This week on Jerusalem Dateline: Revelations that Israel planned to attack Iran's nuclear facilities three times; plus how Israelis want their government to act vis-a-vis Iran; and see how Jerusalem's trendiest market fulfills bible prophecy.
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Chris: THIS WEEK ON
"JERUSALEM DATELINE,"
REVELATIONS THAT ISRAEL
PLANNED TO ATTACK IRAN'S
NUCLEAR FACILITY THREE
TIMES.
WHAT IMPACT WILL IT HAVE
AFTER THE U.S. AND SIX
WORLD POWERS SIGN THEIR
DEAL WITH IRAN?
> PLUS, WE TAKE TO THE
STREETS TO SEE WHAT IERTLE
ISRAELIS THINK.
AND THE SHI'ITE/SUNNI
DIVIDE, IS IT FRACTORING
THE MIDDLE EAST?
> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO
THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE." I'M CHRIS
MITCHELL.
COMING TO YOU THIS WEEK
FROM JERUSALEM'S LARGEST
OPEN AIR MARKET.
AND IT IS FULL OF SIGHTS
AND SOUNDS, AND LATER IN
THE BROADCAST, JULIE STAAL
WILL BE TALKING TO SOME OF
THE PEOPLE IN THE MARKET.
> FIRST, AN AHUD BARACK
OBAMA HAD A STUNNING
REVELATION.
HE AND ISRAELIS PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU WERE PREPARED TO
ATTACK IRAN THREE TIMES,
BETWEEN 2010 AND 2012,
WHEN HE SERVED AS DEFENSE
MINISTER.
THE REVELATIONS CAME WHEN
ISRAEL'S CHANNEL TWO
PLAYED AUDIO RECORDINGS.
BARACK OBAMHE SAYS TWO CABINET
MINISTERS, CURRENT DEFENSE
MINISTER MOSHIALAN, AND
THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE
MINISTER BACKED DOWN FROMh
THE PLAN.
THEY QUESTIONED BARACK'S
VIEW OF THE EVENTS AND WHY
THE MILITARY SENSOR
ALLOWED THE RECORDING TO
BE PLAYED THAT REVEALED
ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S
DEEPEST SECRETS.
THE RECORDING CAME FROM
INTERVIEWS BARACK
CONDUCTED FOR A BOOK ABOUT
HIMSELF CALLED "MY LIFE'S
WARS," AND IT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE OFF THE RECORD.
THE REVELATIONS COME AT A
SENSITIVE TIME, WHEN MANY
WONDER IF ISRAEL IS STILL
POISED TO ATTACK IRAN
AFTER THE RECENT NUCLEAR
AGREEMENT.
IN THE MEANTIME, AS
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
PREPARE TO VOTE ON THE
IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL, THE
A.P. RELEASED THE TEXT OF
THE A SECRET AGREEMENT
BETWEEN IRAN AND THE IAEA.
IT SAYS IRAN WILL PROVIDE
PICTURES AND SAMPLE FROM
THE PARCHAN MILITARY SITE,
THE SITE WHERE MANY
BELIEVE IRAN IS DEVELOPING
A TRIGGER FOR AN ATOMIC
BOMB, AND THEY CONTINUED
THEIR WAR OF WORDS AGAIN
ISRAEL.
THE HEZBOLLAH CHIEF SAID
WE BELIEVE WITH CERTAINTY
THAT ISRAEL, THIS
CANCEROUS TUMOR, IS HEADED
FOR EXTINCTION, AND THAT
PALESTINIAN AND JERUSALEM
WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR
PEOPLE.
AND A MEDIA OUTLET
ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN'S
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
RELEASED AN VIDEO ON
YouTube SHOWING AN
IRANIAN INVASION OF
ISRAEL.
JULIE STAAL TALKED TO SOME
PEOPLE HERE IN THE MARKET
ABOUT HOW ISRAEL SHOULD
DEAL WITH IRAN.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
THINK ISRAEL SHOULD DO
REGARDING IRAN?
I THINK IRAN SHOULD NOT
HAVE THE POWER TO BE
DESTROYING NATIONS.
IN SOME WAY, ATTACK
THEM.
NOT BY A HUGE FORCE OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT
VERY SMALL, AND DESTROY
BASICALLY THE ATOMIC OR
THE NUKES, WHAT THEY HAVE.
NOTHING.
BE CALM.
WE DON'T WANT ANY WAR
ANYMORE.
I THINK ISRAEL NEEDS TO
ATTACK IRAN.
IF ISRAEL WILL DO NOTHING,
SO ANYBODY CAN DO
ANYTHING.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER?
ISRAEL SHOULD GIVE IT
TIME.
GIVE IT TIME AND WATCH.
ISRAEL SHOULD WAIT UNTIL
THE RIGHT TIME AND THEN
COMBINE FORCES WITH THE
UNITED STATES AND DO IT.
THE ISRAELI POPULATION
NEEDS TO LIVE IN
TRANQUILITY.
THEY CANNOT CONTINUE TO
LIVE IN STRESS FOR YEARS
AND YEARS.
I THINK, ACTUALLY, THAT --
LET'S HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR
THERE WILL BE A NEW
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WITH A LITTLE BIT
MORE SYMPATHY FOR ISRAEL
AND MAYBE THINGS WILL
CHANGE.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THE IRANIAN
PEOPLE?
ISRAEL HAD VERY GOOD
CONTACT WITH IRAN BEFORE
'77, BEFORE THE AYATOLLAH
TOOK OVER.
WHAT I KNOW OF MOST OF THE
COMMON PEOPLE, THEY ARE
VERY NICE PEOPLE, LIKE US,
AND WE WANT TO LIVE IN
PEACE.
I THINK THEY'RE,
UNFORTUNATELY, GOVERNED BY
PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE
ABOUT THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY --
WELL, THEY'RE -- IT'S NOT
THEIR FAULT.
MY PARENTS ARE IRANIAN.
I'M IRANIAN.
I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE
THERE ARE -- PART OF THEM
MAY BE NICE, AND PART OF
THEM NOT.
BUT, YES, THE
GOVERNMENT -- I THINK THEY
ARE NOT.
Chris: WELL, THE
POWDER KEG KNOWN AS THE
MIDEAST FACES ANOTHER
THREAT, PITTING IRAN
AGAINST ISIS.
ISIS ARE SUNNI MUSLIMS.
AND WHILE THEY FACE COMMON
ENEMIES, THEY ALSO HATE
EACH OTHER.
AND AS ERICK STAKELBECK
REPORTS, THIS HAS MAJOR
IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICA
AND ITS ALLIES IN THE
REGION.
ONE SIDE LEADS CHANTS
OF DEATH TO AMERICA AND
CALLS THE UNITED STATES
THE GREAT SATAN.
THE OTHER BEHEADS AMERICAN
JOURNALISTS, AND CALLS ON
MUSLIMS TO ATTACK THE U.S.
HOMELAND.
IRAN'S LEADERS AND ISIS
HAVE MUCH IN COMMON:
HATRED FOR ISRAEL AND THE
MIDWEST.
YET IRAN AND ITS PROXY,
HEZBOLLAH ARE NOW FIGHTING
ISIS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.
IT IS THE MAIN
BATTLEGROUND IN A GROWING
WAR FOR REGIONAL SUPREMACY
BETWEEN SUNNI AND SHI'A
JIHADISTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE
MIDDLE EAST TODAY, YOU
COULD BE EXCUSED FOR BEING
REALLY CONFUSED.
WE HAVE SUNNI JIHADIS ON
ONE SIDE WHO DON'T LIKE
THE WEST, BUT WHO ARE ALSO
FIGHTING SHI'A JIHADIS,
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE THEY
ALSO DON'T LIKE THE U.S.,
BUT THEY DON'T LIKE EACH
OTHER.
THIS MAN HAS WORKED FOR
THE F.B.I. AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
THE SHI'AS AND THE
SUNNIS ARE VERY MUCH AT
LOGGER HEADS.
THEY MAY SHARE A HATRED OF
ISRAEL, THEY MAY SHARE
HATRED OF THE WEST,
CERTAINLY SUSPICION OF THE
WEST, BUT THIS
SECTARIANISM IS THE
DOMINANT ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: THE MAIN
BATTLEGROUND FOR THE
INTERISLAM CONFLICT IS
SYRIA.
ON THE SUNNI SIDE, THERE
ARE ISIS, al-QAEDA, AND
OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS.
THESE GROUPS HAVE BEEN
KNOWN TO BATTLE EACH
OTHER, HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED
TO VARYING DEGREES BY
VARYING GOVERNMENTS, LIKE
TURKEY.
AND BOTH ARE PROPING UP
THE REGIME OF BASHAR
al-ASSAD.
THE SUNNI-SHI'A CONFLICT
IS ALSO RAGING IN IRAQ,
LEBANON, AND YEMEN.
LEMMON SAYS THE NUCLEAR
DEAL RECENTLY STRUCK HAS
ONLY HEIGHTENED TENSIONS.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE IRAN
DEAL, WHICH APPEARS TO BE
SOME TO BE EMBRACING AND
LEGITIMIZING THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
SUNNI MUSLIMS COMPRISE
ABOUT 85% OF THE WORLD'S
MUSLIM POPULATION, AND
SHI'AS MAKE UP ONLY ABOUT
15%.
THE TWO SIDES SPLIT IN THE
7th CENTURY BECAUSE THEY
DISAGREED OVER WHO SHOULD
SUCCEED ISLAM'S PROFIT
MUHAMMAD.
SHI'AS FELT IT SHOULD BE
SOMEONE FROM MUHAMMAD
DIRECT BLOOD LINE.
SUNNIS DISAGREED.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONFLICT
EVER SINCE IN THEIR
INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM.
SUNNI ISIS, FOR EXAMPLE,
CONSIDERS ALL SHI'AS AP
APOSTATES, WHO MUST BE
KILLED.
BUT ELLIOT SAYS THE REASON
RUNS DEEPER.
HE SAYS SHI'A IRAN HAS
SUPPORTED SUNNI GROUPS
AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE
WEST.
WHY ARE ISIS AND IRAN
FIGHTING EACH OTHER?
THEY BOTH HATE AMERICA?
WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING EACH
OTHER?
THE SIMPLE REASON IS
POWER.
HE SAYS THEY BOTH WANT
TO DOMINATE THE REGION AND
ARE STANDING IN EACH
OTHER'S WAYS.
THESE ARE FASCIST
REGIMES ARE ORGANIZATIONS.
AN INTERESTING FACT IS
THE GROWING RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ITS
ARAB NEIGHBORS IN EGYPT,
JORDAN, AND SAUDI ARABIA.
THEY'RE WORKING VERY,
VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
ISRAELIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
SHARED INTERESTS AND
SHARED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
JIHADISTS ON BOTH SIDES OF
THIS CONFLICT.
Reporter: IT IS A
CONCERN STARED B SHARED BY THE
UNITED STATES, WHICH
CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN
TARGET FOR JIHADISTS OF
ALL STRIPES.
Chris: WHILE ISIS IS
SELLING SEX SLAVES.
THE ENVOY ON SEXUAL
VIOLENCE SAYS ISIS HAS
EVEN CREATED A PRICE LIST
TO SELL CAPTURED WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
THE ENVOY SAYS CAPTURED
BOYS AND GIRLS, AGED ONE
TO NINE, SELL FOR THE
EQUIVALENT OF $165.
ADOLESCENT GIRLS CAN BE
BOUGHT FOR $124.
AND WOMEN IN THEIR 20s
ARE BEING SOLD FOR $85.
THE U.N. ENVOY, WHO IS A
MUSLIM, SAYS ISIS
SOMETIMES SELLS THE GIRLS
BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES FOR
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
NOW THE ISLAMIC GROUP IS
SAYING THE RAPING OF
NON-MUSLIMS IS PART OF
ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS
PRACTICES.
> UP NEXT, EXPERT NINA
SHAY EXPLAINS WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO THE
CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, AND WHAT IS BEING
DONE TO HELP THEM.
Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE" IN
THE ISRAELI MARKET.
A LARGE NUMBER OF
CHRISTIANS ARE AMONG THE
MANY REFUGEES THAT FLED
ISIS AND OTHER ISLAMIC
GROUPS.
NINA SHAY SPOKE ABOUT THIS
ONGOING CRISIS RECENTLY IN
OUR WASHINGTON, D.C.
STUDIO.
Chris: NINA, THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
GREAT TO SEE YOU,
CHRIS.
THANK YOU.
Chris: IT HAS BEEN
OVER A YEAR SINCE ISIS
TOOK OVER MOSUL, AND HOW
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
SITUATION, ESPECIALLY FOR
CHRISTIANS, IN THAT PART
OF THE WORLD RIGHT NOW?
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS
CHRISTIANS ARE BEING TOLD
BY ISIS AND OTHER REBEL
GROUPS THERE THAT THEY
HAVE TO PAY A TAX OR ELSE
CONVERT OR ELSE FLEE OR
DIE.
SO THE TAX IS A RUSE.
THE TAX KEEPS INCREASING
UNTIL THEY CAN NO LONGER
PAY IT, AND THEY HAVE TO
EITHER GIVE OVER THEIR
CHILDREN AND THEIR WIFE OR
DIE, BE KILLED.
SO THE MEN ARE KILLED BY
ISIS.
THEY'RE BEHEADED, THEY'RE
CRUCIFIED, THEY'RE
OTHERWISE SLAUGHTERED, AND
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE
SOLD INTO SLAVERY.
AND IT'S SEX SLAVERY.
BUT THEY'VE ACTUALLY --
ISIS HAS PRINTED PRICE
LISTS FOR CHRISTIAN WOMEN,
STARTING WITH AGES ONE
THROUGH NINE.
AND THEY'RE THE MOST
EXPENSIVE.
Chris: HOW MANY
CHRISTIANS RIGHT NOW HAVE
FLED AND ARE LIVING IN
SAFE AREAS LIKE KURDISTAN,
AND HOW MANY ACTUALLY ARE
STILL UNDER THE SWAY OR
JURISDICTION, SO TO SPEAK,
OF ISIS?
THE CHRISTIANS, THE
150,000 OF THEM OR SO,
125,000 -- THE NUMBERS ARE
SOMEWHAT SOFT -- ALL FLED.
THEY WENT TO KURDISTAN,
SOME WENT TO JORDAN, SOME
WENT TO LEBANON.
THEY'VE CONTINUED TO LEAVE
THE REGION FAMILY BY
FAMILY.
THERE IS PROBABLY LESS
THAN 100,000 IN KURDISTAN
NOW FROM NE NINEVEH, THE
NORTHERN PROVINCE THAT WAS
ATTACKED A YEARS AGO.
Chris: YOU'RE TRYING
TO RELOCATE SOME OF THESE
CHRISTIANS?
YES.
THEY HAVE BEEN MENDICANT
FOR THE LAST YEAR.
WHEN THEY WENT INTO EXILE,
THEY WENT INTO SAFE HAVENS
THAT WILL NOT GIVE THEM
RESIDENCY STATUS OR GIVE
THEM WORK AUTHORIZATION.
SO THEY HAVE NO MONEY.
SO IT IS A VERY BLEAK
PICTURE.
AND WE DECIDED FOR SOME OF
THE MOST NEEDY CASES, THEY
NEED TO START THEIR LIVES
OVER.
THEY NEED TO BE RESETTLED
IN COUNTRIES THAT WOULD
GIVE THEM WORK
AUTHORIZATION, THAT WOULD
ALLOW THEM TO REBUILD
THEIR LIVES.
I'M WORKING WITH HOLLYWOOD
PRODUCER MARKS BYRPRODUCER MARK BURNETT TO
DO JUST THAT.
Chris: AND WHAT
COUNTRIES ARE LOOKING TO
REPATRIOT THEM IN?
FOR THE ARMENIANS,
ARMENIA, AND THEY'RE
CHRISTIAN.
OR ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES,
WE'RE LOOKING AT ORTHODOX
COUNTRIES, MAYBE GEORGIA,
MAYBE RUSSIA.
AND FOR THE CATHOLICS AND
PROTESTANTS, WE'RE LOOKING
AT THE WESTERN COUNTRIES.
AND SOME COUNTRIES, LIKE
POLAND AND BELGIUM, HAVE
TAKEN IN SMALL NUMBERS,
AND CANADA.
BUT, AGAIN, IT IS
DIFFICULT TO FIND
COUNTRIES BECAUSE THE
NUMBERS OF REFUGEES FROM
THESE TWO COUNTRIES -- NOT
JUST CHRISTIANS, BUT ALSO
THE MUSLIM REFUGEES, IS
OVERWHELMING.
THE DIFFERENCE WITH
CHRISTIANS IS THAT THEY --
UNDERNEATH THE CONFLICT --
THEY'RE NOT JUST RUNNING
FROM A CONFLICT.
THEY'RE RUNNING FROM
TARGETED PERSECUTION
AGAINST THEM.
Chris: GOING FORWARD,
HOW CAN THE CHURCH RESPOND
TO THIS SITUATION?
THE CHURCH OF THE WEST
AND THE FREE WORLD,
LATIN-AMERICA, NEEDS TO
PRAY ALL THE TIME.
NOT JUST ONCE A YEAR, BUT
PRAY EVERY SUNDAY IN
CONGREGATION FOR THESE
PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS.
THEY NEED TO LEARN ABOUT
IT.
AND IF THEY WANT TO HELP
WITH THE AIR LIFT RESCUE,
THEY CAN CONTACT ME AT THE
HUDSON INSTITUTE, HUDSON
HUDSON.ORG.
> THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT
CHRISTIANS ARE FACING
GENOCIDE.
THEY NEED TO HELP THESE
CHRISTIANS.
THEY NEED TO HELP THEM
WITH THEIR PRAYER AND WITH
AID FOR THEM TO LEAVE.
AND IF THEY CAN CONTACT
THEIR POLITICAL
REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR
OFFICE TO SAY THE UNITED
STATES SHOULD TAKE ITS
SHARE OF CHRISTIANS AS
WELL.
Chris: IT IS A VERY
IMPORTANT MESSAGE, NINA,
THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT.
THANK YOU.
Chris: UP NEXT,
BIBLICAL PROPHECY
FULFILLED IN JERUSALEM'S
TRENDY OPEN AIR MARKET.
SUN SHI'A
Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
JERUSALEM'S OPEN AIR
MARKET IS ONE OF THE MOST
COLORFUL AND POPULAR SPOTS
IN THE CITY.
AS CBN'S SCOTT ROSS SHOW
US, RIGHT HERE IN THIS
PLACE, BIBLICAL PROPHECY
IS BEING FULFILLED.
BBAHE YUDA, IT IS
JERUSALEM'S MOST FAMOUS
MARKET, AND LIKE SO MANY
OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY,
THERE IS NOTHING ORDINARY
ABOUT IT.
HERE WE ARE IN THE CITY OF
JERUSALEM.
ABSOLUTELY.
Reporter: AND WE'RE
ABOUT TO CROSS JAFFA ROAD.
ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF
DOWN THE ROAD IS THE OLD
CITY'S JAFFA GATE.
IN THE LATE 1800s A FEW
BRAVE JEWS ESTABLISHED
HOMES HERE, A LONG WAY
FROM THE PROTECTION OF THE
CITY WALLS.
TODAY YOU WOULD NEVER
EVEN IMAGINE SUCH A THING,
BUT WHEN THEY MOVED OUT OF
THE OLD CITY, THEY WERE
MOVING TO THESE SECURE
KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S WHY THE NAME OF THE
MARKET IS CALLED MAKA
MAKAYUHDA.
Reporter: IT IS
CONSIDERED BY SOME THE
OLDEST HARBOR IN THE
WORLD.
WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ON
THIS ROAD IN THE RECENT
HISTORY?
SOMEONE LIKE GENERAL
ALLENBY, WHEN HE CAME AND
CONQUERED THIS FROM THE
OTTOMANS.
THEODORE HERZL CAME DOWN
THIS NATION.
DID YOU REALIZE THEY HAD
TO COME FROM JAFFA INTO
JERUSALEM.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE
ROUTE THEY TOOK, BUT THIS
WAS THE MAIN ARTERY.
IT CERTAINLY HASN'T
DISAPPEARED OFF THE FACE
OF THE EARTH.
IT HAS HAD A
TRANSFORMATION.
NOW IT IS A PEDESTRIAN
HALL WITH A LIGHT RAIL
GOING THROUGH IT.
Reporter: MY WIFE AND
I JOINED HANA BENHEIM FOR
A WALK AS THEY PREPARED
FOR THE SABBATH.
HABA IS A BREAD THAT
COMES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
STYLES.
ONE IS SWEETER THAN THE
OTHER.
ONE IS WITH RAISINS AND
SWEET.
DO YOU WANT IT WITH
RAISINS OR WITHOUT?
WITH RAISINS.
AND TRADITIONALLY YOU
BOUGHT TWO OF THEM BECAUSE
ON A FRIDAY WHEN THE
CHILDREN WERE IN THE
DESERT, THEY ALWAYS HAD A
DOUBLE PORTION.
LET'S GO FIND SOME OLIVES.
THAT'S GOOD AND SPICY.
THE OLIVE IS PART OF
THE SYMBOL OF ISRAEL.
WE HAVE THE MENORAH WITH
TWO ABBREVIATED BRANCHES.
NOT BY MIGHT AND NOT BY
POWER.
AREN'T THEY DELICIOUS?
IT'S GOOD.
ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?
EVERYTHING.
AND THEY'RE ORGANIC.
Reporter: DOZENS OF
COUNTRIES AND CULTURES ARE
REPRESENTED HERE, BROUGHT
HERE BY JEWS RETURNING TO
THE LAND.
AN IRANIAN JEW STARTED A
SPICE SHOP IN JERUSALEM IN
1953, AND LATER MOVED HERE
TO THE SHOOK.
TODAY HIS GRANDSONS STILL
RUN THE SHOP.
ALL OF THE MIXES ARE
FROM MY GRANDFATHER.
AND YOU DO ALL OF THE
MIXTURES YOURSELF?
I MIX ALL OF THIS.
THIS IS SPECIAL.
I ADD THE SPICES.
SO THREE GENERATIONS
MIXING SPICES AND SELLING
SPICES HERE IN JERUSALEM
FROM IRAN.
Reporter: AN
ESTIMATED 200,000 PEOPLE
VISIT THE SHOOK EACH WEEK,
RICH AND POOR, YOUNG AND
OLD, RELIGIOUS AND
SECULAR, AS WELL AS JEWS
AND ARABS, SHOP IN THE
MARKET, BUT IT HAS HAD ITS
SHARE OF TRAGEDY, TOO.
WELL, THIS IS WHAT I
CAME TO SHOW YOU.
THAT SAYS "REMEMBER."
Reporter: JULY 30,
1997, SUICIDE BOMBERS
KILLED 16 PEOPLE HERE AND
WOUNDED ALMOST 200.
TERROR ATTACKS IN THE
MARKET VIRTUALLY DESTROYED
BUSINESS, SO THE
MUNICIPALITY REINVENTED
THE SHOOK TO MAKE IT ONE
OF THE TRENDIEST PLACES IN
THE CITY.
HUBIERAS HOW AR HOW ARE WE GOING TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME
BACK HERE?
THE NEW FLOORS AND THE NEW
CEILINGS, AND EVEN THOUGH
IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY NEW
TO YOU, AND ALSO THE
OPENNESS TO SO MANY OTHER
SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS AND
BISTROS AND EVEN NIGHT
LIFE IS HERE.
SO YOU SEE ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
THIS TRAGEDY BROUGHT NEW
LIFE.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A
TINY FRACTION OF THE SHOOK
YET.
AND THIS IS CALLED THE
IRAQI MARKET.
SO WE'RE GOING DOWN THIS
WAY NOW.
Reporter: MORE THAN
250 VENDORS SELL
EVERYTHING FROM FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES TO GOURMET
CHEESES, NUTS, AND SPECIAL
BOUTIQUE ITEMS LIKE
FLAVORED TAHINA AND HAVA,
AND SOME OF THE BEST
RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY
ARE HERE.
THIS IS A VERY OPEN
KITCHEN.
THIS IS LAMB.
OOH, WE LIKE LAMB.
Reporter: WE ATE AT
THE AZURA RESTAURANT,
STARTED BY THE OWNER'S
FATHER IN 1952, WITH
TRADITIONAL TURKISH AND
IRAQI FOOD.
> IT IS SO AMAZING, THE
ABUNDANCE OF FOOD THAT IS
HERE.
I MEAN, THE TOMATOES ARE
LIKE THAT, AND THE VARIETY
OF FOOD.
ONE RELIGIOUS JEW SUMMED
UP THE SHOOK FOR US.
HE SAID, IF YOU WANT TO
TALK TO GOD, GO TO THE
WESTERN WALL.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE GOD
AT WORK, GO TO THE SHOOK,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE
SAW.
SCOTT ROSS AT THE MARKET
IN JERUSALEM.
Chris: UP NEXT, A NEW
MUSEUM BEING BUILT IN THE
HEART OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
WILL CELEBRATE THE BIBLE
WITH SOME HELP FROM THE
LAND OF THE BIBLE.
SHIEWK
Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE
BEING BUILT IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. WILL FEATURE
ARTIFACTS DIRECTLY FROM
THE HOLY LAND.
IT IS PART OF AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND THE
ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES
AUTHORITY.
PAUL STRAND HAS MORE FROM
CAPITOL HILL.
IT WON'T BE READY FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT
CONSTRUCTION OF THE
WORLD'S LARGEST BIBLE
MUSEUM STARTED WITH
DESTRUCTION.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THE DESIGNERS PUT ON
DISPLAY WHAT THE
$400 MILLION MUSEUM OF THE
BIBLE WILL ACTUALLY LOOK
LIKE.
OUR DESIRE IS TELL THE
BIBLE STORY IN SUCH AN
ENGAGING WAY PEOPLE WILL
WANT TO SPEND HOURS IN THE
MUSEUM.
Reporter: STEVE GREEN
NOT ONLY OWNS HOBBY LOBBY,
BUT OWNS THE LARGEST
COLLECTION OF BIBLE ART
FECTS IARTIFACT IN THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE
WORLD "MUSEUM" YOU THINK
OF OLD AND DUSTY.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
IT VERY TECHNOLOGICALLY
ADVANCED.
Reporter: THE MUSEUM
IS SET TO OPEN IN 2017,
JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS
FROM THE NATIONAL MALL AND
THE POPULAR AEROSPACE
MUSEUM.
PAUL STRAND, REPORTING
FROM THE FUTURE SITE OF
THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE.
Chris: THAT'S IT FOR
THIS EDITION FROM THE
MAHANE YEHUDA MARKET.
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL, AND
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
"JERUSALEM DATELINE."