Chris: THIS WEEK ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE,"

PALESTINIAN ATTACKS

INTENSIFY AS ISRAELI PRIME

MINISTER NETANYAHU PLEDGES

ISRAEL WILL OVERCOME THIS

LATEST WAVE OF VIOLENCE.

PLUS AN INDEPTH LOOK AT

RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC MOVE

INTO THE MIDDLE EAST, AND

WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE

REGION.

ALSO, CHRISTIAN REFUGEES

IN EUROPE FEAR THE WAVE OF

MUSLIM MIGRANTS WILL TURN

THEIR SAFE HAVEN INTO ONE

MORE PLACE OF PERSECUTION.

> AND ISRAELI

ARCHEOLOGISTS MAY HAVE

DISCOVERED THE ANCIENT

TOMBS OF THE MACCABEES.

> HELLO, I'M CRIS CHRIS

MITCHELL, COMING TO YOU

INSIDE JERUSALEM'S OLD

CITY.

ISRAEL IS ON THE HIGHEST

ALERT BECAUSE OF THE

GROWING VIOLENCE IN

"JERUSALEM DATELINE" AND

SURROUNDING AREAS.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS

EVEN DECLARED THE TEMPLE

MOUNT OFF LIMITS TO

ISRAELI KNESSET MEMBERS.

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU

WARNED HIS COUNTRY THAT

THE FLAMES OF RADICAL

ISLAM BURNING THROUGHOUT

THE MIDDLE EAST ARE ALSO

REACHING ISRAEL.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Through Translator:

WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A

WAVE OF TERRORISM.

TERRORISTS THAT HAVE BEEN

INCITED, AND WHO ARE

DRIVEN WITH HATE, ARE

TRYING TO ATTACK OUR

PEOPLE.

BABIES, CHILDREN, MEN AND

WOMEN, CIVILIANS AND

SOLDIERS.

Reporter: IN JUST TWO

DAYS, PALESTINIANS CARRIED

OUT MULTIPLE STABBING

ATTACKS IN "JERUSALEM

DATELINEIN JERUSALEM ANDTHE DESPITEED TERRITORIES,

INCLUDING TWO NEARBY HERE.

ROCK-THROWING AND

FIRE-BOMBING CARS ARE

REGULAR OCCURRENCES.

NETANYAHU AND OTHER

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS WENT

ON TO LIVE TELEVISION TO

CALM THE ANXIETY.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Through Translator:

ISRAELIS ARE ACTING WITH

BRAVERY, COMPOSURE AND

DETERMINATION TO

NEUTRALIZE AND ELIMINATE

THE TERRORISTS.

Chris: NETANYAHU

BLAMES HAMAS, THE

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, AND

THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN

ISRAEL.

AND HE SAYS THE ISLAMIC

MOVEMENT IS IGNITING THE

GROUND WITH LIES,

REGARDING THE POLICY ON

THE TEMPLE MOUNT.

EARLIER, NETANYAHU

DECLARED THE TEMPLE MOUNT

OFF-LIMITS IN AN EFFORT TO

CALM THE SITUATION.

THE JERUSALEM MAYOR CALLED

ON ISRAELIS WITH GUN

PERMITS TO CARRY THEIR

WEAPONS.

JERUSALEM SCHOOLS WENT ON

STRIKE BECAUSE PARENTS ARE

AFRAID TO SEND THEIR

CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.

MANY ARE ASKING IF THIS

VIOLENCE COULD BE A THIRD

INTIFADAH, BUT THIS

PALESTINIAN EXPERT SAYS IT

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS

CALLED.

THEY ARE KILLING, THEY

ARE SHOOTING, AND THEY ARE

STABBING, SO THEY ARE NOT

QUIET.

IF IT IS THE INTIFADAH --

IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

Chris: OVER ALL,

ISRAEL WANTS TO DEAL WITH

TROUBLE-MAKERS AND NOT

CREATE FRICTION WITH THE

ENTIRE PALESTINIAN

POPULATION.

BESIDES THE WAVE OF

PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE,

ISRAELI LEADERS ARE

DISTURBED THAT VLADIMIR

PUTIN IS INCREASING ITS

PRESENCE INSIDE SYRIA WITH

TANKS, WAR SHIPS, AND

MORE.

HE SAYS HE WANTS TO FIGHT

ISIS, BUT IS THAT REALLY

HIS PLAN OR DOES HE WANT

MORE?

DALE HURD HAS THAT STORY.

Reporter: SINCE THE

BEGINNING OF RUSSIA'S

MILITARY BUILDUP IN SYRIA,

WORLD LEADERS ARE

WONDERING WHAT VLADIMIR

PUTIN IS UP TO.

YES, HE WANTS TO RESCUE

BASHAR al-ASSAD FROM

LOSING A BLOODY CIVIL WAR,

AND RUSSIA WOULD LIKE TO

HOLD ON THAT ITS NAVAL

FACILITY IN LATAKIA.

WE DON'T TRULY

UNDERSTAND YET WHAT IT IS

THAT RUSSIA IS GOING TO DO

IN SYRIA.

Reporter: WHAT

EXPERTS DO KNOW IS THAT

VLADIMIR PUTIN COULD

CREATE A LOT OF TROUBLE IN

THE MIDDLE EAST.

BUT IN THE PROCESS, HE

COULD ALSO BOOST THE

AILING RUSSIAN ECONOMY, AN

ECONOMY THAT IS STILL IN

THE TANK FROM LOW OIL

PRICES AND FROM WESTERN

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS OVER

RUSSIA'S ANNEXATION OVER

CRIMEA.

AND DESPITE PUTIN'S

EFFORTS TO DIVERSIFY THE

ECONOMY, IT STILL LIVES OR

DIES WITH OIL PRICES.

THE RUBLE IS VERY

SENSITIVE TO THE MOVE OF

OIL PRICES.

IF OIL BECOMES CHEAPER,

THE RUBLE DOES THE SAME.

Reporter: PUTIN HAS

TAKEN A BIG GAMBLE BY

GOING INTO SYRIA.

POLLS SHOW MOST RUSSIANS

OPPOSE MOVING INTO SYRIA.

BUT PERHAPS PUTIN REALIZES

HE CAN PROTECT ASSAD AND

GAIN THE SIDE BENEFIT OF

RISING OIL PRICES, THUS

BOOSTING THE RUSSIAN

ECONOMY AND HIS STANDING

AT HOME.

HIS BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN

SYRIA HAVE REVISED THE

SO-CALLED SECURITY

PREMIUM: A SMALL RALLY IN

OIL PRICES BASED ON

SHORTAGES IN OTHER PARTS

OF THE WORLD BECAUSE OF

WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

A BIG ESCALATION IN

FIGHTING COULD MEAN A BIG

ESCALATION IN OIL PRICES.

RUSSIA IS ALSO COMPETING

WITH THE SAUDIS FOR ENERGY

COSTUMERS.

AND WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

MAKES SAUDI SUPPLIES LOOK

LESS RELIABLE.

AND WITH ITS NEW AIR BASE

IN SYRIA, RUSSIA COULD

COORDINATE WITH IRAN TO

DISRUPT SHIPMENTS FROM

PERSIAN COAST AND RED SEA

TERMINALS.

BY UNLEASHING HIS MILITARY

IN SYRIA, VLADIMIR PUTIN

COULD KILL TWO BIRDS WITH

ONE STONE: BOTH SAVING AN

ALLY, AND REVIVING

RUSSIA'S OIL-BASED

ECONOMY.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.

Chris: PUTIN'S MOVE

INTO SYRIA IS ONE OF THE

BIGGEST GEOPOLITICAL

MOVEMENTS IN DECADES.

EARLIER THIS WEEK IN A

WASHINGTON, D.C. STUDIO, I

SAT DOWN WITH STEVEN

BUCCI, HE WAS SECRETARY OF

DEFENSE TO DONALD

RUMSFELD, AND NOW SERVES

AS DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN

POLICY STUDIES AT THE

HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

HOW WOULD YOU

CHARACTERIZE THIS MOVE BY

VLADIMIR PUTIN?

IT CAUGHT EVERYBODY BY

SURPRISE, CHRIS.

THIS WAS -- WE SAW WHEN

THEY WERE STARTING TO MOVE

SOME EQUIPMENT IN, BUT THE

AMOUNT OF IT, THE SUDDEN

SHIFT IN THEM NOW DOING

AIR OPERATIONS, CAUGHT

EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE.

IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST

SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN

THE LAST YEAR.

Chris: AND WHAT DO

YOU THINK THE GOALS ARE?

WHAT IS THE INITIAL GOAL,

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, OF

WHAT PUTIN IS TRYING TO

DO?

HIS PRIMARY GOAL IS TO

KEEP BASHAR al-ASSAD IN

POWER.

THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDS.

THAT WAY HE KEEPS HIS

SEAPORT THERE IN TARTUS,

AND HE NOW KEEPS THE AIR

BASE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING

UP AS WE SPEAK.

AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE

THE MAXIMUM INFLUENCE BOTH

INSIDE SYRIA AND THE

REGION.

THEY'VE COMBINED ON THIS

WITH IRAN BECAUSE THEY

HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME

INTERESTS THERE, BUT

THEIRS ARE EVEN BROADER IN

MAINETAINING THE SO-CALLED

SHI'A CRESCENT.

THE SECONDARY GOALS ARE TO

CAUSE AS MUCH TROUBLE AND

MISCHIEF FOR THE UNITED

STATES AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE

IT MINIMIZES OUR INFLUENCE

AND DAMAGES OUR REPUTATION

IN THE AREA.

AND ONLY THIRD DOES HE

REALLY GET A KILLING

TERRORIST, WHICH HE DOES

HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING,

BUT THAT'S AT BEST THE

THIRD PRIORITY.

Chris: YOU TALKED

ABOUT MINIMIZING THE U.S.

PRESENCE IN THE REGION.

THIS REPRESENTS A HUGE

CHANGE.

HASN'T IT BEEN THE FOREIGN

POLICY OF THE UNITED

STATES TO KEEP RUSSIA OUT

OF THE MIDDLE EAST FOR

DECADES?

FOR MANY DECADES.

WE HAVE SLOWLY, COUNTRY BY

COUNTRY, SORT OF PUSHED

ORIGINALLY THE SOVIET

UNION AND RUSSIA OUT OF

THE AREA.

THEY REALLY WERE NOT

RELEVANT THERE, OTHER THAN

INSIDE SYRIA.

AND FOR A COUPLE OF

COUNTRIES, AS AN ARMS

DEALER.

NOW THEY'RE THE BIG

PLAYER.

EVEN IRAQ, THE COUNTRY WE

LIBERATED FROM SADDAM

HUSSEIN, HAS BASICALLY

SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO

WORK WITH THE RUSSIANS

NOW.

AMERICA, YOU JUST HAVEN'T

COME THROUGH FOR US.

IF WE WANT TO FIGHT ISIS,

WE HAVE TO SIDE WITH THE

RUSSIANS TO DO IT.

THAT IS A MAJOR SHIFT IN

THE POLITICAL ALIGNMENT.

Chris: HOW WOULD YOU

DESCRIBE THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION'S FOREIGN

POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

OR LACK OF IT?

IT IS PRETTY THANKLESS,

IMPOTENT AT BEST.

THEY HAVE DONE AS LITTLE

AS POSSIBLE TO STILL BE

ABLE THEY'RE DOING

SOMETHING.

IT HAS HAD VERY LITTLE

EFFECT.

IT STOPPED ISIS FROM

CONTINUING ON TO BAGHDAD,

BUT THEY WERE GETTING KIND

OF OVERSTRETCHED ANYWAY.

THEY HAVEN'T ROLLED THEM

BACK AT ALL, AND THAT HAS

ALLOWED THEM TO CONTINUE

TO BE A MAGNET FOR

RECRUITMENT OF ISLAMIST

JIHADISTS FROM ALL OVER

THE WORLD, AND CLEARLY

HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO

HELP INSIDE OF SYRIA

ITSELF.

Chris: SO BASICALLY

HAS THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION LEFT A

VACUUM?

A COMPLETE VACUUM.

AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SO

SURPRISED BY ALL OF THIS,

THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING

VIABLE TO SAY IN RESPONSE

TO WHAT THE RUSSIANS ARE

DOING, INCLUDING THE

DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY

SLAP IN THE FACE OF A

RUSSIAN COLONEL WALKING UP

TO THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN

BAGHDAD, KNOCKING ON THE

DOOR, AND HANDING THEM A

LETTER FROM THEIR

GOVERNMENT TO OUR

GOVERNMENT SAYING, HEY,

WE'RE STARTING AIRSTRIKES

THIS MORNING.

YOU GUYS BETTER STAY OUT

OF THE WAY.

Chris: THE F.B.I. AND

A SMALL GROUP OF MOLDOVAN

INVESTIGATORS HAVE

UNCOVERED A NUCLEAR BLACK

MARKET IN EASTERN EUROPE.

THEY UNCOVERED FOUR PLOTS

TO SELL RADIOACTIVE

MATERIAL TO ISIS AND OTHER

TERRORIST GROUPS.

HEATHER SELLS HAS THE

LATEST.

[YELLING]

Reporter:

INVESTIGATORS IN MOLDOVA

ARRESTED THIS MAN IN A

STING OPERATION EARLIER

THIS YEAR.

GROSSU THOUGHT HE WAS

SELLING DEADLY MATERIAL TO

THE ISLAMIC STATE.

HE OFFERED ENOUGH TO

CONTAMINATE SEVERAL CITY

BLOCKS.

VALATIN ASKED HIM FROM

THE VERY BEGINNING, WHO DO

YOU REPRESENT?

OUR AGENTS SAID, THEY'RE

HOT SHOTS, THEY'RE FROM

THE ISLAMIC STATE.

Reporter: ANOTHER

STING OPERATION REVEALED A

PLOT BY THIS MAN, NON KNOWN AS

THE COLONEL.

HE TRIED TO SELL

BOMB-GRADE UNIFORM TO THIS

MAN WHEN A PLAN TO TARGET

THE U.S.

HERE A MIDDLE MAN EXPLAINS

HOW IT WORKS TO AN

UNDERCOVER POLICE

INFORMANT.

THEY CAN MAKE ONE OF

THOSE DIRTY WERE YO, YOU KNOW, A

DIRTY BOMB.

Reporter: THE POLICE

LATER ARRESTED HIM AND

FOUND EVIDENCE HE WAS

MAKING A SEPARATE DEAL TO

SELL NUCLEAR MATERIAL TO A

REAL BUYER.

Through Translator:

DURING THE MEETINGS WITH

HIM, TRETRUS SAID MULTIPLE

TIMES THAT THESE

SUBSTANCES MUST HAVE A

REAL BUYER FROM THE

ISLAMIC STATE TO MAKE A

DIRTY BOMB, AND THAT THE

AMERICAN STATES MUST BE

ANNILHILATING.

Reporter: IT

UNDERSCORES AN EMERGING

NUCLEAR THREAT IN EASTERN

YOWREUROPE THAT IS FAR FROM

BUST.

Through Translator:

UNTIL THE HEAD OF THE

CRIMINAL GROUP IS

SENTENCED AND JAILED,

UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE THESE

SUBSTANCES SEIZED IN

EUROPE CAME FROM AND WHERE

THEY'RE GOING TO, IT IS

POSSIBLE THE DANGER IS

STILL PRESENT.

Reporter: IT IS A

DANGER NO ONE IN THE WEST

WANTS: NUCLEAR SMU SMUGGLERS,

SOME WITH RUSSIAN TIES,

SELLING TO TERRORISTS.

FOR NOW, THE AUTHORITIES

SAY THEY EXPECT MORE OF

SUCH CASES AS SMUGGLERS

BELIEVE THERE IS BIG MONEY

TO BE MADE.

HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.

Chris: COMING UP,

HEAR WHAT SOME MIDDLE EAST

CHRISTIANS WHO FOUND

REFUGE IN EUROPE ARE

SAYING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF

THE CONTINENT.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS

FLEEING MILITANT ISLAM

HAVE FOUND REFUGE IN THE

WEST.

BUT NOW WITH THE WAVE OF

MUSLIM MIGRANTS INTO

EUROPE, SOME ARE WONDERING

IF THERE IS ANY SAFE

PLACE.

THAT'S WHAT A GROUP OF

CHRISTIANS IN SWEDEN TOLD

CBN NEWS.

GARY LANE HAS THEIR STORY.

Reporter: WELCOME TO

THIS SWEDISH CITY.

MORE THAN HAVE OF THE

PEOPLE HERE ARE CHRISTIAN

IMMIGRANTS.

MOST HAVE FLED VIOLENCE

AND PERSECUTION IN IRAQ

AND SYRIA.

MANY OF THEM HAVE COME TO

CHURCHES LIKE THIS ONE

BECAUSE THEY WANT TO

EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY

AND WORSHIP FREELY IN THE

WEST.

EVEN HERE IN SWEDEN, THEIR

QUESTIONING THEIR FREEDOM.

THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE THE

SYRIAC CHURCH.

SOME OF THE CHRISTIANS ARE

WOIED ABOUT THE SUDDEN

WAVE OF NEW MIGRANTS AND

REFUGEES IMMIGRATING TO

EUROPE.

IF THEY COME FROM NORTH

AFRICAN COUNTRIES, THEY

WANT TO HAVE SHARI'A LAW.

Reporter: AS THEY DID

IN IRAQ AND SYRIA, WILL

THESE MUSLIM REFUGEES

EXTEND THEIR WAR TO

EUROPE?

THESE CHRISTIANS FOUND A

SAFE HAVEN IN SWED SWEDEN, BUT

NOW SOME FEAR IT COULD BE

LOST.

THIS MAN FLED HIS COUNTRY

BECAUSE HIS LIFE WAS

THREATENED.

I WAS AN ENGINEER, AND

I WANTED TO BUILD MY

COUNTRY, BUT THEY WOULDN'T

LET ME.

THEY FORCED ME OUT OF MY

COUNTRY.

I'M AFRAID THESE NEWCOMERS

MAY WANT TO DESTROY THIS

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.

Reporter: SOME ARE

QUESTIONING THE MOTIVES OF

THE REFUGEES.

THIS VIDEO SHOWS MALE

MIGRANTS TOSSING WATER ON

TO TRAIN TRACKS.

THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT

FOOD OR WATER.

THEY ONLY WANTED TO GET TO

GERMANY.

BUT WHY?

ARE THEY SEEKING JOBS AND

A BETTER LIFE?

OR ARE SOME COMING TO WAGE

WAR ON EUROPE.

BULGARIAN BORDER GUARDS

HAVE ALREADY ARRESTED

SUSPECTED ISIS TERRORISTS

POSING AS REFUGEES.

THIS MUSLIM MIGRANT FROM

SYRIA HAS SOME ADVICE FOR

THE SWEDISH .COM.

>GOVERNMENT.

BEFORE LETTING THEM

SETTLE HERE, THE SWEDISH

GOVERNMENT TO USE

Facebook AND OTHER MEANS

TO FIND IF THESE REFUGEES

WERE FIGHTERS IN IRAQ.

Reporter: SOME

BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENTS

NEED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT

THEM AND WESTERN CULTURE

FROM A POTENTIAL ARMED OR

UNARMED ISLAMIC INVASION.

THEY'RE TRYING TO BE

NICE, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.

THEY SHOULD BE CONCERNED

FOR THE FUTURE

GENERATIONS.

THEY SHOULD TAKE THEIR

CHRISTIANITY MO MORE

SERIOUSLY AND COME BACK TO

LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS

CHRIST.

Reporter: GARY LANE,

SWEDEN.

Chris: UP NEXT,

RETIRED GENERAL JAY GARNER

TALKS ABOUT THE U.S. FIGHT

AGAINST ISIS AND HOW TO

HELP THE KURDS.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

RECENTLY WE TRAVELLED TO

KURDISTAN AND MET WITH

RETIRED U.S. GENERAL JAY

GARNER, WHO HAS EXTENSIVE

EXPERIENCE IN THE REGION.

HE TOLD US HOW U.S. POLICY

IS FAILING ONE OF OUR MOST

TRUSTED ALLIES IN THE

REGION, THE PEOPLE OF

KURDISTAN.

WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO

KNOW, SAY IN THE U.S.?

WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW

ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING,

ESPECIALLY UP HERE IN

NORTHERN IRAQ AND IN THE

KURDISH AREA?

WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW

IS THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE

THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY

FIGHTING ISIS IS THE

KURDISH PESHMERGA.

THAT'S THE SYRIAN PESH,

THE ACTOR KE IRAQI PESH, THE

TURKISH PESH, AND THE

IRANIANS, NOT SO MUCH.

THEY ARE TOTALLY

PRO-AMERICAN.

THEY'RE IN ONE OF THE MOST

STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN THE

WORLD, IN THE MIDDLE EAST

FOR US, TO OUR EAST IS THE

ENEMY IRAN.

TO THE SOUTH IS OUR ENEMY

SHI'A IRAQ.

AND TO THE NORTH IS OUR

NATO ALLY, TURKEY.

IF YOU'RE A MILITARY GUY,

IT IS A MILITARY MAN'S

DREAM.

YOU'RE IN THE PERFECT

PLACE WHERE YOU CAN STRIKE

OUT AT ANY OF YOUR

ENEMIES, PLUS YOU'VE GOT

SUPPORT IN THE NORTH WITH

ANLY LIE.

AN ALLY.

IF WE WANT THEM TO BE

SUCCESSFUL AGAINST ISIS,

WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE

EQUIPMENT TO DO SO.

FOR GOD SAKES, WE EQUIPPED

THE IRAQI ARMY WITH SOME

OF THE MOST MODERN

EQUIPMENT IN THE WORLD,

AND THEY FLED.

THEY HAD AROUND 1,000

PEOPLE ENTER IRAQ LAST

AUGUST.

AND FOUR DIVISIONS --

65,000 IRAQIS SPLIT AND

LEFT THEIR EQUIPMENT ON

THE GROUND.

SO OVERNIGHT, WE MADE ISIS

THE BEST ARMED TERRORIST

ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.

IN FACT, ONE OF THE BEST

ARMED ARMIES IN THE WORLD.

Chris: RIGHT NOW

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS

THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE

COMING INTO THE SYRIA IN A

GREATER WAY.

THE RUSSIANS HAVE A

56-YEAR-OLD TREATY WITH

SYRIA.

THEY MADE IT WITH BASHAR

al-ASSAD'S FATHER.

AND FROM THAT THEY HAVE

SUPPLIED THE SYRIANS, OVER

THE YEARS, RUSSIAN

EQUIPMENT.

AND THEY GET A WARM

WEATHER PORT OUT OF IT.

AND IF THEIR ONLY FRIEND

IN THE ARAB WORLD -- PUT

PUTE IS NOT GOING TO LET

THAT GO AWAY.

SO HE IS PUTTING FORCES IN

THERE TO DEFEND ASSAD.

SO THE PROBLEM THERE IS IF

HE PUTS FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

IN THERE, AND THEY BEGIN

TO PUT IN AIRSTRIKES

AGAINST REBEL FORCES WHILE

WE'RE PUTTING IN

AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE SAD

FORCES, HOW DO YOU

COMPLETE THAT?

IT COULD CAUSE SOME GREAT,

GREAT PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE

TWO OF US.

Chris: IF YOU WERE

IMPLEMENTING U.S. POLICY

IN THE REGION, WHAT WOULD

YOU DO?

THE FIRST THING I WOULD

DO IN THIS REGION IS TO

RECOGNIZE THAT BOTH SYRIA

AND IRAQ ARE NOT GOING TO

COME BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

IRAQ IS GOING TO BE THREE

CANTONS OR THREE FEDERAL

AREAS.

AND SYRIA WILL BE AT LEAST

THAT MUCH, TOO.

AND BOTH OF THEM ARE GOING

TO HAVE A CALIPHATE.

IN SYRIA, YOU'LL HAVE AN

ALAWITE SECTION AND A

KURDISH SECTION.

IN IRAQ, YOU'LL HAVE A

KURDISH SECTION AND A

SHI'A SECTION.

AND A CALIPHATE.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT FOR

WHAT IT IS.

AND THEN I WOULD

DRASTICALLY INCREASE THE

MEASURES WE'RE TAKING

AGAINST TERRORIST

ELEMENTS, ISIS, AND THE

OFF-SHOOTS OF ISIS AND

al-QAEDA, THAT ARE GOING

INTO MO MOROCCO AND

INDONESIA.

IT HAS TO BE STOPPED.

I WOULD TRY TO UNITE THE

SUNNI ARABS TO HIP M HELP ME DO

THAT.

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY

GUARANTEE THE SURVIVAL OF

ISRAEL.

Chris: ISRAELI

ARCHEOLOGISTS MAY HAVE

DISCOVERED THE TOMBS OF

ANCIENT JEWISH HEROS, THE

MACCABEES.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

ISRAELI ARCHEOLOGISTS MAY

HAVE DISCOVERED THE TOMBS

OF ANCIENT JEWISH HEROS

KNOWN AS THE MACCABEES.

THEY SAY A GRAVE SITE MAY

HOLD THE KEY.

JULIE STAAL HAS THAT

STORY.

THERE IS A PLACE OF

HONOR, OF DIGNITY TO THE

MACCABEEN IN HISTORY AND

IN CHRISTIANITY.

AND WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT

ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY, LIKE

WE, THE ARCHEOLOGISTS,

SEEK THE TOMB OF THE MAC

BEANS.

Reporter: WHILE YOU

WON'T SEE THEIR STORY IN

THE BIBLE, HE AND HIS FIVE

SONS LED A REVOLT AGAINST

GREEK RULERS HERE ABOUT

160 YEARS BEFORE JESUS.

THEY CLEANSED THE JEWISH

TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM FROM

IDOLATRY.

THE DISCOVERY IS ABOUT A

MILE FROM THE MODERN SEED

OF MODAIN, IN THE AREA

WHERE THE MACCABEES WOULD

HAVE LIVEDMENT.

THERLIVED.

THERE IS A BURIAL, AND

THE FACT THERE IS A CROSS

ON A MOSAIC FLOOR IS NOT

SOMETHING WE'RE USED TO

FINDING.

Reporter: THAT'S

BECAUSE OF ITS

SIGNIFICANCE TO THE

BIZANTINES.

THE MACCABEES, THEY

REMOVED THE GREEK EMPIRE

PRESENCE FROM WHAT IS NOW

MODERN ISRAEL AND THEY

ESTABLISHED AN INDEPENDENT

JEWISH STATE, WHICH MAKES

IT SIGNIFICANT BOTH TO

JUDJUDAISM AND TO THE

CHRISTIANS.

IT WAS CANONIZED TO THE

GREEK BIBLE AND NOT IN OUR

JEWISH BIBLE.

Reporter: THIS

ARCHEOLOGIST SUGGESTS THAT

BIZANTINE CHRISTIANS FOUND

THE ORIGINAL TOMB.

IT WOULD NOT BOTHER ME

AS AN ARCHEOLOGIST TO FIND

UNIQUE CROSS LIKE THIS

HERE.

IT IS A CLUE THAT UNIQUE

PERSONS, FIGURES, WERE

BURIED HERE.

Reporter: A JEWISH

HISTORIAN DESCRIBED THE

TOMBS OF THE MACCABEES IN

TWO ANCIENT TEXTS.

HE DESCRIBED THEM AS TALL

STRUCTURES MADE OF FINE

STONE, SURROUNDED BY COL

COLUMNS WITH PYRAMID-LIKE

ROOFS.

THERE IS A LOT OF

EVIDENCE YOU CAN SEE

PLASTERED ALL OVER THIS

ROCK, THAT TELLS US GREAT

POSSIBLY THERE WAS

SOMETHING MONUMENTAL ON

TOP OF IT.

MAYBE SOMETHING THAT

ANSWERS THE DESCRIPTION OF

PYRAMIDS ON TOP OF IT.úw

Reporter: HE BELIEVES

ONCE THEY DETERMINE THE

IMPORTANCE OF THIS SITE TO

THE BIZANTINES, THEEUR

HISTORTHE JEWISHHISTORY OF THE WHEREABOUTS

OF THE MACCABEES MAY ALSO

BE FOUND.

Chris: THAT'S ONE OF

THE MANY ARCHEOLOGICAL

DISCOVERIES HERE IN

ISRAEL.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS

EDITION.

YOU CAN FOLLOW US

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ON

TWITTER, Facebook, AND

NOW ON PERISCOPE.

AND BECAUSE OF THE

SITUATION, PRAY FOR THE

PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."