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THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM
DATELINE," LEBANON'S PRIME
MINISTER RESIGNS AND
BLAMES IRAN FOR A REGIONAL
POWER GRAB, AFTER A
MISSILE STRIKE FROM YEMEN,
SAUDI ARABIA ACCUSES IRAN
OF AN ACT OF WAR.
WHO WILL STOP IRAN'S
AGGRESSION IN THE MIDDLE
EAST?
HOW WILL IT AFFECT ISRAEL?
PLUS...A NEW BOOK
CHRONICLES ISRAEL'S TERROR
WAR AGAINST MONEY.
ALL THIS AND MORE THIS
WEEK ON "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.
WELL, IT'S FAR FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST, THE SPECTOR
OF A NUCLEAR NORTH KOREA
AND ITS ALLIANCE WITH IRAN
CONCERNS THE MIDDLE EAST.
ON HIS ASIAN TOUR,
PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED
A SHARP WARNING TO NORTH
KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN.
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE
UNITED STATES.
President Trump: I
ALSO HAVE COME HERE TO
THIS PENINSULA TO DELIVER
A MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE
LEADER OF THE NORTH KOREAN
DICTATORSHIP: THE WEAPONS
YOU'RE ACQUIRING ARE NOT
MAKING YOU SAFER; THEY ARE
PUTTING YOUR REGIME IN
GRAVE DANGER.
NORTH KOREA IS NOT THE
PARADISE YOUR GRANDFATHER
ENVISIONED.
IT IS A HELL THAT NO
PERSON DESERVES.
WE WILL NOT PERMIT
AMERICA, NOR OUR ALLIES,
TO BE BLACKMAILED OR
ATTACKED.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW AMERICAN
CITIES TO BE THREATENED
WITH DESTRUCTION.
Chris: TRUMP ALSO MET
WITH CHINA'S PRESIDENT TO
DISCUSS WAYS TO STOP NORTH
KOREA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
ADDRESSING THE MIDDLE
EAST, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID
AN AMERICAN PATRIOT
ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM
KNOCKED OUT A MISSILE
FIRED AT SAUDI ARABIA FROM
YEN MEM.
YEM.
THE SAUDIS SAID IT
LAUNCHED THE MISSILE AT
ONE OF ITS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORTS.
THE SAUDIS SAY THE MISSILE
FIRING COULD BE CONSIDERED
AN ACT OF WAR.
IT IS THE LATEST SIGN OF
TROUBLE BETWEEN THE TWO
LATEST COUNTRIES OF THE
MIDDLE EAST.
LEBANON'S PRIME MINISTER
RESIGNED BEFORE THE
STRIKE, SOMETHING BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU WARNED IS A
WAKEUP CALL TO WORLD.
AND ANOTHER SIGN OF THEIR
DESIRE TO DOMINATE THE
MIDDLE EAST.
PEOPLE SHOULD PAY
ATTENTION.
WE SHOULD STOP THIS
IRANIAN TAKEOVER.
Chris: NETANYAHU
SPOKE TO THE B.B.C. AFTER
SAAD HARIRI'S RESIGNED
RESIGNATION OVER FEAR OF A
POSSIBLE ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT.
HE RESIGNED FROM SAUDI
ARABIA, A LONG TIME U.S.
ALLY THAT IS SPEARHEADING
THE ARAB WORLD'S CAMPAIGN
AGAINST IRAN.
HE ACCUSED IRAN OF MAKING
A REGIONAL POWER GRAB, AND
THAT IRAN'S POWERFUL
HEZBOLLAH HAD TAKEN OVER
HIS COUNTRY.
THE FACT THAT HARIRI
SAID THE TRUTH ABOUT
HEZBOLLAH IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS A CLEAR REACTION
TO ENCROACHMENT OF IRAN IN
THE REGION.
Chris: HEZBOLLAH IS
PART OF THE LEBANESE
GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO HAS
MORE THAN 100,000 ROCKETS
POINTED THE AT ISRAEL.
THOUSANDS OF ITS SOLDIERS
ALSO FIGHT FOR SYRIAN
PRESIDENT BASHAR
al-ASSAD.
WE HAVE TO ADMIT,
LEBANON IS NOT SAFE.
IT IS A UNIQUE CREATURE
WHICH IS RUN BY HEZBOLLAH,
AND HEZBOLLAH IS RUN BY
IRAN.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY,
IT IS AN IRANIAN TOOL IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, NOT JUST
AGAINST ISRAEL, BUT IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
Chris: HEZBOLLAH LEAD
HASSAN NESRALI ACCUSED
SAUDI ARABIA OF PUSHING
THE PRIME MINISTER TO
RESIGN.
HE HAS LED THE COALITION
GOVERNMENT FOR ABOUT A
YEAR.
HE SPENT MANY OF THESE
YEARS IN SAUDI ARABIA, BUT
HE TRIED, AT LEAST, TO
WORK WITH HEZBOLLAH.
BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO
WORK WITH HEZBOLLAH UNTIL
YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNDER
THEIR INFLUENCE OR YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO
EXIST.
Chris: PROFESSOR
INBAR OF THE NEW JERUSALEM
INS SUBSTITUTE FOR
STRATEGIINSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL
STUDIES SAYS --
THE PRIME MINISTER
PROBABLY UNDERSTAND THAT
THE WEST HAS NO INTENTION
WHATSOEVER TO GET
INVOLVED.
MAYBE WHAT HE DOES IS
TRYING TO GAIN LI LICH LEGITIMACY
FOR ACTION.
Chris: THEY BELIEVE
THE U.S. AND THE WEST
WON'T TAKE A STAND AGAINST
IRAN, AND IT MAY BE UP TO
ISRAEL TO TAKE CARE OF THE
PROBLEM.
ISRAELI LEADERS REALIZE IT
MAY BE UP TO ISRAEL TO
ADDRESS THE GROWING THREAT
OF IRAN IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THE EDUCATION MINISTER
ADDRESSED THESE CONCERNS
WHEN HE CAME TO THE CBN
NEWS BUREAU IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
HE SAYS WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE MIDDLE EAST BIG
PICTURE, YOU SEE IRAN ALL
OVER.
IRAN SENDING ITS ARMS,
SORT OF LIKE AN OCTOPUS,
AND TRYING TO CREATE
REGIONAL DOMINATION AND
SUBJUGATE THE VARIOUS
PEOPLE THERE.
AND IT IS THE BIG BATTLE
BETWEEN RADICAL ISLAM AND
RADICAL PLAYERS AND
ISRAEL.
AND WE'RE FIGHTING ISLAM.
Chris: THE RATIONAL
PLAYERS ARE THE SUNNI ARAB
NATIONS OF EGYPT, SAUDI
ARABIA, AND THE GULF
STATES.
THEY SEE SHI'ITE IRAN
BRINGING MORE COUNTRIES
UNDER ITS INFLUENCE.
IRAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER
SAID IRAQ IS NOW PART OF
THE NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS
IRAN IS TRYING TO CREATE A
REGIONAL HEGIMONI THROUGH
ULTIMATELY LEBANON AND THE
MEDITERRANEAN TO CREATE AN
EMPIRE, A PERSIAN RADICAL
EMPIRE.
THIS WOULD BE A THREAT NOT
ONLY TO THE REGION AND
SAUDI ARABIA AND EGYPT AND
THE RACIAL PLAYERS, AND,
OF COURSE, ISRAEL, AND TO
THE REST OF THE WORLD.
THEIR GOAL IS TO DOMINATE
OPENLY AND SUBJUGATE THE
ENTIRE REGION WITH THIS
RADICAL ISLAMIC NA FIN PROCESS.
WE VIEW THE STATE OF
LEBANON RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY SHOOTING FROM
HEZBOLLAH ON ISRAEL.
TO BE VERY CLEAR, IF
HEZBOLLAH SHOOTS ROCKETS
FROM LEBANON ON TO HAIFA
AND TEL AVIV, THAT IS A
DECLARATION OF WAR BETWEEN
THE STATE OF LEBANON AND
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND
WE WILL RETA RETALIATE.
WE KNOW THAT THE UNITED
STATES IS ALSO VERY CLEAR
ABOUT PREVENTING IRAN FROM
BECOMING A REGIONAL
EMPIRE.
MY MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IS ISRAEL IS
STRONG.
ISRAEL IS TRYING TO BE A
LIGHT UPON NATIONS.
WE'RE IN A TOUGH LOCATION.
WE'RE SURROUNDED BY
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
RADICAL I ISLAMISTS WHO WANT
TO DESTROY NOT ONLY ISRAEL
BUT MUCH OF THE WORLD.
SO BY STRENGTHENING
ISRAEL, IN FACT WE'RE
STRENGTHENING THE FREE
WORLD.
BECAUSE ISRAEL IS AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THE BATTLE
BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAST
AND EVIL AND THE FREE
WORLD, AND WE WILL WIN.
Chris: ON CAPITOL
HILL, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES HELD A
HEARING ON THE CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES INVOLVED
IN MOVING THE UNITED
STATES EMBASSY IN ISRAEL
FROM TEL AVIV TO
JERUSALEM.
RELOCATING THE EMBASSY
WOULD NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT
NEGOTIATIONS OVER
JERUSALEM'S FINAL STATUS
OVER THE BROADER MIDDLE
EAST PEACE PROCESS, NOR
WOULD IT IMPAIR OUR
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AMONG
ARABS.
BY ITS HONEST REALITY,
SHIFTING THE EMBASSY WOULD
HAVE AN OVER ALL POSITIVE
IMPACT FOR DIPLOMATIC
EFFORTS.
Chris: COMING UP, SEA SEE
Chris: WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THE WAR AGAINST
ISLAMIC TERROR, YOU MAY
THINK ABOUT A NAVY SEAL
TEAM OR A DRONE STRIKE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT AN ATTACK
ON A BANK OR STING
OPERATION?
IN HER NEW BOOK,
"HARPOON," LEITNER
DESCRIBES A SECRET WAR
AGAINST THE LIFE BLOOD OF
ANY TERROR ORGANIZATION,
MONEY.
WE TALKED WITH LIGHTENER LEITNER IN
OUR JERUSALEM STUDIO.
IT IS THE UNTOLD STORY
OF THE SERVICES IN ISRAEL.
IT WAS CREATED BY THE
LEGENDARY FORMER HEAD OF
THE MUSTAF, MAYOR GADDAN,
WHO REALIZED IN ORDER TO
FIGHT AND DESTROY THE
TERROR ORGANIZATIONS, YOU
MUST ALSO GO AFTER THEIR
FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
HE CREATED THIS UNIT AND
GAVE THEM A DIRECTIVE:
TARGET THE MONEY, KILL THE
MONEY.
Chris: HOW SUCCESSFUL
WAS THIS?
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE
ARAFAT FROM HIS MONEY.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE
THE LEADERS OF THE
HEZBOLLAH FROM THEIR
MONEY.
WHAT THIS UNIT, HARPOON,
DID WAS IS TRYING TO
TACKLE THE HEZBOLLAH
FINANCE SYSTEM BY FIRST
BOMBING THEIR BANKS FROM
THE AIR.
I MEAN, IT WAS THE FIRST
TIME THEY HAD -- DURING A
WAR, YOU DON'T TARGET THE
MILITANT, YOU DON'T TARGET
THE SOLDIER; YOU TARGET
THEIR BANK.
THAT CAUSED HEZBOLLAH,
DURING THE WAR, A
DEVASTATING HARM BECAUSE
NOT ONLY THEY LOST ALL
THEIR MONEY, THEY LOST THE
COMPUTERS THAT HAVE THE
INFORMATION WHERE THE
MONEY IS.
AND I THINK THE BEST PROOF
THAT THIS FINANCIAL
WARFARE SUCCEEDS IS THE
IRANIANS' AGREEMENT.
THE MERE FACT THAT IRAN
WENT DOWN ON ITS KNEES,
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME
AGREED TO NEGOTIATE AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED
STATES AND THE U.N. AND
THE OTHER NATIONS, IS ONLY
DUE TO FINANCIAL PRESSURE.
AND THAT FINANCIAL
PRESSURE BEGAN IN ISRAEL.
IT STARTED WITH THIS UNIT.
Chris: THIS IS A
WHOLE NEW FRONT IN THE WAR
AGAINST ISLAMIC TERRORISM,
ISN'T IT?
ABSOLUTELY.
THEY RELY ON MONEY.
IF YOU STOP THE FLOW OF
THE MONEY, YOU CAN STOP
THE FLOW OF THE TERRORISM.
AND IT BECAME A NEW
FRONTIER BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTOOD THAT MONEY CAN
KILL.
Chris: WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES,
AREN'T WE?
100%.
IN THE END, IT IS THE ALSO
THE STORY OF THE VICTIMS
BECAUSE THE VICTIMS ARE
THE PLAYERS IN THIS
LAWSUIT.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAD
TO FILE THIS LAWSUIT.
NO OTHER ONE PERSON CAN DO
IT.
AND, INDEED, NO MONEY CAN
BRING BACK LIFE.
AND NO MONEY CAN HEAL A
DEVASTATING WOUND.
BUT THE MONEY GIVES A
MEASURE OF JUSTICE TO THE
PEOPLEVICTIM, GIVES THEM A
MEASURE OF CLOSURE, AND A
WAY TO FIGHT BACK.
Chris: AND YOU'RE
PREVENTING FUTURE ATTACKS,
WHEN YOU'RE BLUNTING THEIR
SOURCE OF MONEY?
RIGHT.
WHEN WE FILE LAWSUITS
AGAINST BANKS, NO BANKS
AGREE TO OPEN BANK
ACCOUNTS FOR A DESIGNATED
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
IT IS TOO RISKY.
IT IS NOT WORTH IT.
Chris: WHEN YOU
REALIZE YOU'RE STOPPING
FUTURE TERRORIST ATTACKS
AND SAVING LIVES, HOW DOES
IT MAKE YOU FEEL?
LOOK, WE LIVE IN
ISRAEL.
AND WE WANT TO SEND OUR
KIDS TO SCHOOL AND MAKE
SURE THEY'RE COMING BACK
SAFE.
WE WANT TO SIT IN OUR
CAFES AND RIDE OUR BUSES
AND SHOP IN OUR MALLS, AND
WE WANT TO LIVE SAFELY IN
OUR COUNTRY.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE
MUST TAKE ANY STEP WE CAN,
UTILIZE ANY TOOL WE HAVE,
AND FIGHT ON ALL FRONTS IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WILL LIVE SAFELY IN OUR
COUNTRY.
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, AND
THE ONLY ONE.
AND BY KNOWING WITH THESE
LEGAL LAWSUITS, I WAS ABLE
TO GIVE COMPENSATION TO
THE VICTIMS, AND ALSO
PERHAPS PRESENT THE NEXT
ATTACKS, THAT MAKES ME A
VERY PROUD JEW, A VERY
PROUD ISRAELI.
Chris: WOULD YOU CALL
"HARPOON" ONE OF ISRAEL'S
START-UPS?
ABSOLUTELY.
PERHAPS THE GREATEST
START-UP OF THEM ALL.
IT WAS SO INNOVATIVE, IT
WAS SO CREATIVE.
AND IT IS THE ISRAELIS
THAT COME AND UTILIZED
THIS SORT OF A SYSTEM.
AND FROM SOMETHING VERY,
VERY SMALL, TODAY THEY
BECAME NOT EVEN -- NOT BIG
ENOUGH IN ISRAEL, BUT BIG
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THEIR TACTICS AND
STRATEGIES ARE ADOPTED BY
EVERY WESTERN COUNTRY.
Chris: WHAT DOES THE
WEST NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
THIS WAR ON TERRORISM?
A MAJOR TO STOP THE WAR
ON TERRORISM IS START A
FINANCIAL WARFARE AGAINST
THEM BECAUSE IT WORKS.
A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
IS LIKE A CORPORATION,
LIKE A COMPANY.
THEY NEED MONEY.
AND THE ADVANTAGE IS THAT
ONE FOOT OF THE TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION IS IN THE
TERROR WORLD, BUT ONE FOOT
IS IN THE LEGITIMATE
WORLD.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN
TACKLE THEM.
AND THIS IS HOW YOU CAN
REALLY BRING ISLAMIC
TERRORISM TO AN END.
BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE BY
ALL THE NATIONS.
Chris: UP
NEXT...ISRAEL HONORS
CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEERS WHO
COME TO SERVE THE JEWISH
STATE.
Chris: WHEN ISRAEL'S
EDUCATION MINISTER,
NEFTALI BENNETT VISITED
THE STUDIOS, HE TOLD CBN
NEWS WHAT IT MEANS AS AN
ISRAELI TO HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
AS AN ISRAELI WHO LIVES
IN ISRAEL, KNOWING THERE
ARE TENS OF MILLIONS OF
GOOD AMERICANS WHO CARE
FOR US, WHO ARE FIGHTING
OUR FIGHT, WHO ARE GIVING
US BACK WIND, IT MEANS THE
WORLD TO US.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE
GOOD PEOPLE OF AMERICA
THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR
ISRAEL.
Chris: HERE IN
ISRAEL, A SPECIAL CEREMONY
IN ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT,
THE KNESSET, HONORED THE
THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIAN
VOLUNTEERS WHO COME TO
SUPPORT ISRAEL.
THE EVENT TOOK PLACE,
ACCORDING TO THE JEWISH
CALENDAR, ON THE 100th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BALFOUR
GOVERNMENT, ADVOCATING THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A
HOMELAND FOR THE JEWISH
PEOPLE.
SHARON HASKELL ORGANIZED
THE EVENT AND TOLD CBN
NEWS WHY SHE APPRECIATES
CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEERS.
IT IS JUST AN AMAZING
FEELING BECAUSE THROUGHOUT
HISTORY, ISRAEL DIDN'T
HAVE -- OR JEWS IN GENERAL
DIDN'T HAVE MANY PEOPLE
SUPPORTING THEM, WHO
HELPED THEM.
IT IS ONLY A FEW
INDIVIDUALS.
AND TO HAVE A ROOM FULL OF
PEOPLE, HEADS OF
ORGANIZATIONS, TO SUPPORT
ISRAEL, TO LOVE AND PRAY
FOR US, I CANNOT EXPLAIN
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE FEELING
THAT IS.
Chris: WE ARE HERE
TODAY TO EXPRESS OUR
GRATITUDE, TO THE FRIENDS
OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD,
GENTILES WHO HAVE GIVEN
THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS, TO
VOLUNTEERED IN HONOR OF
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, IN
HONOR OF GOD.
Chris: HE SAID THE
BIBLE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
FOR THESE VOLUNTEERS.
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY
MOVING.
I'M TRYING TO PUT MYSELF
IN YOUR SHOES.
WHEN YOU COME HERE FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND START
VOLUNTEERING.
AND I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW WHO KNOW THE
BIBLE, WHO READ THE BIBLE,
WHO LOVE THE BIBLE.
Chris: HE ADDED
VOLUNTEERING IN ISRAEL
PUTS YOU INSIDE THE BIBLE.
IT IS LIKE IN ALL OF
THESE KIDS' MOVIES, YOU
MOVE INSIDE THE BIBLE.
YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, INSIDE
THE SCREEN, WIT, IN SAMARIA, IN
THE AREA, AND WITH YOUNG
AND OLD SITTING IN THE
STREETS OF JERUSALEM.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE NOT
WATCHING THE MOVIE.
YOU'RE PART OF THE MOVIE.
YOU ARE INSIDE THE BOOK,
DOING THINGS.
Chris: DEAN BUYE
OVERSEAS AN ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO BRINGING JEWS
BACK TO THE LAND OF
PROMISE.
HERE WE ARE, IN THE
KNESSET, IN THE SEAT OF
GOVERNMENT, AND I BELIEVE
WHERE THE JEWISH PEOPLE
THEMSELVES, THE ISRAELIS,
ARE SAYING THANK YOU.
THEY'RE RECITING SCRIPTURE
TO US, AND WE'RE CITING
SCRIPTURE BACK TO THEM,
AND WE'RE ALL IDENTIFYING
AND RECOGNIZING THAT GOD
IS DOING SOMETHING
MIRACULOUS, AND THERE IS A
PART FOR THE ISRAELIS, AND
THERE IS A PART FOR THOSE
OF US FROM THE NATION.
Chris: THE KNESSET
SINGLED OUT THE WORK OF
HAIAVEL.
THEY CAME 13 YEARS AGO AND
REALIZED WHAT THEY WERE
DOING WAS IN THE BIBLE.
I GOT ON A PLANE, ON
THE WAY HOME, AND I'M
READING IN AMOS, WHERE IT
SAYS YOU'LL GROW GARDENS
AND YOU'LL PLANT VINES AND
YOU'RE TEND THEM.
AND I WAS, LIKE, WE CAN DO
THIS.
Chris: SINCE THEN
THEY HAVE BROUGHT HUNDREDS
OF VOLUNTEERS TO ISRAEL,
AND WALLER HOPES MORE WILL
COME.
AS CHRISTIAN LEADERS
ARE BRINGING PEOPLE HERE
AS VOLUNTEERS, THEN WE
NEED MORE FEET.
THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAYS,
HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET
WHO BRING GOOD NEWS, WHO
COME TO ISRAEL AND SAY TO
THE JEWISH PEOPLE, SAY TO
ISRAEL, YOUR GOD REIGNS.
Chris: CHRISTIAN
LEADERS SEE THEIR WORK AS
A FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.
JEREMIAH SAYS, YOU WILL
YET PLANT VINES IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL.
AND IT SAYS THAT STRANGERS
WILL COME AND BE YOUR VINE
PICKERS.
WE GET TO BE THOSE PEOPLE
FROM THE NATIONS COMING IN
AND SUPPORTING THE NATION
OF ISRAEL IN AGRICULTURE.
WE ARE HERE IN AN
EXPRESSED FULFILLMENT OF
WHAT GOD'S WORD IN
ZACHARIAH SAYS.
GOD WILL BRING ALL OF THE
PEOPLE'S BACK AND BRING
THEM BACK TO THIS ENORMOUS
MOMENT.
THE TIME TO FAVOR ZION,
YES, IT HAS COME.
Chris: THE EVENT
ENDED WITH THE SINGING OF
ISRAEL'S NATIONAL ANTHEM,
HATIKFA, THE HOPE.
Chris: ISRAEL IS SET
TO HIT AN ALL-TIME TOURIST
RECORD THIS YEAR, WITH
WELL OVER THREE MILLION
VISITORS TO ISRAEL IN
2017.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ISRAEL
DID TO MARK THAT
MILESTONE.
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OH, MY GOSH.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
A SPECIAL GUIDE.
WHY NOT?
THIS IS CALLED DAVID'S
DAVID'S -- KING DAVID IS
OVER THERE.
YOU CANNOT SEE IT.
THIS IS CALLED THE TEMPLE
MOUNT.
THE JEWISH HOLY SITE IS
THE WESTERN WALL.
I RECOMEND THA RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO
THERE.
WE WILL GO FOR SURE.
WE HAVE TO SEE IT.
YOU HAVE TO TASTE
JERUSALEM.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART, ZATTA.
MY COUNTRY LION JIMBU.
JIMBU, OKAY.
BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE
HERE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT
IS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND
ALSO FOR THE CHRISTIAN
PEOPLE.
THEY KNOW ABOUT THE TOMB
AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND
THEY WANT TO COME AND
VISIT.
WE ARE STANDING ON THE
ROMAN SOIL.
IT IS MORE THAN 2,000
YEARS OLD.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE
AND FEEL THIS.
Chris: I'M SURE THIS
COUPLE HAD NO IDEA WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM
DURING THEIR FIRST VISIT
TO ISRAEL.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY,
PERHAPS YOU, TOO, CAN COME
AND VISIT ISRAEL.
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS
EDITION.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
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I'M CHRIS MITCHELL, AND
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"JERUSALEM DATELINE."