THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM

DATELINE," ISRAEL CELEBRATES

ITS INDEPENDENCE AND

REMEMBERS THINGS.

WE LOOK BACK AT HOW ISRAEL

BECAME A STATE AND HOW MANY

BELIEVE IT IS A MODERN DAY

MIRACLE.

PLUS, SEE HOW BIBLICAL

PROPHECY IS FULFILLED WHEN

THE JEWISH PEOPLE RETURN TO

THE LAND OF ISRAELMENT

ISRAEL.

AND WHY WORLD FAMOUS

CARTOONISTS LOOK TO THE

BIBLE TO FIND A NAME.

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO

"JERUSALEM DATELINE." I'M

CHRIS MITCHELL.

THIS WEEK ISRAEL CELEBRATED

THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY.

IT CHANGED THE WORLD.

WE WENT TO THE HEART OF TEL

AVIV WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.

[SPEAKING A

FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Chris: HERE IN

INDEPENDENCE HALL ON MAY

14th, 1948, DAVID

BENGORIAN DECLARED THE

FORMATION OF THE STATE OF

ISRAEL.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY

2,000 YEARS, THE JEWISH

PEOPLE WERE A NATION ONCE

AGAIN.

THIS IS WHERE ISRAEL WAS

BORN.

WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE, THEY

ARE ASTONISHED TO SEE THIS

PLACE.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT

HERE, THEIR FIRST REACTION

IS: THIS IS IT?

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE HERE?

Chris: BENGORIAN AND

HIS TEAM LOOK FOR AN IN

CONSPICUOUS PLACE TO DECLARE

STATEHOOD.

THIS BUILDING WAS AN ART

GALLERY.

DURING A 1978 RENOVATION,

THE DECISION WAS MADE TO

TAKE THE BUILDING BACK TO

ITS ORIGINAL LOOK AT THE

TIME OF THE DECLARATION.

TRAVELLING IN ISRAEL WILL

TEACH YOU THAT GOD HAS A

TENDENCY TO PERFORM HIS BEST

MIRACLES IN THE MOST HUMBLE

PLACES.

THIS PLACE IS ONE OF THOSE

PLACES.

Chris: ACCORDING TO

ISAAC DRAWER, WHO HEADS

EDUCATION AT THE HALL, THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL

SHOOK THE WORLD AND BECAME A

HAVEN FOR THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

HOW MANY PEOPLE PRAYED

FOR IT EVERY DAY?

WHEN THE JEWS SAID, NEXT

SEASON IN JERUSALEM, THAT'S

WHAT THEY MEANT.

Chris: WHEN ISRAEL

DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE,

DANCING FILLED THE STREETS.

BUT THE CELEBRATION WAS

SHORT-LIVED.

THE VERY NEXT DAY ARMIES OF

FIVE ARAB NATIONS INVADED

THE NEWBORN STATE.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE

STORY OF THE WORLD'S

INDEPENDENCE, WE DON'T HAVE

MANY ANSWERS THERE.

IT IS VERY HARD FOR US TO

EXPLAIN.

CALL IT A MIRACLE.

CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT,

BUT WE ARE HERE.

Chris: 130,000 PEOPLE

VISIT THIS TINY HALL EACH

YEAR TO HEAR ABOUT THE

MIRACLE OF ISRAEL.

INCLUDING TOURISTS LIKE THIS

GROUP FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE

SO MOVING.

MY WHOLE LIFE, ISRAEL HAS

ALWAYS BEEN HERE.

SO I THINK IN SOME WAYS I

TOOK IT FOR GRANTED.

AND NOW I FELT LIKE I WAS

HERE THAT DAY.

AFTER 2,000 YEARS OF

WANDERING AND PERSECUTION,

FOR THE JEWS TO HAVE THEIR

OWN STATE REALLY HAS TO BE A

MIRACLE.

Chris: ACROSS THE

STREET IS THIS MONUMENT,

WITH A SCRIPTURE FROM CAN

JEREMIAH: "AGAIN I WILL

BUILD YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE

REBUILT, O VIRGIN OF

ISRAEL."

SURROUNDED BY SKYSCRAPERS

AND A NEW GENERATION

VISITING THE HALL, IT IS

TESTAMENT TO GOD'S

FAITHFULNESS TO HIS PROMISE

TO BUILD AND REBUILD THE

JEWISH STATE AND ITS

PEOPLE.

EVEN BEFORE BENGORIAN

DECLARED THE STATE OF ISRAEL

IN 1948, IN 1922 THE WORLD

POWERS MET IN A SMALL

ITALIAN TOWN ON THE

MEDITERRANEAN CALLED SAN

RIMONE.

WHAT THEY DECIDED THEN SET

THE STAGE FOR ISRAEL'S

REBIRTH.

FORMER ISRAEL PRESIDENT HEIM

WEISSMAN SAID THIS

PICTURESQUE TOWN PLAYED A

CRUCIAL ROLE IN ISRAEL'S

MODERN HISTORY.

HE SAID IT IS NOT AN

EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT THE

JEWISH STATE WAS BORN IN SAN

RAMONE.

Chris: FOLLOWING THE

DEFEAT OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

IN WORLD WAR I, LEADERS OF

THE WORLD POWERS MET HERE.

THEIR GOAL, A NEW MIDDLE

EAST.

WHILE MOST OF THE LAND WENT

TO THE ARAB PEOPLE, THE

JEWISH PEOPLE RECEIVED BACK

THEIR ANCIENT HOMELAND.

WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO

UNDERSTAND IS THAT LONG

BEFORE THAT, LONG BEFORE THE

HOLOCAUST.

THERE WAS ALREADY AN

AGREEMENT THAT THE JEWISH

PEOPLE HAD A RIGHT TO

SELF-DETERMINATION, JUST

LIKE ANY OTHER PEOPLE

GROUPS.

Chris: AND ISRAEL ALSO

RECOGNIZES SAN RAMONE AS A

PRESENT DAY FOUNDATION IN

ITS BATTLE FOR A PLACE AMONG

THE NATIONS.

THERE IS A BIG QUESTION

OF OUR LEGITIMACY.

SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO SAN

RAMONE AND SAY, LOOK, HERE

IS THE INTERNATIONAL

DOCUMENT AGREED BY ALL

MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF

NATIONS AT THE TIME THAT

SAYS THAT, YES, WE HAVE THIS

RIGHT.

Chris: AND THAT RIGHT

PROVIDES HISTORICAL

AMMUNITION TO FIGHT THE

BOYCOTT DI DIVESTMENT AND

SACSS MOVEMENT. SANCTIONS ACT.

IT COUNTERS THE MOVEMENT,

TO SAY THAT ISRAEL IS A

COLONIAL POWER.

IT IS THE OPPOSITE.

MANY HISTORIANS WOULD SAY

THAT THE SAN RAMONE

REVOLUTION ALSO WAS THE

BEGINNING OF THE

DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

BECAUSE HERE WE HAVE A

PEOPLE GROUP THAT HAVE BEEN

OCCUPIED FOR 1,800 YEARS,

ABOUT, AND THAT ARE FINALLY

GETTING THEIR RECOGNIZE OF

STATEHOOD.

Reporter: HE ADDS

ANYONE QUESTIONING THE

MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL CAN

FIND THE ANSWER IN THIS

ITALIAN CONNECTION.

WHEN WE, TODAY, HAVE THIS

WHOLE QUESTION OF, DO THE

JEWISH PEOPLE REALLY BELONG

IN ISRAEL, DO THEY HAVE A

LEGITIMATE CLAIM TO THE

LAND, THAT QUESTION WAS

DECIDED ONCE AND FOR ALL IN

1920 UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

HERE AT THIS VERY PLACE, SAN

RAMONE.

Chris: AFTER ITS

FOUNDING, THE JEWISH STATE

ACHIEVED ADVANCES IN A

NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FIELDS.

GORDON ROBERTSON BRINGS US

THIS STORY OF HOW ISRAEL HAS

BECOME A WORLD LEADER IN

TECHNOLOGY.

Gordon: ISRAEL HAS

OFTEN BEEN CALLED THE

START-UP NATION.

AND WHILE JERUSALEM MAY BE

THE SPIRITUAL HEART OF THE

COUNTRY, TEL AVIV IS THE

CENTER OF ITS START-UP

SUCCESS.

JUST A CENTURY AGO THIS

THRIVING CITY WAS LITTLE

MORE THAN A SERIES OF SAND

DUNES.

TODAY IT'S BEEN VOTED THE

SECOND BEST HIGH-TECH CENTER

IN THE WORLD.

FROM THE iPHONE TO THE

PLAYSTATION, MANY OF THE

IDEAS BEHIND YOUR FAVORITE

GADGETS CAME FROM INVENTORS

RIGHT HERE IN ISRAEL.

FLIP-TOP CELL PHONES,

KEYBOARDS FOR SMARTPHONES,

INTELL PENTIUM CHIPS, THE

ABILITY TO PRINT STRAIGHT

FROM YOUR COMPUTER, THE

FLASH DRIVES, THE CHIP IN

THE iPAD, THE OS THAT RUNS

THE KINDLE, AND THE 3D

SENSOR IN THE EXECUTIV THE

XBOX.

EVER YEAR, AMERICAN

COMPANIES ARE SHELLING OUT

MORE AND MORE SHEKELS TO BUY

SMALL ISRAEL START-UPS.

THE CHALLENGE IS TO GO

FROM START-UP NATION TO

SCALE-UP NATION.

WE NEED TO BUILD BIGGER

COMPANIES, TO ACTUALLY GET

THEM BIGGER AND GET THEM

INTO THE SALES PROCESS AND

TO CREATE MORE JOBS BOTH

HERE AND IN AMERICA AND

AROUND THE WORLD.

Gordon: SO WHAT GIVES

ISRAEL ITS TECHNOLOGICAL

EDGE?

CHUTZPAH IS PERHAPS THE

MOST DEFINITIVE JEWISH

WORD.

IT IS VERY, VERY HARD TO

TRANSLATE.

GALL, UNRELENTING DARING.

THAT CHUTZPAH IS WHAT ALLOWS

US TO ACTUALLY BREAK THE

BOUNDARIES, BREAK THE RULES,

AND TO GO OUT OF OUR COMFORT

ZONE IN ORDER TO CREATE NEW

THINGS.

THAT CULTURE OF

CHALLENGING, DEBATING, AND

ARGUING -- IT IS EVERYWHERE

IN ISRAEL.

ARGUING IS HEALTHY BECAUSE

YOU GET TO BETTER ANSWERS,

YOU GET TO BETTER RESULTS.

AND I THINK THAT IS A KEY

CULTURAL ATTRIBUTE IN

ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS

STORY, IN ITS ECONOMIC

MIRACLE.

I BELIEVE THIS TRADITION,

THIS CULTURE, IS A PART OF

OUR D.N.A.

YOU ALL THINK ALIKE.

YOU ALL ACT A LIKE -- IF SO,

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A

PARTICULARLY CREATIVE

PLACE.

THE JEWISH MOTHER ASKS

HER SON AT THE AGE OF SEVEN,

AFTER ALL WE HAVE DONE FOR

YOU, ASKING YOU FOR

SOMETHING ISN'T REALLY TOO

MUCH.

Reporter: IUSI GUARDI

IS KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF

ISRAEL'S HIGH-TECH

INDUSTRY.

HE HAS INVESTED IN MORE THAN

80 INTERNET STARTUPS,

INCLUDING A COMPANY STARTED

BY HIS SON.

THAT UNBELIEVABLE PRODUCT

WAS I.C.SCW. C.Q., THE

WORLD'S FIRST INSTANT

MESSAGING SERVICE.

LESS THAN A YEAR LATER,

AMERICA ONLINE BOUGHT THE

COMPANY FOR $4 BILLION.

THE BIG QUESTION HERE ISN'T

WHERE YOU WENT TO COLLEGE,

BUT WHERE YOU WENT TO THE

MILITARY SERVICE.

ALMOST EVERY SINGLE

ISRAELI IS PUT THROUGH THIS

TRAINING IN HOW TO LEAD, HOW

TO MANAGE, AND HOW TO MAKE

VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS

WITH VERY LITTLE INFORMATION

UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE.

THESE SKILLS HARD WIRE YOUNG

PEOPLE FOR BEING

ENTREPRENEURS.

Gordon: MANY ISRAELI

I.T. COMPANIES ARE FOUNDED

BY AN A ALUMNI AT 8200.

UNIT 8200 IS BELIEVED TO BE

THE BRAINS BEHIND THE

STUTSNET VIRUS THAT TARGETED

IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

ISRAELIS ARE PROUD TO SAY

THAT MANY OF THEIR HIGH-TECH

IDEAS COME FROM THEIR

EXPERIENCE IN THE ARMY.

AN IDEA SOME SAY COULD ALSO

BENEFIT AMERICAN COMPANIES.

AMERICAN BUSINESSES HAVE

A LOT TO LEARN WITH HOW

ISRAEL HAS INTEGRATED THEIR

MILITARY PEOPLE, WHEN

THEY'RE COMING OUT OFTHE

MILITARY INTO THE ECONOMY.

Chris: IF YOU WOULD

LIKE TO SEE THE ENTIRE "MADE

IN ISRAEL" SERIES, YOU CAN

GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT

cbn.com AND CLICK ON "MADE

IN ISRAEL."

UP NEXT, A LOOK BACK AT HOW

ISRAEL'S AIRPORT GOT ITS

WINGS.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

WELL, ISRAEL NOW BOASTS ONE

OF THE STRONGEST MILITARIES

IN THE WORLD.

WHEN THE STATE WAS BORN,

THEY BARELY HAD AN ARMY OR

AN AIR FORCE.

NANCY SPIELBERG, SISTER OF

STEVEN SPIELBERG, PRODUCED A

DOCUMENTARY ON HOW THE

FLEDGLING AIRPORTS GOT OFF

THE GROUND.

HERE IS A LOOK.

I WAS IN NORTH DAKOTA,

PARTNERS IN A USED CAR AND

TRUCK BUSINESS.

MANY GIRLFRIENDS, CARS, THE

WHOLE ENCHILADA.

WHEN I GOT THIS PHONE CALL

FROM NEW YORK.

I GOT A LETTER FROM A

FRIEND OF MINE, TWA, CALL

THIS NUMBER AND ASK FOR

SWIFTIE, JUST LIKE THAT.

SO, WHAT THE HELL, I CALLED

THE NUMBER.

HE SAID, WHERE THE HELL ARE

YOU, I'VE BEEN WAITING A

WEEK FOR YOU.

AND I SAID, WAITING FOR ME?

AND HE SAID, YEAH, WE NEED

YOU RIGHT AWAY.

I WORE A LEATHER JACKET

SO THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE ME.

THEY SAID TO BRING A LOG

BOOK TO PROVE I WAS A

PILOT.

WE WENT TO A HOTEL IN NEW

YORK, AND THEY SERVED GREAT

MARTINIS.

THE FELLOW IDENTIFIED

HIMSELF OF STEVE SCHWARTZ,

TELLING ME THAT ISRAEL WAS

GOING TO DECLARE THEMSELVES

A STATE AND THEY WERE GOING

TO BE ATTACKED BY AT LEAST

FIVE ARAB ARMIES.

AND THEY HAD NO WAY TO

DEFEND THEMSELVES.

EXCEPT THEY PURCHASED SOME

AIRPLANES, BUT THEY HAD NO

ONE TO FLY THEM.

WOULD I BE A POSITION TO

HELP?

THE IDEA THAT JEWS WERE

GOING TO FIGHT I FOUND

EXCITING.

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

IT WASN'T LIKE A

NEWSPAPER AD, TO JOIN.

IT WAS ILLEGAL, OF COURSE.

I JUST MADE UP MY MIND

THAT NOTHING WAS GOING TO

STOP ME.

THE ALTERNATIVE IS TOO

HARD FOR ME TO I ENVISION,

THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT THE

ARABS COULD HAVE DONE.

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE

FACT THAT WHAT HITLER DID

WILL BE NOTHING COMPARED TO

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

> 600,000 JEWS AND

50 MILLION ARABS SURROUNDING

THEM, I DIDN'T SEE HOW THEY

COULD POSSIBLY SURVIVE.

THE ARABS HAD SQUADRONS,

THEY HAD PLANES, THEY HAD

TANKS, THEY HAD GUNS, THEY

HAD EVERYTHING.

IF YOU DON'T GO NOW,

YOU'LL BE IN TEL AVIV IN THE

MORNING AND THERE IS NO

ISRAEL.

THESE AIRPLANES HAD NEVER

BEEN FLOWN.

THEY WERE ASSEMBLED IN THE

HANGAR, AND THEY JUST

STARTED THEM UP AND TAXIED

OUT.

I SAW THE ENEMY THAT CAME

TO DESTROY US.

I TURNED THE AIRPORT UPSIDE

DOWN FOR A DIVE BOMB.

THE STEEPER THE DIVE, THE

MORE ACCURATE THE HIT.

THEY STOPPED THE EYPTIANS

COLD.

AS A JEW, I NOW FELT

PROUD OF BEING JEWISH.

I WAS BORN TO BE HERE ON

THAT MOMENT OF HISTORY, TO

CONTRIBUTE TO ISRAEL'S

SURVIVAL.

I HAD DONE SOMETHING GOOD

FOR ONCE.

WE BUILT AN AIR FORCE,

STARTED AN AIR FORCE.

IF YOU WROTE THE HISTORY

OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE A

THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW,

THERE ARE TWO THINGS I CAN

TELL YOU WILL BE IN IT: ONE

IS THE HOLOCAUST, AND ONE IS

THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF

ISRAEL.

SHORTLY BEFORE I LEFT, I

HAPPENED TO BE IN TEL AVIV

WHEN THEY WERE BRINGING IN

REFUGEES FROM THE DEATH

CAMPS IN EUROPE.

I REMEMBER THEM GETTING DOWN

ON THEIR HANDS AND KNEES AND

KISSING THE GROUND.

I KNEW THEN AND THERE THAT

WAS THE REASON THAT I CAME

CAME.

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Chris: COMING UP, SEE

HOW BIBLICAL PROPHECY WAS

FULFILLED WHEN THE JEWISH

PEOPLE RETURNED TO THE LAND

OF ISRAEL.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

ISRAEL HAS FACED DANGERS ON

MOST EVERY SIDE.

BUT MANY SEE GOD FULFILLING

HIS PROMISES TO THE JEWISH

PEOPLE, AND BIBLICAL

PROPHECY COMING TO PASS.

HERE IS JULIE STAAL.

IN THE BIBLE, GOD

PROMISES THE JEWISH PEOPLE A

LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND

HONEY.

IN FACT, MILK AND HONEY

IS USED 20 TIMES IN THE

SCRIPTURE.

Reporter: BUT WHEN THE

JEWISH PEOPLE RETURNED FROM

2,000 YEARS IN EXILE, THEY

FOUND A BARREN DESERT LAND,

AND THIS JEWISH AUTHOR SAYS

THAT WAS ALL IN GOD'S PLAN.

GOD SAYS, I NEED TO DO

SOMETHING MIRACULOUS.

I'M GOING TO CREATE A LAND

THAT EVEN THOSE CLIMATE

ISSUES DON'T CALL FOR IT,

IT'S GOING TO BE A LAND THAT

IS GOING TO BE FILLED ALSO

WITH DATES AND HONEY AND

ALSO WITH MILK.

SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT

NOTHING COMES HERE EXCEPT

WHEN IT IS FROM ME.

Reporter: AND GOD HAS

DELIVERED ON THAT PROMISE.

WE ARE CONSIDERED A

LEADER.

Reporter: DOES PIT THE

DESPITE THE HEAT, HUMIDITY,

AND LIMITED RESOURCES,

ISRAELI COWS PRODUCE MORE

MILK PER YEAR THAN COWS IN

THE U.S., EUROPEAN UNION,

AND AUSTRALIA.

THIS MAN MANAGES OPERATIONS

FOR THE DAIRY HERE AT

KIBBUTZ, THE LARGEST MILKING

FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY.

IT IS VERY CLEVER, VERY

HIGH-TECH.

Reporter: AND WHAT

ABOUT THE HONEY?@'ç

MOST BELIEVE HONEY IN BIBLE

TIMES PROBABLY CAME FROM

DATE TREES.

THIS BOTANIST IMMIGRATED

FROM THE U.S. AND SETTLED ON

KIBBUTZ IN 1974.

ACTUALLY, I STARTED OUT

HERE AS THE HEAD OF THE

ORCHARD BRANCH.

IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE

AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE

ANY ORCHARDS.

SO IN THE FIRST FEW

YEARS, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR

PLANTING THEM.

THE FIRST ORCHARD I PLANTED

WAS THE DATE ORCHARD, WHICH

YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US, WHICH

IS THE MAIN AGRICULTURAL

BRANCH OF THE KIBBUTZ.

Reporter: THERE ARE

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES

OF DATE TREES IN ISRAEL.

SALOWAY PLANTED SOME 3,000

OF THOSE TREES HERE.

THIS DATE ORCHARD IS HERE IN

THE ARAVA DESERT.

AND EACH ONE OF THESE TREES

PRODUCES ABOUT 350 POUNDS OF

DATES A YEAR.

SALOWAY EVEN MANAGED TO

SPROUT A 2,000-YEAR-OLD DATE

SEED FOUND BY ARCHEOLOGISTS

YEARS AGO AT MASSADA,

NICKNAMED MESUZALA, THE TREE

IS NOW FIVE YEARS OLD.

DATES AND PALMS WERE

IMPORTANT IN THE SCRIPTURES,

AND DATES FROM THIS AREA

WERE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE

ANCIENT WORLD.

THE ROMANS HAD NOTHING

GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THE JEWS

EXCEPT ABOUT THEIR DATE.

AND THERE WERE VERY, VERY

GOOD DATE VARIETIES IN THAT

DAY, FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE

WORLD.

Reporter: TODAY

ISRAEL'S DATES ARE STILL

FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE

WORLD.

ISRAEL EXPORTS SOME 12,0TONS OF DATES EACH YEAR TO

20 COUNTRIES.

NOW SAOWAY IS GOING BEYOND

DATES TO GROW OTHER LIFE IN

THE DESERT.

I'M LOOKING FOR TREES

THAT LOVE TO LIVE IN THE

DESERT, THAT REJOICE TO LIVE

IN THE DESERT.

NOT THE ONES I HAVE TO KEEP

ON LIFE SUPPORT.

Reporter: SHE HAS FOUND

CLUES IN THE BIBLE.

WELL, THE BIBLICAL TREES,

IF THEY GREW HERE IN THE OLD

DAYS, WHY SHOULDN'T THEY

GROW HERE NOW?

WE REINTRODUCED FRANKINCENSE

AND MYRRH.

ACCORDING TO WHAT WE CAN

TELL FROM FOLK TALES AND

FROM THE BIBLE, THERE WAS

ALREADY AN INCENSE TREE HERE

CALLED THE BALM OF GILLIAD.

Reporter: THE

FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH

BROUGHT TO JESUS WERE

PROBABLY IN CRYSTAL FORM,

LIKE THIS.

THE REVIVAL OF TREES IN THE

LAND IS THE FIRST SIGN OF

REDEMPTION.

GIVE FORTH YOUR FRUIT

BECAUSE MY CHILDREN ARE

COMING HOME.

THAT'S AN UNUSUAL THING FOR

GOD TO TELL A TREE.

HE IS SAYING IN LEVITICUS,

HE SAYS, THERE WILL BE A

DEATH OF THE LAND WHEN I

KICK YOU OUT, BUT WHEN I

BRING MY PEOPLE BACK HOME,

THIS LIN LAND IS GOING TO

COME FORTHWITH BLOSSOMS AND

FRUITS.

Reporter: SO EVERY

GLASS OF MILK YOU DRINK HERE

AND EVERYTHING YOU EAT IS

LIKE PROPHECY BEING

REBUILT.

Chris: UP NEXT, SEE HOW

THIS WORLD FAMOUS CARTOONIST

GAVE HIS CARTOON A UNIQUE

Chris: IT IS ONE OF THE

MOST WELL-KNOWN CARTOONS IN

THE WORLD.

AND THE CREATIVE GENIUS

BEHIND THE CARTOON EXPLAINS

HOW HE CAME UP WITH THE NAME

FOR HIS WORK.

WHEN I CAME TO ISRAEL AND

DECIDED I WOULD START DOING

A CARTOON, I THOUGHT, WELL,

I NEED A NAME.

CURSHON'S CORNER, WITH

CORNER SPELLED WITH A "K."

AND THEN I REALIZED THAT ONE

OF THE THINGS THAT HAD

BROUGHT ME TO ISRAEL WAS MY

READING OF THE BOOK OF

IZQUIERDA.

ESIKH.

AND THIS GUY, EZEKIEL, WHO

LIVED 2500 YEARS AGO, SAW A

VISION OF WHAT TO HIM WAS

THE FAR FUTURE.

AND THAT WAS AT A TIME WHEN

IT LOOKED LIKE THE WORLD HAD

DESTROYED THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

BUT AT THAT POINT WE WOULD

COME OUT OF OUR GRAVES, AND

THE IMAGE HE SAW WAS OF A

VALLEY FILLED WITH DRY

BONES.

AND THESE BONES CAME

TOGETHER, LIKE THE KNEE BONE

CONNECTED TO THE SHIN BONE,

AND ALL LIKE THATMEN THAT.

AND IN THAT IMAGINARY, HE

SAW THE REBUILDING OF THE

JEWISH STATE.

HE SAWHE COMING TOGETHER

AND THE GATHERS OF THE

JEWISH PEOPLE.

HE SAW THE REBUILDING OF THE

CITIES AND THE PLANTING OF

THE TREES.

AND THEREFORE, IF I WAS

GOING TO DO A CARTOON ABOUT

WHAT WAS HAPPENING TODAY,

ALL I COULD DO WOULD BE TO

ADD TO WHAT HE HAD SEEN

INCREDIBLY 2600 YEARS AGO.

SO I DECIDED TO CALL IT "DRY

BONES," THINKING THAT

EVERYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND.

Chris: FROM THE DRY

BONES IN THE BOOK OF

EZEKIEL, TO THE DECLARATION

BY BENGORIAN, MANY SEE IT AS

A SIGN TO THE NATIONS THAT

GOD FULFILLS HIS PROMISES.

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