THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM

DATELINE," CHRISTIANS JOIN

THE FIGHT AGAINST THE

ISLAMIC STATE, AND ONE

REPORT SAYS AN ISIS

TEACHER HAS TURNED TO THE

BIBLE.

> PLUS, AUTHOR TOM DOYLE

EXPLAINS HOW CHRISTIANS IN

THE MIDDLE EAST ARE

STANDING UP FOR THEIR

FAITH.

AND WE LOOK AT A NEW

MUSEUM IN JERUSALEM THAT

TELLS THE STORIES OF

ZIONISM.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THIS

EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE." I'M CHRIS

MITCHELL.

PRESIDENT OBAMA UNVEILED A

NEW STRATEGY IN THE FIGHT

AGAINST ISIS, BUT HE SAID

THE BATTLE WON'T BE QUICK

AND COULD TAKE DECADES.

AS CHARLENE AARON REPORTS,

REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING

THAT THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN

DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH TO

DEFEAT THE GROUP.

Charlene: DURING A

RARE VISIT TO THE

PENTAGON, THE PRESIDENT

LAID OUT HIS REVAMPED

STRATEGY TO COMBAT ISIS,

SAYING THE FIGHT AGAINST

THE TERROR GROUP WILL TAKE

MORE THAN JUST WEAPONS.

President Obama: NO

AMOUNT OF MILITARY FORCE

WILL END THE TERROR THAT

IS ISIL, UNLESS IT IS

MATCHED BY A BROADER

EFFORT, POLITICAL AND

ECONOMIC.

Reporter: THE

PRESIDENT SAYS COALITION

FORCES WILL GO AFTER THE

HEART OF ISIS, BUT HE DID

NOT CALL FOR MORE BOMBS OR

MORE TROOPS, ANNOUNCING,

INSTEAD, A SHIFTING FOCUS

TO COUNTER THE ISIS PUBLIC

RELATIONS MACHINE.

HE POINTED TO A STRING OF

ISIS DEFEATS IN THE

REGION, DUE TO AIRSTRIKE

TARGETING THE GROUP'S

SUPPLY LINES.

BUT HE SAYS MORE NEEDS TO

BE DONE TO RECRUIT AND

TRAIN SYRIANS FOR THE

FIGHT ON THE GROUND.

WHEN IT COMES TO LONE-WOLF

TERRORISTS INSPIRED BY

ISIS HERE AT HOME, THE

PRESIDENT ADMITS THEY'RE

HARDER TO DETECT, AND THAT

U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

MUST REMAIN VIGILANT.

HE POINTED TO INCREASED

EFFORTS TO COUNTER ISIS'

PROPAGANDA, SPREADING

THROUGH THE WORLD THROUGH

SOCIAL MEDIA.

President Obama: WE

ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT ISIL HAS BEEN

PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE AT

REACHING OUT TO AND

RECRUITING VULNERABLE

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD,

INCLUDING HERE IN THE

UNITED STATES.

Reporter: THE

PRESIDENT SAYS WHILE THE

FIGHT AGAINST ISIS WILL BE

LONG, HE IS CONFIDENT THE

TERRORISTS WON'T WIN.

BUT REPUBLICANS ARE

SKEPTICAL OF THE

PRESIDENT'S PLAN OF

ACTION, SAYING IT DOESN'T

GO FAR ENOUGH.

A SPEECH ISN'T A STRATEGY,

SAID CORY FRITZ, SPOKESMAN

FOR SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER.

AT NO POINT IN HIS REMARKS

DID PRESIDENT OBAMA

INDICATE HE IS DOING

ANYTHING TO CHANGE COURSE,

AND ACTUALLY BUILD THE

BROAD, OVER-ARCHING PLAN

THAT IS NEEDED TO TAKE ON

THESE SAVAGE TERRORISTS

AND WIN.

AND UTAH CONGRESSMAN JASON

CHASIST SAYS, HE DOESN'T

HAVE A STRATEGY.

I DIDN'T SENSE HE HAD A

ROCK-SOLID STRATEGY ON HOW

TO DEAL WITH THIS AND

DEFEAT IT.

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS.

Chris: WELL, IRAQI

CHRISTIANS ARE JOINING IN

THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS.

SO FAR 600 CHRISTIAN

FIGHTERS HAVE COMPLETED

TRAINING AND JOIN THE

IRAQI SECURITY FORCE.

THOSE YOUNG CHRISTIANS

ARE AMONG THE MANY

TRAINING COURSES WE HAVE

CARRIED OUT.

GOD WILLING, THEY EXPRESS

THEIR READINESS AND

WILLINGNESS TO JOIN

SECURITY FORCES TO FIGHT

ISIS MILITANTS.

Chris: MUCH OF THE

NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS

OF IRAQ ARE STILL

CONTROLLED BY THE ISLAMIC

STATE, BUT THE IRAQI

DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS IT

IS GAINING GROUND.

OVER THE WEEKEND THEY

ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING

IRAQI SECURITY FORCES HAD

REPELLED AN ISIS ATTACK ON

A TOWN AND VITAL DAN IN

ANBAR PROVINCE.

AS THERE IS BEHEADINGS

THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE

EAST, SOME MUSLIMS HAVE

HAVING ENCOUNTERS WITH

JESUS CHRIST.

ONE ISLAMIC TEACHER SAYS

HE HAS TURNED TO THE BIBLE

BECAUSE HE IS SICK OF THE

KILLING.

Reporter: THE STORY

OF AN ISLAMIC SHEIKH IS

THE LATEST OF SEVERAL

REPORTS ABOUT JIHADISTS

EITHER CONVERTING TO

CHRISTIANITY OR DESIRING

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE

FAITH.

A MISSIONARY NAMED JULIAN

PROVIDED THE LATEST STORY

TO TODD MIDDLETON ON THE

"VOICE OF THE MARTYRS"ú

RADIO SHOW.

HE SAID THE SHEIKH WAS

DRIVING HOME FROM LEBANON

WHEN HE ASKED THE TAXI

DRIVER FOR A BIBLE.

THE TAXI DRIVER KNEW A

CHRISTIAN WORK IN BEIRUT

WHO WAS VERY HAPPY TO GIVE

THE MAN WITH THE BEARD THE

BIBLE.

AND THEN, SIR, WOULD YOU

LIKE TO TELL US WHY YOU'RE

LOOKING FOR A BIEFNL A BIBLE?

I'M FROM SAUDI, I'M A

SHEIKH, WHICH MEANS

TEACHER, AND I'VE BEEN

TEACHING THE ISIS FIGHTERS

101, AND I'M SICK OF THE

KILLING.

Reporter: WOW.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING

BETTER THAN THIS.

HE HAD COME TO SEE THAT

THE VIOLENCE OF ISIS WAS

NOT THE PATH TO PEACE.

HE WAS TIRED OF IT.

HE WANTED SOMETHING ELSE.

AND SO HE WAS INTERESTED

IN HAVING A BIBLE.

Chris: A GROWING

NUMBER OF FORMER MUSLIMS

AROUND THE WORLD REPORT

COMING TO CHRIST AFTER

HAVING A DREAM OR VISION

OF JESUS.

ISIS MEMBERS ARE NO

EXCEPTION.

JULIAN ALSO TOLD OF AN

ISIS FIGHTER WHO HAD A

VISION OF THE CROSS AND

THEN STUMBLED ON TO A

CHRISTIAN WEBSITE.

THAT TERRORIST LATER

BECAME A BELIEVER AFTER

MEETING A CHRISTIAN IN

TURKEY.

MIDDLETON SAYS HE BELIEVES

JULIAN'S ACCOUNTS ARE

CREDIBLE.

HE IS A WORKER WITH

DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN

THE MIDDLE EAST.

HE HAS LIVED THERE, HE

SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE.

HE KNOWS THE CULTURE,

KNOWS THE PEOPLE.

SO IT IS REPUTE TABLEABLE

BECAUSE OF HIS CREDIBILITY

AND BECAUSE OF O.M.'s

CREDIBILITY.

BUT IT IS ALSO A CREDIBLE

STORY BECAUSE IT IS

CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE

HEARING FROM THAT PART OF

THE WORLD, FROM OUR OWN

V.O.M. STAFF AND OTHER

CHRISTIANS THERE.

Chris: AND LAST MONTH

A YOUTH WITH A MISSION

FIELD WORKER TOLD OF AN

ISIS STORY WHO ACTUALLY

ENJOYED KILLING

CHRISTIANS.

HE LEFT ISLAM FOR

CHRISTIANITY AFTER SEEING

JESUS IN A DREAM.

AND ISIS IS ALSO HAVING AN

UNINTENDED IMPACT ON SOME

OTHER MIDDLE EAST MUSLIMS.

IT IS NOT THE EFFECT,

NECESSARILY, THEY THEY

WANT.

WHAT IT IS FORCING MUSLIMS

TO DO IS FORCING THEM TO

EXAMINE THEIR OWN FAITH.

MANY MUSLIMS LOOK INTO THE

QURAN AND SAY, WAIT A

MINUTE, IF THAT'S ISLAM, I

DON'T WANT THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT.

Reporter: GARY LANE,

CBN NEWS.

Chris: ISRAEL PRIDES

ITSELF ON PROTECTING

MINORITIES WITHIN THE

JEWISH STATES.

BUT IN LAST FEW YEARS,

RANDOM ATTACKS BY FRINGE

ELEMENTS HAVE ACTIVATED

THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE A

PROACTIVE STANCE ON BEHALF

OF THE CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITY.

THIS MEETING HAS BROUGHT

TOGETHER A NUMBER OF

GOVERNMENT LEADERS, AND

LEADERS FROM THE CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITY.

MOZI ORGANIZED THE

MEETINGS.

WE THINK IT IS VERY

IMPORTANT THAT WE WILL BE

COOPERATING TO SOLVE

PROBLEMS, TO IMPROVE THE

RELATIONS, BECAUSE WE

VALUE THE CHRISTIAN GROUPS

AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT

ASSET TO THE JEWISH STATE.

Reporter: DAVID PLEGI

SERVES AS A PASTOR IN THE

CHURCH.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH

THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS

GOOD, BUT IT CAN BE

BETTER.

WHAT WE APPRECIATE ABOUT

THIS MEETING IS WE CAN

RAISE PRACTICAL CONCERNS

AND HEAR REPORTS FROM

DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT

MINISTRIES, THE POLICE,

THE ARMY, AND FIND OUT

WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO

IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR

THE CHRISTIAN MINORITIES.

Reporter: THE

GOVERNMENT ALSO WANTS TO

IMPROVE SERVICE TO

CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS IS ONE OF THE

MAJOR -- I WOULD SAY,

ISSUES FOR THE MINISTRY OF

TOURIS TO GET TO KNOW

HOW TO APPROACH THE

CHRISTIAN WORLD, BOTH

OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY AND,

OF COURSE, INSIDE ISRAEL.

Reporter: ACCORDING

TO THE MINISTRY OF

INTERIOR, THAT INCLUDES

VISAS FOR CHRISTIANS.

WE WANT TO GIVE A GOOD

ANSWER TO THE CHRISTIAN

POPULATION.

ALSO TO THE CHRISTIAN

FOUNDATIONS IN ISRAEL.

AND THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT

TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

AND I'M DOING MY JOB TO

GIVE EVERY SERVICE WITH

ALL OF MY HEART.

WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE

THINGS EASIER FOR THE

CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN

ISRAEL.

Reporter: WITH

CHRISTIANS UNDER SEVERE

PERSECUTION THROUGHOUT THE

REGION, ISRAEL REMAINS AN

ISLAND OF REFUGE.

IT IS THE ONLY COUNTRY

IN THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST

THAT ACTUALLY HAS A

GROWING CHRISTIAN

POPULATION.

SO THAT SAYS A LOT BECAUSE

ALL OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES

AROUND THIS REGION, THE

CHRISTIANS ARE FLEEING AS

FAST AS THEY CAN.

BECAUSE OF THE

PERSECUTION, THE ISLAMIC

PERSECUTION.

SO WE CAN BE HAPPY THAT

CHRISTIANS ARE

WELL-REPRESENTED, AND THEY

ARE AN INTRICAL PART OF

THIS COUNTRY.

THERE IS CERTAINLY NO

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE

CHRISTIAN POPULATION HERE

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING ALL

THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST,

AND IN MANY PLACES, IN

AFRICA AND CHINA.

AND CERTAINLY EVEN IN THE

UNITED STATES.

I WOULD SAY THAT IN MANY

REGARDS WE MIGHT HAVE MORE

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM HERE IN

ISRAEL THAN FOLKS BACK IN

THE UNITED STATES.

Chris: COMING UP,

AUTHOR TOM DOYLE TELLS

HOUSE MANY CHRISTIANS IN

THE MIDDLE EAST ARE

STANDING UP TO THEIR FAITH

IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION

AND EVEN DEATH.

*

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE

EAST ARE SUFFERING

PERSECUTION THEY HAVEN'T

EXPERIENCED IN CENTURIES.

DESPITE THIS PRESSURE,

AUTHOR TOM DOYLE SAYS

THERE IS MANY EXAMPLES OF

FAITH UNDER FIRE.

TOM, IT IS GREAT TO BE

WITH YOU HERE AGAIN IN

JERUSALEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH,

CHRIS.

IT IS AN HONOR.

Chris: YOU HAVE

WRITTEN A NEW BOOK

"KILLING CHRISTIANS,

LIVING THE FAITH WHERE IT

IS NOT SAFE TO BELIEVE."

WHY DID YOU WRITE THE

BOOK?

ABOUT EVERY TWO OR

THREE YEARS, I FEEL LIKE

GOD BURNS ME TO WRITE

SOMETHING.

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE

SPIRITUAL CLIMATE IN THE

MIDDLE EAST IS CHRISTIANS

ARE BEING KILLED, WHETHER

IN EGYPT OR IRAQ OR SYRIA

OR IRAN.

BUT I WANTED TO TELL THE

STORIES ABOUT THOSE WHO

ARE LIVING IN THE MIDST OF

IT.

THOSE HEBREWS 11-TYPE

SAINTS, THAT ARE READY TO

SUFFER AND DIE.

AND AS A RESULT OF IT, GOD

IS EXPANDING HIS CHURCH IN

SOME OF THE WORST PLACES

FOR CHRISTIANS, WE WOULD

THINK, BUT HE IS MOVING

POWERFULLY IN PLACES LIKE

SYRIA AND IRAQ AND IRAN.

Chris: WHEN YOU SAY

"HEBREWS 11," WHAT DO YOU

MEAN?

THE HEROS OF FAITH WHO

WERE ABLE TO STAND FOR GOD

IN THE MIDST OF GREAT

ADVERSADVERSITY.

IT SAYS, "THE WORLD WAS

NOT WORTHY OF THEM."

THEY WERE SO COMMITTED TO

GOD, SO COMMITTED TO

CHRIST, THEY WERE WILLING

TO SUFFER.

AND NOTHING WOULD STOP

THEM.

SO I LOOK AT THE BELIEVERS

NOW IN THE MIDST OF

SOMALIA AND IRAQ AND SYRIA

AND SOME OF THESE PLACES

WE COVER IN THE BOOK, AND

THEY'RE THRIVING IN THIS

CLIMATE OF PERSECUTION.

THEY'RE NOT BACKING DOWN.

Chris: IN MOST OF THE

NEWS IT IS ABOUT ISIS AND

THE ADVANCE OF RADICAL

ISLAM IN SO MANY PLACES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE

EXAMPLES AND STORIES YOU

TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK?

WE WANTED THE BODY OF

CHRIST TO KNOW WE'RE NOT

LOSING.

IF YOU WATCHED THE NEWS,

YOU WOULD FEEL LIKE THE

CHURCH IS GETTING CREAMED

AND EVERYBODY IS LEAVING.

FAR FROM IT.

THE FASTEST GROWING CHURCH

PER CAPITA NOW IS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

SO RIGHT IN HARM'S WAY.

AND THERE IS A GROUP OF

CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA, AND

FARID IS THE LEADER, AND

THERE ARE 10 OF THEM, AND

THEY PLANTED CHURCHES IN

THE UNDERGROUND.

THE WAR IS DRAGGING ON,

AND IT IS IN THE FOURTH

YEAR, THAT FARID DECIDED

TO OFFER TO ALL OF THE

LEADERS A CHANCE TO LEAVE

THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THERE

MIGHT BE A DAY WHERE THEY

CAN'T GET OUT AND THEY'RE

YOUNG AND THEY HAVE

FAMILIES.

SO THEY HAD A PRAYER

MEETING.

AND HE ASKED THEM TO COME

BACK IN A WEEK, AFTER

PRAYING AND FASTING, IF

THE LORD WANTED THEM TO

STAY IN SYRIA.

AND WE CERTAINLY

UNDERSTAND IF YOU NEED TO

LEAVE, THAT'S FINE.

YOU HAVE FAMILIES AND

KIDS.

THEY PRAYED AND FASTED FOR

A WEEK, THE TEAM.

AND FARID WALKED

DOWNSTAIRS INTO THE

BASEMENT OF THIS HOUSE IN

DAMASCUS, THINKING IN HIS

MIND, I WONDER IF ANYONE

IS EVEN GOING TO BE THERE?

REALLY, WHY WOULD THEY

STAY?

AND HE OPENED THE DOOR AND

THERE WEREN'T TWO OR FIVE

OR 10.

THERE WERE ACTUALLY 25

LEADERS THERE.

THE 10 HAD GONE OUT AND

RECRUITED 15 MORE THAT

SAID WE'RE READY TO STAY.

WE'RE READY TO SUFFER.

WE'RE READY TO DIE HERE IN

SYRIA FOR JESUS, AND TO

FELL THIS COMMITMENT.

THEY WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A

PLOT OF LAND SO THEY CAN

BURY EACH OTHER WHEN THEY

DIE AS MARTYRS FOR CHRIST.

AND SO WHEN WE GET

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THEM,

IT IS SO SOBERING.

THEY'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT

THE LORD IS DOING.

JESUS IS ON THE MOVE.

HE IS WINNING HEARTS.

HE IS SHOWING HIS LOVE IN

SYRIA, AND THE GRAVEYARD

IS STILL EMPTY.

Chris: WOW!

THAT KIND OF

COMMITMENT, IT IS NO

WONDER THAT GOD IS

BLESSING THEIR EFFORTS.

Chris: I SEE THIS

BOOK AS SORT OF A BRIDGE

BETWEEN WHAT IS HAPPENING

TO THE BELIEVERS HERE IN

THE MIDDLE EAST AND THEN

BELIEVERS IN THE WEST,@6

ESPECIALLY THE U.S.

WHAT DO THEY NEED KNOW,

THOSE BELIEVERS THAT ARE

WATCHING THIS OR LISTENING

TO THIS IN THE U.S.?

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD

POINT.

AND I THINK THIS: WE MAY

NOT BE CALLED TO SUFFER

FOR CHRIST IN THE WEST,

BUT PAUL SAID, "WHEN ONE

OF US SUFFERS, WE ALL

SUFFER."

AND JESUS SAID THAT

THEY'RE GOING TO HATE YOU

BECAUSE THEY HATE ME.

IT IS A WAR ON JESUS.

AND WE'RE JESUS' BODY

TOGETHER.

SO WE MAY NOT GO THROUGH

SUFFERING, BUT WE WANT TO

STAND WITH THOSE WHO ARE.

SO WE PRAY FOR THEM.

WE PRAY FOR THEM DAILY.

WE SET OUR WATCHES DAILY

AT 8:38:00 P.M., AND WHEN

IT GOES OFF, WE PRAY FOR

THE CHRISTIANS HERE

IMPRISONED AND IN DANGER.

WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THEM.

THEY ARE FAMILY.

WE'RE ALL A PART OF THIS

TOGETHER.

AND WE JUST WANT TO JOIN

WITH THEM AND STAND WITH

THEM IN PRAYER WITH THEM.

Chris: THAT IS AN

INSPIRING MESSAGE AND A

GREAT BOOK.

AND THANKS FOR SHARING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH,

CHRIS.

IT IS AN HONOR.

Chris: UP NEXT, A NEW

MUSEUM IN JERUSALEM TELLS

THE SELDOM TOLD STORIES OF

THE HEROS IN HISTORY OF

CHRISTIAN ZINE NISM.

ZIONISM.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

FEW PEOPLE MAY REALIZE

THAT CHRISTIANS PLAYED A

MAJOR ROLE IN THE

FORMATION OF THE MODERN

STATE OF ISRAEL.

BUT A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART

MUSEUM IN JERUSALEM SHOWS

THE TRUE HEROS IN

CHRISTIAN ZIONISM.

THE MUSEUM GREETS VISITORS

WITH A PROFOUND

INTRODUCTION, STUNNING

AERIALS OF ISRAEL, WHILE

THE MAP TRACES THE LAND

GIVEN BY GOD TO THE 12

TRIBES ALL SET TO

ORIGINALLY-SCORED MUSIC.

THE MUSEUM USES STATE OF

STATE-OF-THE-ART

TECHNOLOGY.

THIS AREA IS ONE OF THE

LARGEST TOUCH-PANEL

EXHIBITS ANYWHERE IN THE

WORLD.

TOUCH ONE OF THESE PANELS,

AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

INFORMATION ABOUT

CHRISTIAN ZIONIST

THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

THE VIDEO MAPPING IS AIMED

TO TELL NEW AUDIENCES ONE

OF THE MOST COMPELLING AND

OFTEN UNKNOWN STORIES

ABOUT MODERN ISRAEL: THE

ROLE OF CHRISTIAN ZIONISM.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

ADDRESSED THIS HISTORY IN

A 2012 PEACH.

>2012 SPEECH.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT

THE JEWISH STATES AND

MODERN ZIONISM WOULD HAVE

BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT

CHRISTIAN ZIONISM.

I THINK THAT THE MANY

CHRISTIANS SUPPORTERS OF

THE REBIRTH OF THE JEWISH

STATE AND THE GATHERING OFx

THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE

19th CENTURY MADE

POSSIBLE THE RISE OF

JEWISH ZIONISM.

Reporter: AMERICAN

MIKE EVANS BUILT THE

MUSEUM TO SPREAD THE WORD

OF CHRISTIAN ZIONISM'S

PLACE IN HISTORY.

WANTING A HOME FOR

CHRISTIANS TO CELEBRATE

THEIR HEROS AND THEIR

HISTORY, I FOUND NO PLACE

IN ISRAEL WHERE

BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIANS

CAN GO TO.

Reporter: THE MUSEUM

IS BASED ON YEARS OF

RESEARCH AND THIS

TWO-VOLUME SET WRITTEN BY

EVANS.

THERE ARE SO MANY OF

THEM.

IF YOU JUST TAKE GEORGE

BUSH 1844, THIS GUY WAS A

HEBREW PROFESSOR AND HE

WROTE A BOOK AND SOLD A

MILLION COPIES ON THE

RESTORATION OF ISRAEL.

AND, YES, HIS TWO

RELATIVES WERE U.S.

PRESIDENTS.

Reporter: AND OTHERS

FORMED THE FIRST JEWISH

FIGHTING UNIT IN MORE THAN

2,000 YEARS, THE BEGINNING

OF THE ISRAELI MODERN ARMY

WE SEE TODAY.

WOMEN LIKE GORI, THE NAZIS

KILLED HER FATHER AND

SISTER AND SHE SUFFERED IN

A CONCENTRATION CAMP

BECAUSE THEY HID JEWS

DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

AND RAUL WALENBURG FACED

DEATH TO SAVE JEWS.

WALENBURG JOINED THE

THOUSANDS OF JEWISH

PRISONERS IN THE DEATH

MARCHES TO AUSCHWITZ,

TRYING TO SAVE ANYONE HE

COULD.

WHAT WAS IT, TO FAITH

DEATH?

I REALIZE, NUMBER ONE, IT

WAS THEIR BIBLE.

THEY HAD AN INTIMATE

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

LIVING LORD, AND THEY

LOVED THE WORD OF GOD.

AND THEY WERE WILLING TO

COMMIT THEIR LIFE FOR IT.

AND WITH THE WORD OF GOD

CAME PROMISES OF THE

JEWISH PEOPLE.

Reporter: THOSE

SCRIPTURAL PROMISES ARE

WOVEN THROUGH THE

EXHIBITS, FROM EZEKIEL AND

ABRAHAM.

AND SO THE WORDS WOULD

GIVE BIRTH TO THE NATION

OF ISRAEL.

Reporter: FOR

VISITORS, THE EXPERIENCE

IS WOW.

IT IS AN EXPERIENCE

LIKE NO OTHER.

YOU GO IN THERE AND IT IS

INTERACTIVE.

YOU LEARN A LOT OF THINGS

THAT YOU PROBABLY NEVER

EVEN LEARNED BEFORE.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE

OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE

THINGS I HAVE SEEN IN

ISRAEL FROM THE TIME I'VE

BEEN HERE.

Reporter: MANY NEVER

KNEW THE HISTORY, AND NOW

WANT TO TELL OTHERS.

I AM GOING TO TELL

EVERYONE THAT I CAN THINK

OF, PEOPLE IN MY

SYNAGOGUE, TO COME HERE TO

SEE HOW THIS BEAUTIFUL

LAND OF ISRAEL WAS NOT

BUILT JUST BY THE JEWS,

BUT BY THE CHRISTIANS AND

THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO

RISKED THEIR LIVES TO MAKE

US A HOMELAND.

Reporter: FOR EVANS,

THE MUSEUM LET'S THE

JEWISH PEOPLE KNOW THAT

ALTHOUGH ENEMIES SURROUND

ISRAEL, THEY'RE NOT ALONE.

THEY SEE AUSCHWITZ AND

WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND

THE ALIENATION IN THE

WORLD TODAY, AND THEY COME

THROUGH IT AND THEY SAY,

WE'RE NOT ALONE.

THERE ARE CHRISTIANS WHO

REALLY LOVE US.

AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO

SEE THAT.

IT GIVES ME HOPE, I'M NOT

ALONE.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

Chris: COMING UP,

FIND OUT HOW CBN'S

"OPERATION BLESSING" IS

HELPING HOLOCAUST

SURVIVORS ONE SURVIVOR AT

A TIME.

CRIEMP

Chris: SOFIA FELDMAN

IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS LIVING

IN ISRAEL TODAY.

AND SHE IS ALSO A CANCER

SURVIVOR.

SHE MAY LIVE BY HERSELF,

BUT THANKS TO CBN'S

"OPERATION BLESSING," SHE

IS NEVER ALONE.

Reporter: SOFIA

FELDMAN IS A HOLOCAUST

SURVIVOR WHO LIVES ALONE

IN ISRAEL.

WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE

GIRL, SHE WAS FORCED TO

FLEE HER HOME IN UKRAINE

AS NAZI WAR PLANES

DESTROYED THE CITY.

I COULD HEAR THE BOMBS

GOING OFF AS THEY HIT THE

BUILDING.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.

IT WAS VERY CLOSE.

I REMEMBER THE SMELL OF

THE HOMES BURNING AS MY

MOTHER CARRIED ME DOWN TO

THE BOMB SHELTER.

Reporter: AS THE

GERMAN FRONT APPROACHED,

SOFIA'S UNCLE, A SOLDIER,

SMUGGLED HER AND HER

MOTHER ON A TRAIN CAR

BOUND FOR SIBERIA.

THE REST OF HER FAMILY

WOULD BE SLAUGHTERED WITH

30,000 OTHER JEWS.

MY UNCLE WAS A

BEAUTIFUL MAN.

I LOVED HIM VERY MUCH.

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED

WITH THE REST IN ABOUT A

YEAR IF HE HAD NOT RESCUED

US.

Reporter: YEARS AFTER

THE WAR, SOFIA MOVED TO

ISRAEL BY HERSELF, WITH

NOTHING BUT A SPOON AND A

SMALL METAL BOWL.

SHE BUILT A GOOD LIFE FOR

HERSELF, BUT HER LIFE

CHANGED DRASTICALLY AFTER

HE UNDERWENT CANCER

SURGERY.

I LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT,

NEARLY 50 POUNDS.

AND THE LYMPH NODE IN MY

ARM WAS VERY DAMAGED AND

IT IS VERY PAINFUL.

Reporter: "OPERATION

BLESSING" FOUND OUT THAT

SOFIA WAS MAKING LONG

TRIPS A FEW TIMES EACH

WEEK TO GET TREATMENT FOR

HER ARM.

IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT

FOR ME, GOING TO THE

HOSPITAL SO MANY TIMES.

I WAS ALWAYS TIRED.

Reporter: SO WE

BOUGHT SOFIA A MACHINE SHE

CAN USE FOR THE SAME

TREATMENT RIGHT IN HER OWN

HOME.

AND WE REGULARLY TAKE HER

THE PRESCRIBED FOOD SHE

NEEDS TO REGAIN WEIGHT.

THE MACHINE HELPS ME SO

MUCH BECAUSE IT MASSAGES

MY ARM AND RELIEVES THE

PRESSURE.

AND NOW I DON'T HAVE TO GO

ALL THE WAY TO THE

HOSPITAL.

I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE

THE HELP AND LOVE FROM

"OPERATION BLESSING."

Reporter: THANKS TO

"OPERATION BLESSING,"

SOFIA NOT ONLY GOT THE

FOOD AND MEDICAL HELP SHE

NEEDED, SHE ALSO FOUND NEW

FRIENDS.

WHEN EVERY I FEEL

ALONE, "OPERATION

BLESSING" SHOWS UP AND I'M

NOT ALONE ANYMORE.

THEY'RE MY FAMILY.

I SEE WHAT "OPERATION

BLESSING" IS DOING, AND

THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE

BEHIND IT, AND IT'S A

MIRACLE.

PASIBA DOES NOT JUST MEAN

THANK YOU IN RUSSIAN, BUT

IT ALSO MEANS MAY GOD SAVE

YOU.

Chris: WELL, THAT'S

IT FOR THIS EDITION.

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I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

JERUSALEM.