Chris: THIS WEEK ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE,"

COMEBACK, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

PULLS OFF A SURPRISE

VICTORY, AND SWEEPS INTO

POWER STRONGER THAN BEFORE.

HOW DID HE DO IT?

AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR

ISRAEL'S FUTURE.

PLUS, THE ISLAMIC ISIS PARTY

HAS TAKEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

FROM CHURCHES.

THIS MOTHER GRIEVES FOR HER

6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TAKEN BY

ISLAMIC MILITANTS.

SHE HOPES AND PRAYS FOR HER

SAFE RETURN.

AND BY THE RIVERS OF

BABYLON, ANCIENT ARTIFACTS

REVEAL THINGS ABOUT ONE OF

ANCIENT ISRAEL'S MOST TRYING

TIMES.

WELCOME TO "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU PULLED A

STUNNING VICTORY.

THE VOTERS GAVE HIM AN

OVERWHELMING TRIUMPH AND PUT

HIM INTO POSITION TO FORM

THE NEXT GOVERNMENT.

HIS VICTORY SENT SHOCKWAVES

FROM TEHRAN TO WASHINGTON.

ISRAELI VOTERS DELIVERED A

CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE WHITE

HOUSE, THE MEDIA AND THE

WORLD: THANKS FOR YOUR HELP,

BUT WE'LL KEEP OUR PRIME

MINISTER.

IN WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A

TIGHT RACE THAT FAVORED THE

LEFTIST ZIONIST UNION TURNED

OVERNIGHT INTO A

SURPRISINGLY STRONG VICTORY,

WITH A NATIONAL-LED RIGHT

LED BY NETANYAHU.

THE PRIME MINISTER QUOTED

THE BOOK OF JOEL IN HIS

VICTORY SPEECH.

Through Translator: I

WANT TO THANK YOU YO ALL,

ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF

ISRAEL FOR FAITH IN ISRAELI

DEMOCRACY, AND FOR THE FAITH

IN OUR ONE AND ONLY

COUNTRY.

WITH YOUR HELP AND WITH THE

HELP OF GOD, WE WILL PROTECT

HER TOGETHER.

AND JUDAH WILL BE INHABITED

FOREVER, AND JERUSALEM FOR

ALL GENERATIONS.

Chris: FACING NEGATIVE

NEGATIVE POLL NUMBERS,

NETANYAHU PULLED THE

POPULOUS, FOR HIS LIKUD PART

TO CLOSE THE GAP.

HE DID JUST THAT AND

SURPRISED EVEN HIS

SUPPORTERS.

EVERY PREELECTION INDICATOR

SAID ISRAELIS WOULD VOTE

THEIR POCKETBOOKS AND VOTE

LABOR, BUT IN THE END,

SECURITY PROBLEMS

PREVAILED.

DESPITE THE NATION'S

PROBLEMS, WHEN WE SEE THE

THREAT OF IRAN, HEZBOLLAH,

AND HAMAS, LIKUD IS THE BEST

PARTY TO LEAD THE NATION FOR

THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

Reporter: NETANYAHU

WILL NOW BYPASS PARTS ON THE

LEFT AND TRY TO FORM A

GOVERNMENT ON THE RIGHT.

BUT HE WILL HAVE TO FOCUS ON

THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING AND

ANOTHER SOCIAL ISSUES AS

WELL.

THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE 24

SEATS WON BY LABOR, AND THE

GOOD SHOWING BY LUCANO.

MEANWHILE, NETANYAHU'S

VICTORY SAYS ISRAEL AND THE

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ON A

POTENTIAL COLLISION COURSE

OVER IRAN.

THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL

INTELLIGENCE JUST REMOVED

IRAN AND HEZBOLLAH FROM ITS

LIST OF THREATS.

WHILE NETANYAHU CALLS IRAN

THE NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR

OF TERROR IN THE WORLD.

JOINING ME TO TALK MORE

ABOUT THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS

ARE JOHN WAGGI AND JULIE

STAAL.

WHAT WAS THE U.S.'S REACTION

TO NETANYAHU'S VICTORY?

John: THIS WAS A BIG

TRIUMPH FOR BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU, AND A DEFEAT FOR

OBAMA AND HIS VIEW OF THE

MIDDLE EAST AND WHERE HE

WANTS TO GO WITH IT.

CONGRESS IS DELIGHTED, MOST

OF CONGRESS.

THE NEW YORK POST IS

DELIGHTED.

THE NEW YORK TIMES IS

DEPRESSED AND OBAMA AND THE

STATE DEPARTMENT ARE

DEPRESSED.

Chris: THE TWO BIG

ISSUES WERE ECONOMIC ISSUES

AND SECURITY.

AND HOW DID THAT PLAY U OUT

IN THE ELECTION?

NETANYAHU WAS THE MAN

EVERYONE SAID WAS

MR. SECURITY.

BUT HE SAID IMMEDIATELY IN

HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HE

DIDN'T MENTION IRAN.

HE MENTIONED HOUSING COSTS

AND OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES.

SO IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS NEW

GOVERNMENT THAT NETANYAHU

WILL PROBABLY FORM IS GOING

TO BE FOCUSED ALSO ON

ECONOMIC ISSUES.

Chris: AND HOW IS THIS

GOING TO AFFECT NEGOTIATIONS

WITH THE PALESTINIANS?

BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING

RIGHT BEFORE THE

ELECTIONS --

THAT'S RIGHT.

RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTIONS,

HE SAID HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR

OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A

PALESTINIAN STATE.

AND HE SAID THAT JERUSALEM

WAS GOING TO BE FROM

GENERATION TO GENERATION,

QUOTING FROM THE BOOK OF

JOEL.

SO HE SAID HE IS READY FOR

TALKS.

BUT THE PALESTINIANS SAID

THEY ARE NOT WANTING TO --

THEY WILL ENTER INTO TALKS,

BUT THEY WILL ONLY TALK

ABOUT BASED ON A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION, WITH JERUSALEM AS

ITS CAPITAL.

Chris: WE ARE HEARING

THAT THE UNITED STATES MIGHT

GO TO THE U.N., JOHN, WHICH

IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HEAR

BEFORE.

John: THEY WERE

WAITING, IN CASE THE LEFTIST

UNION WON, BUT IN THE

MEANTIME THEY WANTED TO LAY

LOW.

NOW THEY'RE MAKING NOISES AS

IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE

SECURITY COUNCIL AND FORCE A

TWO-STATE SOLUTION ON ISRAEL

AND THE PALESTINIANS, WHICH

THE ISRAELIS WOULD OBJECT

STRONGLY TO THAT.

SO IT IS KIND OF ROUGH

WATERS AHEAD, POSSIBLY, FOR

NETANYAHU, EVEN THOUGH HE

HAS WON A CLEAR VICTORY IN

ISRAEL.

Chris: ONE ISSUE

OVERSHADOWING THE ELECTIONS

WAS THE IRAN NUCLEAR

NEGOTIATIONS.

IT IS UNLIKELY THAT U.S. AND

IRANIAN NEGOTIATORS WILL

REACH ANY DEAL IN THE NEXT

COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO

SATISFY CRITICS OF THE

NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE THEY'LL

LIKELY PROLONG THE TALKS,

AND ESPECIALLY CRITICS IN

CONGRESS WHO THINK THAT A

POSSIBLE DEAL WILL LEAD TO

IRAN GETTING NUCLEAR

WEAPONS.

ARE THEY OR ARE THEY NOT

ABOUT TO MAKE A REALLY BAD

DEAL TO THE IRAN'S WHO

CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR

NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE.

Chris: JULIE, HOW DID

IRAN REACT TO THIS ELECTION

AND VICTORY BY NETANYAHU?

THEY PRETTY MUCH DIDN'T

CARE.

THEY SAID ALL OF THE ISRAELI

POLITICAL PARTIES ARE THE

SAME.

BASICALLY THEY DON'T REALLY

CARE.

THEY'RE ALL ZIONISTS, AS

THEY CALL THEM.

Chris: AND HOW DID IT

PLAY IN ODO OTHER CAPITALS

AROUND THE WORLD.

SAUDI ARABIA, EGYPT, THE

GULF STATES, THEY'RE HAPPY

HE WON BECAUSE, (A) HE STOOD

UP TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND

(B) THEY HAVE THE SAME

WORRIES ABOUT TERRORISTS.

John: IT IS HARD TO SEE

WHERE THE COMMON GROUND IS.

THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE SPEECH

TO CONGRESS WAS ABOUT.

NETANYAHU LAID OUT THE

ISRAELI POSITION VERY

CLEARLY.

AND THERE WAS PRETTY MUCH

CONSENSUS AMONG THE ISRAELI

PARTIES THAT JUST FOUGHT

EACH OTHER SO INTENSELY IN

THE ELECTIONS ABOUT IRAN.

IF PRESIDENT OBAMA STICKS

WITH THIS COURSE OF

DEMANDING AN AGREEMENT WITH

A COUNTRY THAT IS BOUND AND

DETERMINED TO GET NUCLEAR

WEAPONS, IT IS HARD TO SEE

WHERE THE COMMON GROUND IS

GOING TO LEAD TO SOME SORT

OF RAPPORT BETWEEN THE

UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL ON

THIS ISSUE.

AND YOU HAVE THE CONGRESS

FACTOR, WHERE THE PRESSURE

IS GOING TO BE MORE HEAVY ON

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NOT

TO MAKE A BAD DEAL.

Chris: FINALLY, JOHN, A

LOT OF PEOPLE PRAYED FOR

THIS ELECTION.

WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK

THAT HAD ON THIS ELECTION?

IT IS REALLY PRETTY

REMARKABLE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE THE

LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE

CAMPAIGN, THAT'S WHERE A LOT

OF THE PRAYER WAS FOCUSED.

ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST WEEK

OR SO, THERE WERE INTENSIVE

PRAYER EFFORTS, NOT ONLY

HERE IN JERUSALEM, BUT

AROUND THE WORLD.

I THINK THEY HAD A

SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HOW

THE COUNTRY CAME TO VOTE AND

VIEW THE ELECTIONS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE STANDING

WITH ISRAEL AND PRAYING FOR

ISRAEL.

Chris: JOHN AND JULIE,

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A LOT TO REPORT ON

BECAUSE NOW NETANYAHU HAS TO

FORM A GOVERNMENT.

AND THE U.S.-ISRAEL

RELATIONS -- WE'VE GOT A LOT

TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

> COMING UP, A MOTHER'S

ANGUISH.

ISIS TOOK HER 4-YEAR-OLD

DAUGHTER, AND NOW SHE PRAYS

FOR HER SAFE RETURN.

Chris: THE U.N.

SECURITY COUNCIL IS MEETING

TO DISCUSS THE PLIGHT OF

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

FRANCE'S FOREIGN MINISTER

CALLED THE MEETING BECAUSE

HE SAID, QUOTE," IT IS

COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE WHAT

IS HAPPENING TO THESE

MINORITIES."

HE CALLED A MARCH 27th

MEETING BECAUSE HE SAID WE

ARE ON THE SIDE OF THESE

COMMUNITIES.

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS

MADE EXCEPTIONS FOR PEOPLE

SEEKING ASYLUM.

THE BRUTALITY OF THE ISLAMIC

STATE FIGHTERS IS NOT

LIMITED TO MURDER AND

DESTRUCTION.

IT ALSO EXPANDS INTO THE

HORRIFIC WORLD OF SEX

SLAVERY.

THIS NEXT REPORT COMES FROM

OUR FRIENDS AT VOICE OF THE

MARTYRS.

GREG BRINGS US THIS STORY OF

A CHRISTIAN MOTHER WHO

SUFFERED THIS DEFENSE

DEVASTATING LOSS.

Reporter: IDA WANTS TO

LIVE IN SAFETY WITH HER

FAMILY.

HER STORY IS HEARTBREAKING

AND DEMONSTRATES THE EVIL

AND COLDNESS OF ISIS.

SHE TELLS OF THE EVENTS

LEADING UP TO HER ONGOING

NIGHTMARE.

Through Translator: ON

THE 6th OF AUGUST, ISIS

ATTACKED KIRIKUSH.

I HEARD THE EXPLOSIONS.

Reporter: FOR THE NEXT

10 DAYS, IDA AND HER

HUSBAND, WHO IS BLIND, AND

THEIR 3-YEAR-OLD CRISTINA

STAYED IN THEIR HOME, NOT

KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

NEXT, LIVING IN FEAR.

THANKFULLY HER OTHER THREE

CHILDREN, INCLUDING HER

11-YEAR-OLD SON, HAD ESCAPED

TO SAFETY.

ISIS BROKE THEIR SILENCE.

FROM THE LOUD SPEAKERS,

WE HEARD "ALLAHU AKBAR", AND

THEY ANNOUNCED ALL OF THE

CHRISTIANS NEEDED TO LEAVE

THE AREA.

IF WE DIDN'T, THEY SAID THEY

WERE GOING TO KILL US.

AND THEY ALSO SAID, YOU CAN

STAY IF YOU ACCEPT ISLAM.

DO THAT OR LEAVE.

Reporter: THE MILITANT

MUSLIM GROUP THEN ROUNDED UP

ALL OF THE CHRISTIANS AND

BROUGHT THEM TO A HEALTH

CENTER AND BRIEFLY SEPARATED

THE MEN FROM THE WOMAN.

WOMEN.

THEY TOOK ON LUG GAV

LUGGAGE AND TOOK THINGS LOCK

LIKE GOLD AND MONEY.

AFTER THAT ME AND MY HUSBAND

WENT TO THE BUS, AND WE

DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING.

WE JUST HELD OUR DAUGHTER.

THEN ONE OF THE ISIS PEOPLE

TOOK MY DAUGHTER FROM ME.

I STARTED CRYING, AND MY

HUSBAND ASKED ME, WHAT HAD

HAPPENED.

I SAID, THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR

DAUGHTER.

Reporter: IDA SAYS

CRISTINA WAS THEN GIVEN TO

AN OLDER MAN WITH A LONG

BEARD.

SHE BELIEVES HE WAS THE

LEADER OF THE ISIS GROUP IN

THAT AREA, AND DESCRIBED HIM

AS HAVING EVIL EYES.

SHE PLEADED WITH HIM TO GIVE

HER YOUNG DAUGHTER BACK, BUT

HE ORDERED HER TO GET BACK

ON THE BUS.

HE TOLD HER TO SHUT UP, AND

IF SHE SAID ANOTHER WORD OR

CAME NEAR HER DAUGHTER, HE

WOULD CALL HIS MEN TO

SLAUGHTER HER RIGHT THERE.

I WAS BEGGING HIM AND MY

DAUGHTER WAS CRYING AND

SCREAMING BECAUSE SHE NEEDED

HER MOTHER.

BUT HE LOOKED AT ME WITH

DARK EYES AND SAID, GO NOW.

AND I STARTED TO CRY.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO

KILL ME IF I STATE STAYED

EVEN ONE MORE MINUTE.

Reporter: IDA RETURNED

TO THE BUS DISTRAUGHT.

HER HUSBAND WAS UNABLE TO

CHASE AFTER HIS DAUGHTER

BECAUSE OF HIS BLINDNESS.

THE CHRISTIANS WERE THEN

TAKEN TO THE DESERT AND

DROPPED OFF WITH NOTHING.

FROM THERE THEY HAD TO WALK

SEVEN HOURS TO GET TO IRBIL,

WHERE THEY WERE FINALLY

GIVEN FOOD, WATER, AND

SHELTER IN CAMPS.

LAILATER, THEY WOULD MOVE

TO THIS SHOPPING MALL.

WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE, MY

OLDEST SON, WHO IS 23 YEARS

OLD, SAID, WHERE IS MY

SISTER?

I TOLD HIM SHE WAS TAKEN AND

SHE IS GONE.

HE BECAME CRAZY AND STARTED

TO CRY AND SAID, THEY CAN'T

DO THAT.

Reporter: ALTHOUGH IDA

REPORTED TO LOCAL

AUTHORITIES IN IRBIL THAT

HER DAUGHTER WAS ABDUCTED BY

ISIS, SHE WAS TOLD THERE WAS

LITTLE THEY COULD DO.

THREE TIMES SHE TRIED TO GO

BACK TO HER VILLAGE, BUT

EACH TIME SHE WAS PREVENTED

TO BY THE GUARDS, FEELING

THAT ISIS WOULD KILL HER.

I'M ONLY ASKING GOD FOR

MY DAUGHTER TO BE RETURNED

TO ME.

I NEED MY DAUGHTER TO COME

BACK TO ME AND THAT SHE IS

HEALTHY.

THAT'S ALL I NEED.

I WILL NEVER LOSE HOPE I

WILL SEE HER AGAIN.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN.

I BELIEVE GOD CAN DO IT.

I HAVE DREAMS ABOUT HER

EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Reporter: THIS PARTNER

RAY THORN READ AN EMOTIONAL

LETTER FROM A MOTHER IN THE

U.S. TO IDA.

"WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY

GRIEF OVER THE LOSS OF YOUR

LITTLE GIRL.

I RE READ YOUR STORY, AND I

SAT AND WEPT WHILE I WAS AT

WORK.

I WEPT FOR YOU AND YOUR

FAMILY."

SHE SAID, "I HAVE A

3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF MY

OWN.

THE THOUGHT OF LOSING HER IS

CRUSHING.

THE LORD IS NEAR TO THE

BROKENHEARTED.

AND SAVES THE CRUSHED IN

SPIRIT."

Chris: IT'S SUCH A

HEARTBREAKING STORY.

WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR

VIEWERS TO PRAY FOR THIS

DESPERATE MOM AND HER

DAUGHTER.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR

PRAYERS AND ENCOURAGEMENT

WITH IRAQ'S CHRISTIANS AND

OTHER BELIEVERS AROUND THE

WORLD, SIMPLY POST THEM ON

OUR "JERUSALEM DATELINE"

Facebook PAGE.

> UP NEXT, A NEW EXHIBIT

SHEDS LIGHT ON ONE OF THE

BLEAK ESTPERIODS OF BIBLICAL

HISTORY.

HOW JEWS SE SURVIVED WITH

BA BABYLONIAN ACTIONS.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT

TIMES IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY

WAS THE JEWISH EXILE

DESCRIBED IN THE BOOKS OF

DANIEL, JEREMIAH, AND

EZEKIEL.

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT

THAT TIME FROM ANCIENT

ARTIFACTS NEVER BEFORE

DISPLAYED.

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WE

SAT AND WEPT FOR ZION.

THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF PSALM

137, WRITTEN WHEN KING

NEBUCHADNEZZAR DESTROYED

JERUSALEM.

IT IS ALSO THE NAME OF A NEW

EXHIBIT AT THE BIBLE LAND'S

MUSEUM.

THE CHIEF CURATOR CALLS IT

AN INCREDIBLE PUZZLE.

WHAT WE DO HERE IS FOR

THE FIRST TIME TELL A

COMPLETE STORY FROM THE

EXILE, FROM APPROXIMATELY 6

OR 4 B.C., WHEN

NEBUCHADNEZZAR COMES TO THE

LAND OF ISRAEL.

TO 549 WHEN THE PERSIANS

CONQUERED BABYLON AND

RELEASED ALL OF THE

EXCITES.

Chris: MUCH OF THE

INFORMATION FOR THIS EXHIBIT

CAME FROM THESE CLAY

TABLETS, ON DISPLAY FOR THE

FIRST TIME EVER.

THEY TELL OF DAILY LIGHT AND

ALUHUDIN, THE CITY OF JUDAH

IN BABBL BABYLON.

THIS IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATION THAT

HAS EVER BEEN REVEALED.

Chris: AMANDA WHITE

SAYS IT ALSO OPENS A MAJOR

CHAPTER OF JEWISH HISTORY.

IT IS THE THREAD THAT

TIES US TO OUR ANCESTORS.

Chris: HERE WE SEE AN

ANCIENT TABLET NEXT TO A

MODERN ONE THAT TELLS THE

STORY.

THE TEXTS TALKS ABOUT REAL

PEOPLE, AND EVERY DAY LIFE,

FROM RENTAL AGREEMENTS TO

TAX ISSUES.

ONE OF THESE PEOPLE IS

HAGI FROM ISRAEL.

Chris: IN THE EXHIBIT,

HAGI TELLS THE STORY OF THE

FIRST EXILES ALL THE WAY TO

BABYLON IN THREE ANIMATED

MOVIES.

LUCKO SAID HE MET A GUY IN

THESE TEXTS.

I KNOW HIS BROTHERS.

I KNOW HIS FATHER AND

GRANDFATHER AND

GRANDMOTHER.

I KNOW HIS GREAT

GRANDFATHER.

ALL OF THIS THROUGH THE NEW

TEXT WHICH NOBODY HAS SEEN

BEFORE.

Chris: WHITE SAYS ONE

OF THE FAVORITE PARTS OF

THIS EXHIBIT IS THE MODEL OF

THE ALUHUDU VILLAGE.

WE'RE SHOWING

INTERACTIVELY A SCENE IN

DAILY LIFE.

YOU CAN SEE THEM PLOWING THE

FIELDS AND ROWING DOWN THE

CANALS AND RIVERS, AND

PEOPLE COOKING OVER HOME

FIRES IN THE EVENING.

YOU GET A SENSE OF THE CYCLE

OF LIFE.

Chris: PART OF WHAT THE

TABLETS SHOW IS THAT THE

EXILES LIVED PROSPEROUS

LIVES AND FOLLOWED

JEREMIAH'S COMMAND.

BUILD HOUSES AND LIVE IN

THEM, AND PLANT GARDENS AND

EAT THEIR PRODUCE.

MULTIPLY AND DO KNOW

DECREASE.

AND SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE

CITY, WHERE I HAVE SENT YOU

INTO EXILE.

AND PRAY TO THE LORD ON ITS

BEHALF FOR IN ITS WELFARE,

YOU WILL HAVE WELFARE.

SO IN 539, CYRUS, THE

GREAT, AND THE PERSIANS

CONQUERED BABYLON, CYRUS

SIMPLY RELEASES ALL OF THE

EXILES.

LIKE HAGI AND HIS FAMILY.

THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED LIFE.

THEY HAVE A RICH LIFE.

THEY HAVE THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY HAVE THEIR SCHOOLS.

AND IN 1962, FOLLOWING THIS

PUBLISHING, THE STATE OF

IRAQ SIMPLY EXPELLED

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF

JEWS.

AND THEY WENT WITH ALMOST

NOTHING AND THEY RETURNED

WITH ALMOST NOTHING.

Chris: UP NEXT, SEE

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX

MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND

ANCIENT ARCHEOLOGY.

Chris: ISRAEL AND THE

MIDDLE EAST, CENTER OF THE

WORLD FOR THOUSANDS OF

YEARS, AND STILL CREATING

HEADLINES THAT REACH BACK TO

THE BIBLE.

CBN NEWS SEEKS THAT

CONNECTION EACH WITH

"JERUSALE "JERUSALEM

DATELINE." HOSTED BY AWARD

WINNING CORRESPONDENT CHRIS

MITCHELL.

"JERUSALEM DATELINE" BRINGS

A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE TO

EVENTS THAT LITERALLY CHANGE

HISTORY.

AS MANY AS MILLION PEOPLE

ARE HERE IN THIS SQUARE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING BACK

INTO THE BOMB SHELTER.

Chris: WE TAKE YOU TO

THE ACTION, WHETHER IT IS

THE FRONT LINE OR

UNDERGROUND, DIG INTO THE

PAST OR DISCOVERY OR IN THE

FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS.

"JERUSALEM DATELINE" IS YOUR

WINDOW TO ISRAEL, JERUSALEM,

AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

BROADCAST "JERUSALEM

DATELINE" OR WANT MORE

INFORMATION, CONTACT US AT

THE ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU

CROSS THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS

WITH TODAY'S DIGITAL AGE?

HERE IS AN APP IN ENGLISH

THAT WILL HELP KIDS LEARN

ABOUT THE OLDEST WRITTEN

RECORD IN THE BIBLE.

THEY CALL IT "DIG QUEST," A

NEW APP THAT INTRODUCES KIDS

TO ARCHEOLOGY WITH UNIQUE

GAMES.

IT BRINGS THE BIBLE TO LIFE

TO YOUNG KIDS THROUGH@

ARCHEOLOGY.

THIS IS THE CONSERVATION LAB

AT THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES

AUTHORITY.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SCROLL

2,000 YEARS AGO FROM THE

BOOK OF GENESIS.

"IN THE BEGINNING, GOD

CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE

EARTH."

THAT'S THE FIRST PUZZLE

YOUNG USERS GET TO SOLVE.

THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY

MAKING A PUZZLE WITH

2,000-YEAR-OLD FRAGMENTS,

SOME FROM THE BIBLE AND SOME

SECTARIAN.

Chris: ORIK HELPED COME

UP WITH THE APP.

WE TRY TO MAKE AN

INTRODUCTION TO THE KIDS,

CONNECTING THEM TO THE

SUBJECT.

Chris: IT

TRANSFORMS iPHONES

OR iPADS INTO AN

ARCHEOLOGICAL TOOL, ALLOWING

PLAYERS TO GET A FEEL OF

UNCOVERING MYSTERIES FROM

THE PAST.

YOU CAN BE INTERESTED IN

ARCHEOLOGY, OR INTERESTED IN

THE BIBLE.

Chris: RIGHT NOW TWO

DIGS ARE BASED ON REAL LIFE

EXCAVATIONS, INCLUDING THE

DEAD SEA SCROLLS FOUND IN

KURAM.

THE SCROLLS HAVE BEEN

FOUND, AND THE SCHOLARS ARE

WORKING FOR YEARS TO PUT

THEM TOGETHER.

Chris: THE APP MIN MICS

REAL-LIFE TECHNOLOGY, SUCH

AS SPECTORAL IMAGERY, WHICH

HELPS IT EASIER TO READ.

IT HELPED MAKE THE DEAD SEA

SCROLLS AVAILABLE ONLINE.

YOU CAN COMPLETE THE

PUZZLE AND READ THE CONTENTS.

[SPEAKING A

FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

WHOEVER DOWN LADIES THE

LOADS THE APP, GETS A

COLLECTION BOX.

Chris: WITH THE WORLD

SPEEDING FORWARD IN THE

HIGH-TECH AGE, IS ARCHEOLOGY

STILL IMPORTANT?

ROSENGARDEN SAYS YES.

IT IS OUR HISTORY.

IT IS OUR LEGACY.

IT IS OUR LIFE.

IF WE DON'T LEARN FROM WHAT

WE HAD, HOW DO WE PROGRESS

TODAY.

Chris: WHETHER IT IS

THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS OR

ANCIENT ARTIFACTS, IT SEEMS

LIKE WE'RE LEARNING MORE

ABOUT ISRAEL'S ANCIENT

HISTORY.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS EDITION.

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."