND OF JOSEPH,
THE ISRAELITES, AND THE
EXODUS.
JESUS SOUGHT REFUGE HERE,
AND EGYPT IS MENTIONED
MORE IN THE BIBLE THAN ANY
OTHER COUNTRY ACCEPT
ISRAEL.
THAT'S WHY THESE
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS
BELIEVE GOD HAS A SPECIAL
CALLING ON EGYPT.
>> TH THE SCRIPTURES INDICATE
THAT GOD HAD THIS GREAT
LOVE FOR EGYPT.
ISAIAH 19 SPEAKS OF EGYPT,
MY PEOPLE.
>> Chris: SOME BELIEVE
THE MEETINGS REPRESENT
WINDS OF CHANGE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
>> AS I TRAVEL AROUND
THROUGHOUT THE ARAB WORLD,
THERE IS A NEW OPENNESS
AND COOPERATION.
I THINK THE HORRIBLE
EVENTS OF RECENT YEARS
HERE HAVE AWAKENED
EVERYONE TO NOT ONLY THE
IDEA OF PEACE, BUT THE
NECESSITY OF IT.
AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO
FEAR BY FREEDOM.
>> Chris: THE DELEGATION
ALSO MET WITH EVANGELICAL
LEADERS OF EGYPT, WHERE
BOTH GROUPS SHARED THEIR
HEARTS.
[INAUDIBLE]
>> IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE
HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
>> WE AS ARAB CHRISTIANS,
WE FEEL HONORED THAT YOU
VISIT.
>> A FANTASTIC MEETING,
SHARING THE HOPES, THE
DREAMS, THE CHALLENGES
FACING EVANGELICALS HERE,
HOW THEY LOOK TO THE
FUTURE, HOW THEY COME
TOGETHER AND BUILD A
COALITION FOR THE KINGDOM
OF GOD.
THE MEETING WAS VERY, VERY
PROPHETIC AND VERY
INSPIRING.
>> Chris: DR. ANDREA
ZACKI IS THE HEAD OF THE
EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN
EGYPT.
>> WE HAVE GROWN OUR
CHURCH AND WE HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN GOD, AND WE
ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO
BUILD THE KINGDOM OF GOD
WITH CO-EXISTENCE AND
RESPECTERING EACH OTHER.
WE ARE INVITING PEOPLE TO
COME TO JESUS.
>> WE COME HERE TOGETHER
AND BOW DOWN AND ASK YOUR
KINGDOM COME.
>> Chris: THE DOCTOR
BELIEVES IT IS VITAL TO
PRAY FOR THE CHURCH OF
EGYPT.
>> FOR US TO COME HERE AND
SAY, YOU ARE NOT ALONE; WE
COME HERE AND PRAY FOR
YOU.
WE PRAY FOR THEM NOT ONCE
A YEAR.
WE PRAY FOR THEM ON A
REGULAR BASIS.
>> Chris: AND el-SISSI
WANTED PRAYER, TOO.
>> HE ASKED THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR
ME; PLEASE PRAY FOR EGYPT.
BECAUSE WE ARE IN A
BATTLE.
>> Chris: THE DELEGATION
WANTS TO BUILD A
FRIENDSHIP WITH EGYPT'S
PRESIDENT, AND ROSENBERG
SEES THE VISIT AS AN
HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
RARE MOMENTS IN HISTORY
WHEN GOD ALLOWS FOLLOWERS
OF JESUS CHRIST TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH WORLD
LEADERS, TO BE AMBASSADORS
FOR CHRIST.
THIS IS WHAT THE APOSTLE
PAUL TALKED ABOUT, THAT
WE'RE AMBASSADORS OF A
KINGDOM, CHRIST'S KINGDOM.
>> Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS, CAIRO,
EGYPT.
>> Julie: ANOTHER MIDDLE
EAST COUNTRY IS
CONTEMPLATING CHANGE, BUT
CAN SAUDI ARABIA BE
REFORMED?
THAT'S THE VISION OF ITS
FUTURE LEADER.
DALE HURD HAS THAT STORY.
>> Reporter: SAUDI
ARABIA'S YOUNG CROWN
PRINCE WANTS TO BRING A
KINDER AND GENTLER ISLAM
TO THE DESERT KINGDOM, BUT
TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
COULD BE NOT ONLY TOUGH
BUT DANGEROUS.
SINCE COMING TO POWER,
PRINCE MUHAMMAD BIN SOLMAN
HAS BEEN TRYING TO MOVE
SAUDI ARABIA AWAY FROM THE
IDEOLOGY OF ISIS.
MANY CALL IT A SOURCE OF
MODERN ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
THE PRINCE'S REFORM
PROGRAM IS PART OF A
PROGRAM CALLED "VISION
2030," INTENDED TO REMAKE
THE SAUDI ECONOMY AND
SOCIETY ALONG THE RED
SEACOAST, COSTING
$500 BILLION.
BUT REFORMING WAHABISM
WILL BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE.
IT HAS BEEN THE MAJOR
DOMINANT BRAND OF ISLAM
SINCE THE BEGINNING.
WOMEN HAVE FEW RIGHTS.
AND ONLY JUST RECENTLY
JUST GAINED THE RIGHT TO
DRIVE CARS.
THE OPEN PRACTICE OF
CHRISTIANITY IS ILLEGAL.
PUBLIC BEHEADINGS HAVE
BEEN ROUTINE.
CROWN PRINCE MUHAMMED SAYS
HE WILL OPEN THE COUNTRY
TO ALL RELIGIONS.
>> I ONLY WANT TO GO BACK
TO WHAT WE WERE, THE
MODERN ISLAM THAT IS OPEN
TO THE WORLD AND ALL
RELIGIONS.
>> Reporter: MUHAMMAD IS
SAID TO HAVE ALREADY
SIDELINED OTHER FORMS OF
RELIGIONS.
BUT HE BELIEVES
DEMOGRAPHICS ARE ON HIS
SIDE.
>> 70% OF THE SAUDI PEOPLE
ARE LESS THAN 30 YEARS
OLD.
AND, QUITE FRANKLY, WE
WILL NOT WASTE 30 YEARS OF
OUR LIVES IN DEALING WITH
EXTREMEXTREMIST IDEAS.
WE WILL DESTROY THEM
TODAY.
>> Reporter: BUT DANGER
ABOUNDS.
THE LAST TIME SOCIAL
REFORM WAS ATTEMPTED IN
1979, MILITANTS SEIZED THE
GRAND MOSQUE FOR 15 DAYS
AND CALLED FOR THE
OVERTHROW OF THE HOUSE OF
SAUDIS.
THE SAME HARD LINE
RESISTANCE IS STILL STRONG
IN SAUDI ARABIA TODAY, AND
COULD FIGHT TO PREVENT THE
KIND OF CHANGE THE PRINCE
WANTS TO BRING.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
>> Julie: COMING UP, AN
EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT HOW THE
ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ARE
HELPING CHRISTIANS TO HELP
.
>> Julie: CBN NEWS WAS
GIVEN AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT
WHAT UP UNTIL NOW WAS A
SECRET I.D.F. MISSION.
AS CHRIS MITCHELL REPORTS,
IT IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND
MIDDLE EAST STORY THAT
COMBINES THE ISRAEL
DEFENSE FORCES, THE
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, AND
THE BRUTALITY OF THE
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR.
>> Chris: THE STORY
BEGINS HERE ON THE GOLAN
HEIGHTS IN THE DEAD OF
NIGHT.
ISRAEL SOLDIERS INSIDE
SYRIA, PROVIDING HOPE IN
THE FORM OF LIFE-SAVING
MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR
SYRIANS CAUGHT IN A LONG
AND BLOODY CIVIL WAR.
THEIR PARTNER, A CHRISTIAN
"A" GROUP CALLED FRONTIER
ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL, OR
F.A.I..
>> WE'RE SUPPORTING THE
STATE OF ISRAEL AND WE
LOVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
SO TO ENGAGE THE SYRIAN
CRISIS THROUGH THE ISRAEL
BORDER IS A HUGE PRIVILEGE
FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION.
>> Chris: ON THIS NIGHT,
DR. SALLY PARSENS AND A
TRAUMA NURSE RETURN FROM A
SEVEN-WEEK TOUR OF DUTY IN
A SYRIAN VILLAGE.
>> IT WAS VERY GOOD.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> Chris: THEY SERVED IN
THIS MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL.
WHY DID YOU GO IN?
BECAUSE THE LORD CALLS US
INTO ALL OF THE WORLD, TO
ALL NATIONS.
>> Chris: PA PARSENS, A
SURGEON FOR 30 YEARS,
FACED PROCEDURES SHE NEVER
DID BEFORE.
THEY TURNED TO PRAYER AND
EVEN YouTube.
>> HOW MANY INCISIONS, TWO
OR THREE?
>> YOU'VE GOT ME.
I THINK IT IS PROBABLY
TWO.
BUT CUTTING THE SKIN --
OKAY.
SO THEY'RE JUST GOING
LATERAL.
>> AND WE DOWNLOADED A
YouTube FOR A CESAREAN
SECTION, AND A PRAYED A
LOT MORE THAN I READ.
>> Chris: DURING HER
CAREER, PARSENS HAD NEVER
PERFORMED A C-SECTION.
IN SYRIA, SHE DID SIX.
>> WHEN I DELIVERED THAT
FIRST LITTLE BABY, I COULD
JUST SEE HIS LITTLE HANDS
ON MY HANDS, AND THAT'S
WHAT SUSTAINED US, TO BE
ABLE TO SEE NEW LIFE IN
THE MIDST OF SUCH HORRIFIC
WAR, WAS JUST A BLESSING
BEYOND BELIEF.
>> Chris: DENNISON FOUND
A HIDDEN BEAUTY BENEATH
THE VEIL OF THE WOMEN.
>> IN THE EXAM ROOM THEY
WOULD TAKE OFF THAT VEIL,
AND THEY WERE NO LONGER
HIDDEN, BUT THE BEAUTY OF
THESE PEOPLE WOULD COME
OUT, THESE WOMEN, AND IT
WAS NO LONG SOMEONE
WITHOUT A PERSONALITY, BUT
IT WAS A WOMAN WITH A LIFE
AND A WOMAN WITH THEIR
CHILDREN.
WE MET THEM IN THEIR
GLORY, WE MET THEM IN
THEIR BEAUTY, AND WE MET
THEM IN THEIR PAIN.
AND IT WAS AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
>> Chris: PARSENS AND
HER TEAM SENT THE WORST
CASES BACK TO ISRAEL.
THEIR MISSION IS PART OF A
LARGER PROJECT CALLED
"GOOD NEIGHBOR," WHERE
ISRAEL PROVIDES FOOD,
FUEL, WATER, AND MEDICAL
TREATMENT ACROSS THE
BORDER.
SO FAR ISRAEL HAS TREATED
MORE THAN 5,000 SYRIANS IN
ISRAELI HOSPITALS.
SERGEI SERVES AS THE CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER.
WHY DO YOU DO THIS?
>> IT IS A VERY SIMPLE
QUESTION: I CAN'T SEE THE
OBVIOUS SIDE OF THE
BORDER, AND DON'T BRING
HIM TO HELP.
THERE IS A HUGE SITUATION
THAT THEY LEAVE THERE.
AND THIS IS MY PART.
THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING THEM HELP WHERE THEY
NEED IT.
I'M VERY PROUD TO DO THIS.
>> Reporter: I DON'T
KNOW OF ANOTHER MILITARY
IN THE WORLD WHO WOULD
PRIORITIZE AFFECTIONATE
ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR
NEIGHBOR TO BUILD A GOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT THE I.D.F. HAS DONE
IS SAID, HEY, LET'S PUT
POLITICS TO THE SIDE AND
LET'S SEEK TO BUILD A GOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD BY BEING GOOD
NEIGHBORS.
>> I'M VERY GLAD TO BE AT
THIS POINT.
THANK YOU FOR THE F.D.I.
ORGANIZATION.
THEY BRING THE HIGH
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF
TO HELP TO THE SYRIAN
SIDE.
THIS IS NOT SIMPLE.
I AM, ESPECIALLY AS AN
OFFICER, VERY PROUD TO BE
IN THIS SITUATION.
>> Chris: MOST OF THE
WOUNDED COME HERE TO THIS
HOSPITAL IN ISRAEL.
WE DRESSED UP IN GOWN AND
GLOVES TO SIT DOWN WITH
THESE SYRIAN MEN WHO
RECEIVED NOT ONLY A
PHYSICAL TREATMENT, BUT A
TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR
HEART.
>> ONCE I ARRIVED IN
ISRAEL, MY POINT OF VIEW
OF THE ISRAELI PEOPLE
CHANGED COMPLETELY.
I WAS TOLD THAT ISRAEL IS
A BAD GUY, THAT ISRAEL IS
THE ENEMY.
NOW I KNOW THAT IT IS JUST
THE OPPOSITE.
I THANK GOD I ARRIVED IN
ISRAEL IN TIME, BECAUSE IF
I HAD NOT COME HERE, I
WOULDN'T BE ALIVE.
>> Chris: THE TEAM
CHANGED THIS SYRIAN'S VIEW
ABOUT CHRISTIANS.
>> BEFORE, I THOUGHT THAT
CHRISTIANS WERE BAD
PEOPLE.
BUT I FOUND OUT THAT THEY
ARE GOOD PEOPLE, AND THEY
HELPED ME.
>> Chris: DURING THE
MISSION, THEY FACED BARREL
BOMBS, LIKE THIS ONE, AND
TOOK SHELTER SOME 60
TIMES.
THEY EVEN FACED THIS
RUSSIAN MIG.
>> I CONSIDERED THAT I
COULD LOSE MY LIFE HERE,
BUT I CONSIDERED IF HE
CALLED ME THERE, HE WAS
GOING TO SUSTAIN ME
THROUGH THAT, AND THAT
EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE
FINE.
>> YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE
COSTS.
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY, DO I
LOVE YOU ENOUGH THAT I'M
WILLING TO LAY DOWN MY
LIFE?
OF COURSE.
AND MY ANSWER WAS YES.
>> Chris: THOMAS CALLS
THEM HEROS.
>> THESE ARE LAID-DOWN,
SELFLESS, CHRIST-LIKE
PEOPLE.
THESE PEOPLE OF WHOM THE
WORLD IS NOT WORTHY.
>> Chris: OTHER TEAMS
ARE OPERATING INSIDE SYRIA
AND THE JOINT PROJECT IS
GROWING.
THOMAS SAYS CHRISTIANS CAN
HELP.
>> FIRST OF ALL, PRAY,
MAKE INTERCESSION.
PRAY TO THE LORD OF THE
HARVEST.
SECONDLY, COME.
IF YOU'RE A MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL, IF YOU LOVE
THE LORD, AND IF YOU CAN
HANDLE THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU CAN
WORK IN A TEAM AND
ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS, WE
WANT YOU AND WE NEED YOU.
>> Chris: SOME CONSIDER
THIS A GENUINE MIDDLE EAST
PEACE PLAN, JEWS HELPING
CHRISTIANS HELPING
MUSLIMS.
>> PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE.
NO MATTER WHAT LABEL WE
PUT ON THEM, MUSLIM OR
CHRISTIAN OR JEW, BUT
UNDERNEATH THE LABEL, THEY
ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE
THE SAME NEEDS, THEY HAVE
THE SAME PAINS AND THE
SAME HURTS THAT WE DO, AND
THEY NEED THE SAME
COMPASSION AND LOVE, NO
MATTER WHAT THE BARRIERS.
ALL PEOPLE RESPOND TO
LOVE.
AND WE WERE AS CHRISTIANS
GOING INTO A COMMUNITY
THAT DIDN'T KNOW US, AND
THEY HAVE AN HISTORIC
ANIMOSITY TOWARD
CHRISTIANS, BUT ALL IT
TOOK WAS AN EXPRESSION OF
LOVE AND WE WERE WELCOMED
WITH OPEN ARMS.
>> Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
NORTHERN ISRAEL.
>> Julie: UP NEXT, 100
YEARS SINCE THIS WORLD WAR
I BATTLE CHANGED THE
MIDDLE EAST AND PAVED THE
WAY FOR THE JEWISH STATE.
>> Julie: THE ISRAELI
CITY OF BEERSHEBA IS
MARKING THE 100th
ANNIVERSARY OF AN E EPIC
WORLD WAR I BATTLE THAT
GAVE GREAT BRITAIN CONTROL
OF THE CITY.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THAT VICTORY HELPED SET
THE STAGE FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
JEWISH STATE.
>> Chris: ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU WELCOMED THE
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER
AND NEW ZEALAND GOVERNOR
TO COMMEMORATE THE
BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND
NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS AND
THE LIGHT HORSE REGIMEN
NEARLY 4,000 YEARS AGO.
>> ABRAHAM CAME TO
BEERSHEBA, THE CITY OF
SEVEN WELLS.
EXACTLY 100 YEARS AGO
BRAVE ANSAK SOLDIERS
LIBERATED BEERSHEBA FOR
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF
JERUSALEM, AND OPENED THE
GATEWAY FOR THE JEWISH
PEOPLE TO RE-ENTER THE
GATE OF HISTORY.
>> AND THOSE MAD
AUSTRALIANS TOOK THE TOWN
OF BEERSHEBA.
THEY SECURED THE VICTORY.
IT DID NOT CREATE THE
STATE OF ISRAEL, BUT
ENABLED ITS CREATION.
>> Chris: THE BATTLE FOR
BEERSHEBA WAS A TURNING
POINT IN THE BRITISH
CONQUEST OF THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THAT ENABLED ALLENBY TO
WALK THROUGH THE JAFFA
GATE HERE ON DECEMBER 11,
1917, AS THE VICTOR IN THE
BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM.
ALLENBY, THE FIRST
CHRISTIAN CONQUEROR IN
CENTURIES ENTERED THE GATE
ON FOOT OUT OF RESPECT FOR
THE AUSTRALIAN CITY.
>> THE CHARGE OF THE
AUSTRALIANS, I THOUGHT,
WAS SIGNIFICANT.
BECAUSE THEY WERE NEVER
TRAINED TO DO THIS.
THEY GO UP TO THE FRONT
LINE ON HORSE, GET OFF,
AND GO IN AS INFANTRY.
THEY NEVER TRAINED FOR IT.
UPWARDS OF 600 OF THESE
MEN WERE GIVEN THE ORDER
AND THEY DID IT.
>> Chris: AN AUSTRALIAN
AUTHOR TEAMED UP WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN
LIGHT HORSE ASSOCIATION,
BARRY WATERS, TO REENACT
THE CHARGE.
MORE THAN 100 UNIFORMED
HORSEMEN RODE IN THE
EVENT.
>> FORWARD, MARCH.
>> THEY HAD TO GET INTO
BEEBEERSHEBA BEFORE THE SUN
WENT DOWN BECAUSE THE
TURKS WERE BEGINNING TO
DESTROY THE WATER WELLS.
>> IT WAS THE ACTION THAT
BROUGHT THE BACK OF THE
OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
>> Chris: AT THE SAME
TIME, A MONUMENTAL
DECISION WAS BEING MADE IN
BRITAIN.
>> WHAT IS SO AMAZING, ON
THE SAME DAY, AT ABOUT THE
SAME TIME AS THIS EVENT
TOOK PLACE, THE MEMBERS OF
THE BRITISH WAR CABINET
WERE MEETING IN LONDON,
AND THEY VOTED ON WHAT WE
NOW KNOW IS THE BALFOUR
DECLARATION, AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A
NATIONAL HOME FOR THE
JEWISH PEOPLE IN
PALESTINE.
>> Chris: AUSTRALIANS
AND ?IEW NEW ZEALANDERS ARE
EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR
HISTORY.
>> MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
HELD THE BACK DOOR OPEN
AND HELD OFF THE TURKISH.
>> YOU FEEL PROUD AND YOU
FEEL A BUILT OVERWHELMED,
TO BE AROUND AND TO HAVE
BEEN AT THE CEMETERY THIS
MORNING AND SEEING ALL OF
THE GRAVESTONES OF MY
GREAT GRANDFATHER'S MATES
IS AMAZING AND HUMBLING.
>> Chris: EARLIER IN THE
DAY, THOSE CELEBRATING
WATCHED THE LIGHT HORSEMAN
PARADE DOWN THE MAIN
STREET.
>> TO BE HERE AT THE PLACE
WHERE THE AUSTRALIAN
VICTORY OCCURRED WAS
INCREDIBLE, BOTH MEN AND
HORSES.
>> IT IS ALL PART OF THEIR
NATIONAL PSYCHE.
>> I THINK IT IS ANOTHER
DISPLAY OF HIS
AWESOMENESS, AND HOW
HISTORY IS MADE WITH HIM
IN THE SCENARIO, AND GOD
BEING GOD AND WHO HE IS
AND EVERYTHING THAT HE
REPRESENTS.
AND WE GET TO BE A PART OF
IT.
>> Chris: AUSTRALIA'S
PRIME MINISTER SUMMED UP
THE PART HIS COUNTRYMEN
HAD PLAYED.
>> THEY DEFIED HISTORY,
THEY MADE HISTORY, AND
WITH THEIR COURAGE, THEY
FULFILLED HISTORY.
>> Chris: CHRIS
MITCHELL, CBN NEWS.
>> Julie: COMING
UP...HOW THE LIGHT
>> Julie: HOW DID THE
LIGHT HORSEMEN WIN THE
BATTLE FOR BEERSHEBA?
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT
THOSE MOUNTED SOLDIERS AND
WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
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>> Julie: THAT'S JUST
ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU
CAN SEE ON OUR SOCIAL
MEDIA CHANNELS.
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS
EDITION.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
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YOU AND ME, NEITHER
SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS.
I'M JULIE STAAL.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
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