This week on Jerusalem Dateline: miracle in tragedy see this grocery owner use shopping cart to stop terrorists; plus Iraqi Christians begin a new life in a new land; and watch the remarkable story of Israelis helping Syrian and Middle East ... ...
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Chris: THIS WEEK ON
"JERUSALEM DATELINE," HE
CALLS IT A MIRACLE, SEE
HOW THIS GROCERY CLERK
USED THE SHOPPING CART TO
STOP TERRORISTS.
PLUS...IRAQI CISTIANS
ARE BEGINNING A NEW LIFE
IN A NEW LAND.
> AND WATCH THE
REMARKABLE STORY OF
ISRAELIS HELPING SYRIAN
AND MIDDLE EAST REFUGEES.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.
ISRAEL IS STEPPING UP
SECURITY AT JEWISH
COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA AND
SAMARIA AS THE SETTLEMENTS
HAVE BECOME POPULAR FOR
PALESTINIAN TERROR
ATTACKS.
BUT IN ONE OF THE LATEST
INCIDENTS, A GROCERY STORE
OWNER STOPPED AN ATTACK BY
USING A SHOPPING CART.
HE CALLED IT A MIRACLE.
AS JULIE STAAL REPORTS, IT
IS ONE BRIGHT SPOT IN THE
MIDST OF MANY TRAGEDIES.
Reporter: BEHARON IS
THE THIRD SETTLEMENT HIT
BY TERRORISTS.
THEY'VE BREACHED SECURITY
AND KILLED TWO WOMEN IN
TWO ATTACKS.
FIRST, A MOTHER OF SIX WAS
MURDERED DEFENDING HER
HOME.
AND THEN A 23-YEAR-OLD WAS
MURDERED IN BEHARON.
ONE INCIDENT, HOWEVER,
COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
WORSE.
THIS IS THE SECURITY OF
BEHAON.
UNTIL NOW, IT HAS KEPT THE
2,000 RESIDENTS OF THIS
COMMUNITY SAFE.
IN A WELL-PLANNED ATTACK,
TWO TERRORISTS JUMPED THE
FENCE, HURTLED PIPE BOMBS
AT RESIDENTS, AND THEN
HEADED FOR THE GROCERY
STORE.
ONE OF MY WORKERS RAN
INTO THE SHOP AND
SCREAMED, TERRORISTS
KILLED A LADY OUTSIDE.
Reporter: THIS
GROCERY STORE OWNER,
MORTICAI, TWO ACTION TO
AVERT AN EVEN BIGGER
ATTACKER.
A SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURED
HIS HEROISM.
I SAW TWO GUYS
SCREAMING WITH KNIVES,
SCREAMING "ALLAHU AKBAR",
AND THEY TRIED TO STAB ME,
BUT THE THOUGHT IN MY HEAD
IS DON'T LET THEM GET IN.
THERE ARE CHILDREN AND
LADIES IN THE SHOP.
IT IS A MIRACLE THAT THEY
STOPPED OUTSIDE.
Reporter: IGAL
SIMONI, A LEADER IN THE
JEWISH COMMUNITIES HERE,
SAYS ISRAEL NEEDS TO DO
MORE TO KEEP THE
SETTLEMENT SAFE.
WE HAVE TO STOP THE
TERROR.
WE HAVE GO INSIDE THEIR
TOWNS, CATCH THEM AND FIND
THEM.
LIKE THE UNITED STATES
DURING AFTER 9/11.
Reporter: MORE THAN
400,000 ISRAELIS LIVE IN
150 COMMUNITIES IN WHAT IS
KNOWN TO MANY AS THE OC
PAID WEST BANK.
IN A STATEMENT THAT SOME
BELIEVE EXCUSES THE
TERRORISTS, U.N.
SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN
KI-MOON INDICATED HE
UNDERSTOOD THE PALESTINIAN
ATTACKS BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
CALLED ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION
IN THE WEST BANK.
IF MEN LIKE HIM, THAT
ARE IN CHARGE OF THE PEACE
AND THE WAR, UNDERSTAND
THE MORTAR, I THINK THEY
ARE PARTNERS TO THE
MARTYR.
Reporter: BEHARON IS
BUILT WHERE THE BIBLICAL
TOWN OF THE SAME NAME WAS
SITUATED.
HE SAYS IT IS PART OF THE
DIVINE INHERITANCE OF THE
JEWISH PEOPLE.
THIS LAND HAS BELONGED
TO US SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THE BIBLE.
YES, WE WERE THROWN OUT OF
THE LAND AND DISBURSED
AMONG THE NATION.
BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS, NO MATTER WHERE THE
JEW IS IN THE WORLD, THEY
TALK ABOUT THE RETURN TO
ZION, TO OUR ETERNAL
HOMELAND.
Reporter: JULIE
STAAL, BEHARON.
Chris: BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU ACCUSED BAN
KI-MOON OF GIVING A TAIL
WIND TO TERROR.
BAN KI-MOON CONDEMNED
PALESTINIAN TERRORISM, BUT
HE SAID WHAT HE CALLED
ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION SERVED
AS AN INCUBATOR OF HATE
AND EXTREMISM.
NETANYAHU REACTED ANGRILY.
Through Translator:
THOSE PALESTINIANS WHO
MURDERED DO NOT BUILD A
STATE.
THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE
STATE, AND THEY SAY THIS
OPENLY.
THEY WANT TO MURDER JEWS
FOR BEING JEWS, AND THEY
SAY THIS OPENLY.
THEY DO NOT MURDER FOR
PEACE OR HUMAN RIGHTS.
Chris: NETANYAHU SAYS
THE U.N. LOST ITS NEUTRAL
NEUTRALITY YEARS AGO.
> ISRAEL'S ELECTRICAL
BID EXPERIENCED A MAJOR
CYBER-TERROR ATTACK.
THE VIRUS WAS IDENTIFIED,
BUT ACCORDING TO THE
JERUSALEM POST, THEY
HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT
CAUSED IT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE
DURING THE THIRD ANNUAL
CYBER-TECH CONFERENCE, AN
EVENT THAT DRAWS THE
WORLD'S LEADERS IN
CYBER-TECHNOLOGY.
> ISLAMIC STATE
MILITANTS IN IRAQ ARE
CONTINUING THEIR CAMPAIGN
TO DESTROY ANY EVIDENCE OF
CHRISTIANITY IN THAT
COUNTRY.
NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW
THE ISLAMIC ARMY DEMOLISH
ONE OF THE OLDEST
MONASTERIES IN THE WORLD
IN 2014.
HEATHER SELLS HAS THE
LATEST.
Heather: DURING THE
SUMMER OF 2014, IT TOOKt
ONLY A FEW WEEKS FOR THE
ISLAMIC STATE TO LITERALLY
PULVERIZE THE STONE IN
THIS CENTURIES' OLD
MONASTERY.
THERE IS NOTHING LEFT.
SMALL PILES OF ROCKS,
PERHAPS.
Heather: BEFORE ITS
DESTRUCTION, ST. ELIJAH'S
MONASTERY STOOD ON A HILL.
IT HAD 26 DISTINCT ROOMS,
INCLUDING A SANCTUARY AND
A CHAPEL.
PRIEST PAUL HABIB SAYS THE
DESTRUCTION IS PART OF A
SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN TO
EXPEL CHRISTIANS FROM
IRAQ.
OUR CHRISTIAN HISTORY
IN MOSUL IS BEING
LEVELLED.
Heather: ALREADY THE
ISLAMIC STATE HAS
DESTROYED MORE THAN 100
RELIGIOUS AND HISTORIC
SITES AS IT HAS TAKEN
CONTROL OF PARTS OF SYRIA
AND IRAQ.
IRONICALLY, ITS
DESTRUCTION OF ST. ELIJAH
CAME AFTER A RECENT
PRESERVATION EFFORT.
WHEN THE U.S. ARMY TOOK
CONTROL OF THE SITE IN
2003, A MILITARY CHAPLAIN
RECOGNIZED ITS
SIGNIFICANCE.
THEY ARE VERY
NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES.
ONCE THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE
GONE FOREVER.
AND WHILE YOU CAN
RECONSTRUCT A BUILDING, IT
LOSES ITS HISTORIC FABRIC.
Reporter: MANY HAD
WONDERED ABOUT THE FATE OF
THE MONASTERY AFTER ISIS
SWEPT THROUGH MOSUL IN
JUNE OF 2014.
THE NEW IMAGINARY SHOWED
THE DESTRUCTION TOOK PLACE
JUST TWO MONTHS LATER.
ST. ELIJAH BUILT THE
MONASTERY BETWEEN 582 AND
590 A.C.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Chris: WHILE
AMERICANS DEBATE THEIR
IMMIGRATION POLICIES, THE
PEOPLE OF THE CZECH
REPUBLIC HAVE JUST
WELCOMED SOME IRAQI
CHRISTIAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS
INTO THEIR COUNTRY.
ONE OF THOSE INCLUDE A
CLOSE FRIEND OF CBN NEWS.
PASTOR MAJIK.
HE WORKED WITH US IN 20 2014
AFTER ISIS TOOK OVER MUCH
OF IRAQ.
AND HE TOOK US TO THE
FRONT LINES OF THE KURDISH
MILITARY AND TO VISIT
REFUGEE CAMPS.
I WOULD ADD MANY OF THESE
CHRISTIAN FAMILIES, LIKE
THE PASTOR, ASK FOR
PRAYERS.
GARY LANE HAS THEIR STORY.
Reporter: THE FIRST
OF A GROUP OF 153 IRAQI
CHRISTIANS ARRIVED IN
PRAGUE ON SUNDAY.
AMONG THEM WAS MAJIK AND
HIS FAMILY.
WE HAVE COME HERE TO
PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILIES
AND SECONDLY TO GET A JOB.
AND DOING SOMETHING HERE
IN ORDER TO SERVICE
SOCIETY.
Reporter: MA SHIT
CURDI IS WELL-KNOWN TO CBN
NEWS AND THIS REPORTER.
HE ASSISTED CHRIS MITCHELL
IN 2014 ON HIS VISIT TO
IRAQI, KURDISTAN.
HE TOLD MITCHELL THAT ISIS
GAVE THE CHRISTIANS OF
MOSUL THROUGH CHOICES.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
DO THEIR CHARITIES.
AND, ALSO, THE CHRISTIANS
ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY THE
TAX.
IF NOT, THEY CAN LEAVE
NINEVEH.
AND IF THEY DIDN'T LEAVE
OR PAY THE TAX, THEY
SHOULD GIVE THEIR HEADS.
Reporter: AND NOW
WITH HIS FAMILY IN PRAGUE,
HE SAYS OTHER IRAQI
CHRISTIANS NEED ASYLUM IN
THE WEST BECAUSE THEY'RE
SUFFERING FOR THEIR FAITH.
BEING A CHRISTIAN IN
IRAQ MEANS GIVING YOUR
LIFE.
AND LIVING UNDER THE
COUNCIL IS IRAQ IS
SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY
HARD FOR THE CHRISTIANS.
Reporter: AND AT A
TIME WHEN MANY MIDDLE
EASTERN REFUGEES AND
ASYLUM-SEEKERS ARE BEING
VIEWED WITH SUSPICION AND
ELSEWHERE, THE HEAD OF THE
BARNIBAS FUND OPENED ITS
DOORS.
I WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE
TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC
GOVERNMENT FOR RECOGNIZING
THAT CHRISTIANS ARE
UNIQUELY TARGETED AND
ABANDONED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
Reporter: GARY LANE,
CBN NEWS.
Chris: COMING UP,
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE
ISLAND OF TEARS, WHERE
SCORES OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
ARE AR RIECHG O ARRIVING ON THE SHORES
EVERY DAY.
THE LAST PEOPLE THEY
EXPECT TO SEE ARE WAITING
TO RESCUE THEM.
Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS IN
RECENT HISTORY.
EVERY DAY BOATLOADS OF
REFUGEES ARRIVE ON THE
SHORES OF GREECE.
THEY'RE HOPING TO FIND A
NEW START IN EUROPE, AND
WHEN THEY ARRIVE, SOME OF
THE FIRST PEOPLE THEY MEET
ARE DOCTORS AND RESCUE
TEAMS FROM ISRAEL.
CBN'S GORDON ROBERTSON
BRINGS US THEIR STORY.
Gordon: THE GREEK
ISLAND OF LESVOS, A QUIET
VACATION SPOT WHERE
TOURISTS RELAX.
AND LOCAL CHILDREN PLAY IN
PEACE.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ISLAND, A VERY
DIFFERENT SCENE IS
UNFOLDING.
EVERY DAY THOUSANDS OF
REFUGEES ARRIVE ON THIS
SHORE.
MOST ARE FLEEING THE
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, HOPING
TO RESETTLE IN EUROPE.
YOU WOULD SEE BABIES
WHICH ARE ONLY A FEW DAYS
OLD, OLD PEOPLE, AT THE
AGE OF 90, 95, EVEN, AND
WE GET MAINLY PEOPLE FROM
SYRIA, ALSO FROM IRAQ,
AFGHANISTAN, IRAN.
Gordon: WAITING TO
HELP THEM ON THE BEACHES
OF GREECE ARE THE LAST
PEOPLE THE SERE SYRIANS MIGHT
EXPECT: VOLUNTEERS FROM
ISRAEL.
NAME IS TALISHA, AND
I'M HERE WITH ISRAEL.
MY NAME IS NASHIDK, AND
I'M HERE AND I WORK AS A
NURSE.
MY NAME IS MARIE
SADLER, AND I LIVE IN TEL
AVIV.
I JUST FINISHED MED SCHOOL
IN TEL AVIV, UNIVERSITY.
I CAME HERE FROM ISRAEL TO
BE ON THE COAST AS A
DOCTOR.
MY NAME IS MANAH HATTI,
AND I'M THE TEAM LEADER OF
ISRAEL.
Gordon: THE ISRA-AID
IS A TEAM OF DOCTORS AND
NURSES, BOTH ARAB AND
JEWISH.
I'M A PALESTINIAN
CITIZEN OF ISRAEL.
AND I'M ALSO A CHRISTIAN,
SO I'M A MINORITY INSIDE
OF A MINORITY INSIDE OF
ISRAEL.
BEING AWARE OF MY HISTORY,
MY BACKGROUND, WHERE I
COME FROM, THE HISTORY
THAT MY PEOPLE WENT
THROUGH, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT APPEALS TO ME.
AND I CAN HELP REFUGEES.
SO THIS IS MY JOB AND THIS
IS WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.
OUR JOB HERE IS TO
RECEIVE THE BOATS OF THE
REFUGEES THAT ARE COMING
FROM THE TURKISH SIDE TO
THE GREEK SIDE.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY
VOLUNTEERS ON THE BEACH;
NOT MANY MEDICAL TEAMS.
ON THE LINE FROM THE
TURKISH SIDE, THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH A LOT OF
PROBLEMS.
THERE ARE SMUGGLERS THAT
ARE ASKING THEM TO PAY
BETWEEN $1,000 TO $5,000
PER PERSON.
A LOT OF TIME THEY'RE JUST
SHOVING THEM INTO BOATS
THAT SHOULD FIT 50 PEOPLE,
BUT THERE ARE 150 PEOPLE
ON THE BOATS.
THEY JUST LEAVE THEM
MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEA,
AND THEY TELL THEM YOU
FIND YOUR OWN WAY TO
GREECE.
WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
YOU.
OR THEY PUT A HALF TANK OF
GAS AND LEAVE THEM IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SEA.
ALL WE DO IS GO TO HIND
POINT WITH BINOCULARS,
SEARCHING AND SCANNING THE
WATER.
YOU START LOOKING FOR THIS
BLACK WITH ORANGE DOT IN
THE VIEW.
AND IT COMES NEARER, AND
YOU START SEEING THE
RUBBER BOAT AND ALL OF THE
PEOPLE ON IT.
IT IS LIKE ONE, TWO,
THREE, AND IT BEGINS.
> THERE ARE A FEW
MINUTES OF CHAOS, TAKING
OFF THE BABIES OFF THE
BOAT.
A LOT OF THEM DON'T KNOW
HOW TO SWIM.
THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE
WATER.
THIS IS WHERE WE START
DOING A TRIAGE, VERY FAST,
BY HEARING AND TALKING AND
LOOKING AT THE REFUGEES SO
WE CAN SEE WHO IS IN NEED
OF MEDICAL HELP.
AND I START SHOUTING, WHO
NEEDS A DOCTOR IN ARABIC.
AND WE START GIVING
TREATMENTS.
I'VE TREATED A
40-YEAR-OLD AFGHANI GUY
THAT WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
HE DIDN'T RECEIVE
AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT ON
THE SHORE, ON THE SPOT.
IF HE DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT
TREATMENT, HE MIGHT HAVE
NOT MADE IT.
AFTER THAT WE START
GIVING THEM FOOD AND
WATER, WARM CLOTHES,
SOMETHING TO EAT AND TO
DRINK BECAUSE SOME OF THEM
DIDN'T HAVE ANY WATER OR
FOOD FOR, LIKE, ONE OR TWO
DAYS.
AFTER THAT, I TAKE THE
MAP -- WE HAVE A MAP WE
TRANSLATE THAT IS IN
ARABIC, AND EXPLAIN TO
THEM WHAT IS THE NEXT
STEP.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY
ARE, OKAY?
SO THE FIRST THING IS I,
LIKE, TELL THEM THEY ARE
IN LESVOS ISLAND IN
GREECE.
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE
NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE.
MOST OF THEM, THEY HAVE
NOTHING.
THEY JUST COME WITH THEIR
CLOTHES ONLY.
BECAUSE THEY HAD TO THROW
THEIR BAGS IN THE SEA, OR
SMUGGLERS TOOK THEIR BAGS
AND THREW THEM IN THE SEA.
AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS
OF ASSESSING THE FIELD, WE
UNUNDERSTOOD THAT THE
BIGGEST NEED WAS A WAY TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE
REFUGEES WHO COME.
AND SO WE BROUGHT A
TRANSLATOR.
HEARING IT IN THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO THEM.
AND GETTING THE
INSTRUCTIONS WHERE TO GO,
WHAT TO DO NEXT, WHAT ARE
THE NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY.
Gordon: AND ALTHOUGH
ISRAEL AND SYRIA ARE
TECHNICALLY AT WAR, NONE
OF THAT MATTERS HERE ON
THE BEACH.
USUALLY WHEN THEY GET
TO THE BEACH, THEY ARE
JUST HAPPY TO SEE PEOPLE
WAITING FOR THEM, GIVING
THEM HELP AND FOOD AND
CLOTHES AND MEDICAL
TREATMENT, IF THEY NEED
IT.
SOMETIMES THEY REALIZE WHO
WE ARE, AND THEY'RE JUST
HAPPY TO SEE US AND THEY
HUG US AND KISS US AND IT
IS VERY EXCITING.
YOU GET LOVELY, LIKE
WARM REACTIONS OF HUGS,
AND MEN KISSING ME LIKE
I'M THEIR DAUGHTER, ON THE
FOREHEAD, SAYING THANK
YOU.
SAYING I WOULD NEVER HAVE
THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO
RECEIVE TREATMENT OR BE
ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOME
ISRAELI DOCTOR OR SHARE MY
STORY WITH AN ISRAELI, WHO
WILL EMPATHIZE WITH WHAT
I'M BEEN THROUGH.
THIS GUY, I THINK HE HAD A
SPRAINED ANKLE, AND HE PUT
ON SOME BANDAGES.
AND I WANTED TO TAKE OUT
OF MY BAG SOME MEDICINE TO
EASE THE PAIN.
A PAINKILLER.
WHILE I'M LOOKING IN MY
BAG, THIS GUY ASKED IN
ARABIC, WHERE AM I FROM.
PARTICULAR AM WHERE AM I FROM?
SHE WAS TELLING HIM, WHAT
DOES IT MATTER?
YOU NEED HELP, AND SHE IS
HERE TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
WHY DO YOU FOCUS ON THAT?
WE CONTINUED WITH OUR
WORK, AND A FEW MINUTES
AFTERWARDS, HE COMES TO ME
WITH A PACKET OF BISCUITS
THAT HE BROUGHT FROM
TURKEY FOR THE JOURNEY.
GIVING ME SOMETHING FROM
THE NOTHING THAT HE HAD
AND APOLOGIZING FOR NOT
RESPECTING ME OR
QUESTIONING ME.
JUST GIVING ME, YOU KNOW,
A THANKS FOR BEING THERE.
Chris: SO WHO IS
ISRA-AID?
UP NEXT, WE'LL SHOW YOU
MORE ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE
GROUP OF PEOPLE AND HOW
THEY'RE HELPING REFUGEES
IN CRISIS.
CIOUS
Chris: WELCOME BACK.
THE ISLAMIC STATE HAS
DEVASTATED SYRIA AND
NORTHERN IRAQ, DESTROYING
MILLIONS OF LIVES.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
SURVIVORS HAVE FLED TO
EUROPE, RISKING EVERYTHING
IN THE HOPE OF FINDING
SAFETY.
AS WE REPORTED BEFORE THE
BREAK, ONE GROUP THAT IS
HELPING THOSE REFUGEES IS
CALLED ISRA-AID.
GORDON ROBERTSON BRINGS US
THE CONCLUSION OF THAT
REPORT.
ISRA-AID IS AN
UNPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
WHAT THEY DO IS HELP
PEOPLE IN A DISASTER
SITUATION.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'M
DOING.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY
TEACH ME AT NURSING
SCHOOL, TO TREAT A HUMAN,
NO MATTER WHAT HE IS,
WHICH RELIGION HE HAVE,
WHICH COLOR HE IS, WHICH
LANGUAGE HE TALKS.
TO SEE A 60-YEAR-OLD
ARAB MAN BURST INTO TEARS
ON THE SHORES IS SOMETHING
YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY.
SO BEING ABLE TO GIVE A
HAND, GIVE A HUG, GIVE
WATER, MEDICAL TREATMENT,
IT'S A PRIVILEGE.
Gordon: OFFSHORE
ISRA-AID DOCTORS ALSO
PROVIDE TRAUMA COUNSELLING
FOR FAMILIES IN REFUGEE
CAMPS.
WE START WITH THE
COMMUNICATION, TALKING IN
ARABIC.
IF ONLY A HAND ON HIS OR
HER SHOULDER, TRY TO MAKE
THEM FEEL BETTER, YOU
KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
MY COUNTRY SYRIA, THERE
IS NO FUTURE FOR ANYONE.
TODAY I HAVE COME HERE BY
BOAT -- I WOULD SAY THEY
ARE AMAZING PEOPLE AND I'M
REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL TO
EVERYONE WORKING WITH
THESE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE REALLY HELPING
US, AND HELPING A LOT OF
FAMILIES HERE, AND
CHILDREN.
BECAUSE WE COME FROM A
COUNTRY THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE SUFFERED TRAUMA,
BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT
AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, WE
HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
HOW TO DEAL WITH TRAUMA
AND HOW TO O DEA TO DEAL WITH THE
CONFLICT.
THIS IS KNOWLEDGE WE NEED
TO PASS TO OTHER
COUNTRIES, IN ORDER TO
MAKE THEIR SUFFERING LESS
OR TO HELP SUPPORT THEM OR
TO SHOW THEM A DIFFERENT
WAY, AND I THINK THIS IS
OUR DUTY.
THESE PEOPLE COME AND
WE AUTOMATICALLY GET THIS
TITLE: THEY ARE REFUGEES
FLEEING TO EUROPE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THEY ARE JUST HUMANS AND
FAMILIES.
THEY HAD HONORABLE JOBS, A
FULFILLING LIFE IN THE
COUNTRIES THAT THEY'RE
COMING FROM.
AND SUDDENLY THEY COME
HERE AND THEY'RE TREATED
AND LOOK AT AS REFUGEES
WHEN THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS,
AS ME AND YOU.
FOR ME, WHEN I MEET THOSE
PEOPLE, THIS IS WHAT I'M
TRYING TO GIVE THEM, THAT
FEELING THAT I RESPECT
THEM, I FEEL THEM, I
CONNECT TO THEM IN THE
MOST HUMAN LEVEL.
I'M NOT ABOVE THEM.
WE'RE THE SAME.
JUST NOW THEY'RE ON THAT
SIDE OF THE COIN.
TOMORROW IT MIGHT BE NEED
AND I WILL NEED THEIR
HELP.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE
60 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS
THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN
EUROPE, DURING THE
HOLOCAUST, AFTER THE
HOLOCAUST MAKING THEIR
JOURNEY TO ISRAEL AND
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND
SEEKING FOR A SAFE PLACE.
WE'RE ALWAYS SAYING, NEVER
AGAIN.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING
DIFFICULT, FOR ME IT IS
LOOKING AT MY PAST AND
WHAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
WE'RE COMING AS HUMANS,
MEETING OTHER HUMAN
BEINGS.
AND THIS IS HOW CHANGES
START, LITTLE.
THEY ARE VERY LOVELY.
THEY GIVE ME HOPE TO MY
FUTURE.
THEY ARE REALLY COOL
PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT HELPING
OTHER PEOPLE IS A VERY
IMPORTANT THING IN THE
JEWISH TRADITION.
WE CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND
WATCH WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE HAVE TO COME AND DO THE
BEST WE CAN.
AND EVEN IF WE TOUCH JUST
A FEW PEOPLE'S LIVES, I
THINK THAT IS A LOT.
Chris: UP NEXT,
REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST
AND THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED
THEM ESCAPE.
Chris: WELCOME BACK
TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."
THIS WEEK MARKS 71 YEARS
SINCE THE LIBERATION OF
THE AUSCHWITZ
CONCENTRATION CAMP IN
POLAND.
JANUARY 27th IS NOW
KNOWN AS INTERNATIONAL
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.
UNITED NATIONS WANTS
MEMBER NATIONS TO HONOR
THE VICTIMS OF THE NAZI
ERA.
THAT INFORMATION COMES
FROM THE UNITED STATES
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM,
WHICH HAS ALSO POSTED
VIDEOS DEPICTING STORIES
OF RESCUE.
HOW BRAVE PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT EUROPE RISKED
SO MUCH TO HELP JEWS
AGAINST THE NAZIS DURING
WORLD WAR II.
BUT IT IS R & R VERY
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
PEOPLE RISKED THEIR LIVES,
THEY RISKED THE LIVES OF
THEIR FAMILIES.
Chris: YOU CAN FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT THE EVENTS
AND WATCH THESE VIDEOS BY
GOING TO cbnnews.com.
> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS
EDITION.
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I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.
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"JERUSALEM DATELINE."