Chris: THIS WEEK ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE," THE

WORLD FACES A DEADLY

THREAT FROM ISIS.

THIS EXPERT ON ISLAM SAYS

THE U.S. SHOULD TURN TO

ITS CHRISTIAN VALUES TO

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.

> PLUS...THANKS TO ISIS,

A ONCE THRIVING CITY IS

NOW A DESOLATE GHOST TOWN.

VISIT TO SINJAR

NORTHERN IRAQ.

AND OUR DISCOVERY OF

JERUSALEM DISCOVERS

SOMETHING SHOCKING ABOUT

WOMEN IN ANCIENT WOMEN.

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO

THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL, COMING

TO YOU FROM THE NATION'S

CAPITAL.

IT IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE

THE WORLD IS LOOKING TO

THE U.S. TO LEAD IN THE

BATTLE AGAINST RADICAL

ISLAM.

ONE ISLAMIC EXPERT SAYS

AMERICA'S MILITARY MIGHT,

THOUGH, WON'T BE ENOUGH TO

WIN UNLESS IT HAS THE

VALUES AND THE WILL TO

FIGHT.

AND HE IS OFFERING SOME

UNIQUE ADVICE TO THE U.S.

IF AMERICA AND EUROPE WANT

VICTORY OVER RADICAL

ISLAM, THEY NEED TO

EMBRACE THEIR CHRISTIAN

ROOTS, ACCORDING TO HAROLD

RDES, RELIGIOUS JEW AND

EXPERT ON ISLAM.

THE CHRISTIAN WORLD IS

A VERY POWERFUL WORLD IF

IT CHOOSES TO BE.

IT HAS ENORMOUS ABILITIES.

I WANT YOU CHRISTIANS TO

BELIEVE IN YOUR VALUES,

HISTORICALLY, WHEN MUSLIMS

SEE WEAKNESS, THEY POUNCE.

AMERICA, THE LEADER OF THE

WEST, IS SHOWING WEAKNESS.

Chris: HE LIVED IN

THE ISLAMIC WORLD FOR

YEARS.

HE ADVISED THE U.S.

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ON

ISLAMIC AFFAIRS FOR NEARLY

THREE DECADES.

HE SAYS THE VIEWER PIECE

TAKES ON TOTALLY DIFFERENT

MEANINGS BETWEEN MUSLIMS

AND THE WEST.

PEACE IN THE WEST IS

LET BYGONES BE BYGONES.

LET'S SAY YOU AND I HAD

TERRIBLE PROBLEMS IN THE

PAST.

WE SIT DOWN.

YOU GIVE A LITTLE, I GIVE

A LITTLE, WE SHAKE HANDS;

WE DON'T FORGET WHAT

HAPPENED, BUT WE WORK

TOGETHER TOWARDS OUR NEW

GOAL.

WE PUT THE PAST BEHIND US.

Chris: AS FOR ISLAM?

REVENGE IS THE BASIS OF

EVERYTHING.

IF YOU DON'T AVENGE

ANYTHING, YOU LOSE

PERSONAL HONOR.

SO THERE IS NEVER PEACE.

THEY DO NOT LET BYGONES BE

BYGONES.

Chris: AND WHAT THE

WEST CALLS TERRORISM,

MUSLIMS SEE AS CLASSIC

ISLAMIC WARFARE.

ISLAMIC WARFARE COMES

BASICALLY FROM THE TIME OF

THE QURAN.

THERE WAS TRIBES FIGHTING

TRIBES OUT IN THE DESERT.

YOU RAID THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU TAKE ITS PROPERTY.

YOU TAKE ITS WOMEN.

YOU TAKE ITS CHILDREN.

YOUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THE

OTHER SIDE AFRAID.

YOU RAID AND WITHDRAW.

EVENTUALLY, BY MAKING THE

OTHER SIDE AFRAID, THEY

WITHDRAW AND YOU TAKE

THEIR TERRITORY.

THAT'S WHAT TERRORISM IS.

Chris: BUT RHODES

TOLD CBN NEWS AMERICA CAN

FIGHT IT AND WIN.

AMERICA AND EUROPE HAVE

UNBELIEVABLE, AWESOME

POWER, BUT WE DON'T SEEM

TO HAVE THE STOMACH NOW TO

USE IT.

POWER, WITHOUT THE WILL TO

USE IT, IS ISRAE IRRELEVANT.

Chris: ONE CAME AFTER

IRAN CAPTURED AMERICAN

SAILORS AFTER ACCUSING IT

OR CROSSING INTO ITS

TERRITORIAL WATERS.

AND AMERICA DID

NOTHING.

WHEN IRAN GAVE THEM UP AND

GOT THE PROPAGANDA FROM

THEM, THE SECRETARY OF

STATE, JOHNERRY, OH,

THANK YOU.

BEING NICE HELPS, B THIS

WAS SHAMEFUL.

Chris: IF WASHINGTON

WOULD STAND TOUGH, MANY

MUSLIMS WERE CHEER.

YOU WOULD SURPRISED.

THE AMOUNT OF MUSLIMS

WOULD SAY THANK GOD.

WOULD THEY SAY IT

PUBLICLY?

NOT IN THE BEGINNING

BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE

AFRAID THEY WOULD BE

KILLED BY FELLOW MUSLIMS.

Chris: ACCORDING TO

RHODES, THAT'S WHERE

AMERICA NEEDS TO RETURN TO

ITS ROOTS.

BUT I WANT CHRISTIANS

TO BELIEVE IN JESUS.

I WANT THEM TO OBSERVE

CHRISTIAN VALUES.

WITH THAT, AMERICA IS

SAFE.

EUROPE IS SAFE.

ISRAEL IS SAFE.

THE WORLD WILL BE SAFE.

Chris: RIGHT NOW THE

FOCUS OF THE BATTLE

AGAINST RADICAL ISLAM IS

THE ISLAMIC STATE, THE

CALIPHATE IN SYRIA AND

NORTHERN IRAQ.

THIS WEEK THE WORLD GOT

MORE EVIDENCE OF HOW THE

JIHADI ARMY IS DESTROYING

CHRISTIAN CULTURE IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

REPORTERS MADE THE TRIP TO

THE SYRIAN TOWN OF MALULA,

WHERE HISTORIC MONASTERY

AND CHURCHES WERE

DESTROYED UNDER MONTHS OF

ISIS RULE.

LOOK, THEY CAME EVEN

HERE.

LOOK WHAT THEY HAVE DONE

TO OUR CHURCH, ALL SMASHED

AND BURNED.

THEY HAVE DESTROYED

VALUABLE ICONS AND HAVE

BURNED THAT HAVE NO VALUE.

EVEN THE BOWL OF HOLY

WATER WAS BURNED AND THE

STONES WERE BROKEN.

Chris: RESIDENTS

RECALLED HOW THEY FELT

WHEN THE SYRIAN ARMY

RECLAIMED THEIR CITY FROM

THE TERRORISTS.

THE JIHADIS HAD ALSO

ABDUCTED THE LOCAL NUNS,

WHO WERE LATER FREED FOR

RANSOM.

THE REBELS STILL HOLD

POWER IN THE CAPITAL'S

EASTERN SUBURBS.

WHILE ISIS IS BEING DRIVEN

OUT OF PARTS OF NORTHERN

IRAQ, THE DEVASTATION LEFT

BEHIND IS UNBELIEVABLE.

CHUCK HOLTON RECENTLY

SPENT A WEEK ON THE GROUND

THERE, GIVING US A

CLOSE-UP PICTURE OF THE

SITUATION.

IN THE CITY OF SINJAR,

KURDISH FORCES DROVE ISIS

OUT, BUT NOT BEFORE THE

TERRORISTS DESTROYED WHAT

WAS ONCE A CITY OF HALF A

MILLION.

Reporter: ON MY LAST

TRIP TO IRAQ IN

NOVEMBER 2015, THE KURDISH

PESHMERGA FORCES WERE

RETAKING THE CITY OF

SINJAR, WHICH HAD BEEN

CAPTURED BY ISIS IN 2014.

WE WATCHED AS U.S.

AIRCRAFT POUNDED THE CITY

IN ADVANCE OF THE

OPERATION.

AND WHEN THE PESHMERGA

ENTERED THE TOWN, THE

ISLAMIC STATE HAD ALREADY

RETREATED, AND THE KURDS

FACED VERY LITTLE

RESISTANCE.

BUT THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY

BEEN DONE.

ISIS HAD COMPLETELY ERASED

THE CITY, DESTROYING

ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS

LEFT.

CBN WAS GIVEN RARE ACCESS

TO EXPLORE THIS RUINED

LANDSCAPE.

WHAT WE SAW WAS ABSOLUTELY

CHILLING.

MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN

REDUCED TO RUBBLE.

THOSE STILL STANDING

LOOKED LIKE THIS.

WHAT WAS ONCE A CITY OF

500,000, NOW SITS SILENT

AND EMPTY.

Reporter: THIS IS ONE

OF MANY TUNNELS THAT WERE

FOUND UNDERNEATH THE CITY

OF SINJAR AFTER THE

PESHMERGAPESHMERGA TOOK OVER FROM

ISIS.

ISIS DUG THESE TUNNELS SO

THEY COULD GO AROUND THE

CITY WITHOUT BEING

OBSERVED.

THEY RAN COMMUNICATION

CABLES, NETWORK CABLES,

OVERHEAD COVER, AND

EVERYTHING THEY NEED.

AND NOT ALL OF THESE HAVE

BEEN CLEARED YET FROM

MINES AND OTHER I.E.D.s.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE

TUNNELS COME OUT, INSIDE

OF THESE HOMES, WHICH ARE

NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE,

ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED.

THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT

MIGHT HAVE GOT HIT BY A

BOMB OR SOMETHING.

AND THIS HAS BEEN CLEARED,

BUT MANY OF THESE HOUSES

ARE STILL WIRED UP WITH

I.E.D.s.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY

CAREFUL WHERE WE GO HERE.

WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IT WILL

TAKE BEFORE THE PEOPLE CAN

COME BACK AND TRY TO

REBUILD THEIR LIVES.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE EVER

HEARD OF THE CITY OF

STALIN GRAD IN WORLD WAR

II, THIS IS WHAT I

IMAGINED IT LOOKING LIKE.

EVERYTHING JUST COLLAPSED,

DESTROYED.

IT IS JUST A WRECKED AND

SHATTERED CITY.

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW ISIS

ONLY COMES TO KILL AND

STEAL AND DESTROY.

JUST LIKE SOMEONE ELSE WE

KNOW.

SINJAR IS THE LAND OF

SHATTERED DREAMS RIGHT

NOW.

EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED.

Reporter: OUR

INTERPRETER, SHAHIN NADAR,

IS A YAZIDI WHO FOU FOUT FOUGHT

ISIS AS HIS PEOPLE FLED

SINJAR.

ISIS CAPTURED MORE THAN

6,000.

THEY KILLED A LOT OF

PEOPLE, AND RIGHT NOW,

STILL, THERE ARE 3,800 IN

ISIS CAPTIVITYVITY.

CAPTIVITY.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY

LIVED OR WERE KILLED.

Reporter: YOU MIGHT

WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO

THE HALF MILLION PEOPLE

WHO LIVED HERE.

MANY WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE

TO THE CITY OF MT. SINJAR.

SOME STILL LIVE THERE

TODAY.

THOSE LESS FORTUNATE WERE

CAPTURED BY ISIS.

MASS GRAVES LIKE THIS ONE

ARE BEING FOUND ALL OVER

THE AREA.

WHERE PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF

YAZIDI MEN, WOMEN, AND

CHILDREN WERE EXECUTED AND

LEFT TO ROT.

RIGHT NOW, IN ONE MASS

GRAVE IN SINJAR, THERE ARE

MORE THAN 20 MASS GRAVES

ARE BEING FOUND IN SINJAR.

AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF

MUSLIMS IN SINJAR IS

LARGER THAN THE NUMBER IN

THE CITY.

Reporter: THIS PHOTO

TELLS THE STORY.

THE CITY OF SINJAR IS

HERE.

THIS IS THE NEW FRONT

LINE, ESTABLISHED BY THE

PESHMERGA IN 2015.

ONE OF THEIR OBJECTIVES

WAS TO CUT OFF HIGHWAY 47,

HERE, WHICH WAS BEING USED

BY ISIS TO SUPPLY MOSUL.

THESE LIGHTS BEYOND ARE

VILLAGES STILL UNDER THE

CONTROL OF ISIS, WHERE

MANY OF THE MORE THAN

3,000 YAZIDIS TAKEN

HOSTAGE ARE STILL BEING

HELD.

RED LIGHTS ARE VEHICULAR

TRAFFIC, MOVING MOSTLY

TOWARDS SYRIA, WHICH GIVES

AN INDICATION THAT THE

ISLAMIC STATE IS PILLAGING

ANYTHING OF VALUE.

IN ADVANCE OF THE IRAQI

GOVERNMENT'S PLANNED

OPERATION TO RETAKE MOSUL

LATER THIS YEAR.

ISIS HAS NOT BEEN

STOPPED BECAUSE THEY ARE

MOVING BETWEEN SYRIA AND

IRAQ ALL NIGHT.

SO THE TRUCKS COME AND GO.

NO AIRSTRIKES, NOTHING.

THEY ARE FREE.

Reporter: IN THE

MEANTIME, THE PEOPLE WHO

ONCE LIVED HERE CONTINUE

TO HOPE THAT THEIR LOVED

ONES HELD CAPTIVE WILL

SOME DAY BE RETURNED.

I THINK THEY ARE A

GREAT ARMY, BUT THEY DON'T

USE IT FOR THIS EVIL ISIS.

FOR WHAT IS THIS ARMY?

Reporter: FROM SINJAR

IN NORTHERN IRAQ, I'M

CHUCK HOLTON FOR CBN NEWS.

Chris: UP NEXT, U.S.

VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH

BIDEN GOES TO ISRAEL TO

SHOW OUR RELATIONS BETWEEN

THE TWO COUNTRIES, BUT THE

ISRAELI TRUST IN THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION IS AT AN

ALL-TIME LOW.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

AN AMERICAN STUDENT WAS

MURDERED IN A TERROR

ATTACK IN ISRAEL THIS

WEEK.

MUCH OF THE BRUTAL ATTACK

WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA.

WE WANT TO WARN YOU THE

VIDEO MAY BE DIFFICULT TO

WATCH.

POLICE SAY A PALESTINIAN

ATTACKER SPRINTED UP THE

ROAD, SWINGING HIS KNIFE,

STABBING PEOPLE AT RANDOM

FOR NEARLY 20 MINUTES.

HE INJURED AT LEAST 12

PEOPLE, AND KILLED AMERICA

GRADUATE STUDENT

28-YEAR-OLD TAYLOR FORCE.

HE WAS A FIRST-YEAR M.B.A.

STUDENT AT VANDERBILT, AND

WAS VISITING ISRAEL ON A

SCHOOL TRIP.

AND HE WAS ALSO AN EAGLE

SCOUTER AND A GRADUATE AT

WEST POINT.

HE SERVED TOURS OF DUTY IN

IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

JOSEPH BIDEN WAS IN ISRAEL

AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK.

HE VOICED HIS SUPPORT FOR

THE JEWISH STATE AND

WEIGHED IN ON THE ATTACK.

LET ME SAY IN NO

UNCERTAIN TERMS, THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONDEMNS THESE ACTS.

Chris: VANDERBILT IS

PLANNING A MEMORIAL

SERVICE FOR HIM NEXT WEEK.

> THE VICE PRESIDENT'S

VISIT COMES AT A TIME OF

INCREASED ON ISRAEL.

AND MANY ISRAELIS FEEL

AMERICA'S NUCLEAR DEAL

WITH IRAN HAS PUT THEM IN

DANGER.

JOSEPH BIDEN HAS COME TO

TRY TO REPAIR A CRUMBLING

RELATIONSHIP.

THAT CONCERN HAS BEEN

REFLECTED IN POLLS.

FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER THE

U.S. AND OTHER WORLD

POWERS NEGOTIATED THE

NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN,

NEARLY EIGHT OUT OF 10

ISRAELIS FELT IT PUT

ISRAEL IN DANGER.

AND A POLL OF ISRAELIS

LAST YEAR SHOWED ONLY 9%

OF ISRAELIS FELT PRESIDENT

OBAMA WAS PRO-ISRAEL.

60% HE WAS

PRO-PALESTINIAN.

AND MORE THAN 60% OF

ISRAELIS DESCRIBED OBAMA

AS THE WORST U.S.

PRESIDENT FOR ISRAEL IN

THE PAST 30 YEARS.

WHEN ISRAELIS VIEW

OBAMA, PUTTING HIS TRUST

AT THE U.N., CONSIDERING

THE U.N. TO BE THE

QUARTERBACK OF

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,

WE CANNOT BUT DEVELOP

DOUBTS ABOUT THE RALLIES

COMING OUT OF THE WHITE

HOUSE.

Chris: AMBASSADOR

ARIN ETTINGER SAYS THE

LACK OF U.S. LEADERSHIP

AND THE SO-CALLED "LEADING

FROM BEHIND," IS WHAT

FRIGHTENS ISRAEL'S AND

AMERICA'S ALLIES IN THE

REGION.

EVER SINCE OBAMA HAS

ENTERED THE WHITE HOUSE,

THERE HAS BEEN A

DEVASTATING EROSION OF

AMERICA'S POSTURE.

WHICH IS BAD FOR AMERICA,

AND DOUBLY SO FOR

AMERICA'S ALLIES

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND

BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE

WILDEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN

THE WORLD, WHICH IS THE

MIDDLE EAST.

IT RESEMBLES A NEW SHERIFF

IN TOWN WHO ANNOUNCES

PUBLICLY THAT HE CARRIES

NO GUN IN HIS HOLISTER.

ALLIES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL

INCLUDED, SAUDI ARABIA,

EGYPT, JORDAN, ABU DHABI,

DUBAI, KUWAIT -- WE ALL

WANT THE AMERICAN SHERIFF

TO BRING BACK THE GUN TO

THE HOLISTER, AND TO

ASSERT ITSELF.

Chris: DESPITE THE

CONCERNS ABOUT THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION, ETTINGER

SAYS WHILE ISRAELIS MAY

NOT LIKE OBAMA'S POLICIES,

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

ISRAEL AND THE U.S.

REMAINS STRONG.

WHILE AT THE TOP, WE DO

NOT HAVE A POSITIVE

CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE TWO

LEADERS, THE STRATEGIC

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE

TWO COUNTRIES,

COMMERCIALLY AND

MILITARILY, ARE AT AN

ALL-TIME HIGH.

SOMETIMES IN DEFIANCE OF

THE PRESIDENT, BUT, AGAIN,

DUE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

AND THE AMERICAN CONGRESS.

Chris: IRAN SENT A

MESSAGE OF ITS OWN WHILE

BIDEN WAS IN ISRAEL.

THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC TEST

FIRED TWO MISSILES WHICH

CARRIED THE HANDWRITTEN

PHRASE "ISRAEL MUST BE

WIPED OUT ON THE SIDES."

> COMING UP, ARCHEOLOGY

SHEDS LIGHT ON ANCIENT

JEWISH CULTURE.

FIND OUT WHAT HIS ARTIFACT

TELLS USOUT THE ROLE OF

WOMEN IN ISRAEL 2500 YEARS

AGO.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

COMING TO YOU THIS WEEK

FROM CAPITOL HILL IN

WASHINGTON.

BACK IN JERUSALEM,

ARCHEOLOGISTS DIGGING

UNDER A FORMER ORPHANAGE

AND MILITARY BASE IN

JERUSALEM UNCOVERED WHAT

THEY CALLED "SURPRISING

FINDS." NEAR A RITUAL

JEWISH BATH, THEY

DISCOVERED PIPES.

ARCHEOLOGIST AMET RIM SAID

THE CERAMIC AND GLASS

VESSELS WERE ALSO FOUND.

EVERYTHING IS EVIDENCE

THAT NEARLY 2,000 YEARS

AGO ROMAN REGION ARRIVED

TO JERUSALEM.

AND AFTER THE DISCUSSIONS

OF JERUSALEM IN 1718,

PROBABLY THE SOLDIERS

OCCUPIED THIS HOUSE, AND

WE FIND ARCHEOLOGICAL

EVIDENCE FROM THIS

EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS THE MAGIC OF

JERUSALEM.

EVERYTHING IS LAYERS UPON

LAYERS IN ONE PLACE.

Chris: RIM SAYS HE

HOPES THE PLACE WILL

BECOME AN ARCHEOLOGICAL

PARK FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS

AND OTHERS TO ENJOY.

IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO

DIG A HOLE IN ISRAEL

WITHOUT MAKING SOME

HISTORIC FIND.

THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF

TWO ANCIENT SEALS IN

ISRAEL EXPLAINS A LOT

ABOUT THE CITY AND THE

PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE.

ARCHEOLOGISTS FOUND THE

SEALS INSIDE A

2500-YEAR-OLD BUILDING.

INSIDE THIS BUILDING,

AS A RESULT OF VERY GENTLE

WORK, THAT INCLUDED ALSO

15 OF THE FINDS, IN ORDER

TO FIND ALL OF THE TINY

ART TACTS.

ARTIFACTS, AND WE

DISCOVERED, AMONG OTHER

STUFF, TWO HEBREW SEALS.

ONE IS THE NAME OF A MAN,

AND ANOTHER ONE WAS THE

NAME OF A WOMAN.

WE ARE STANDING IN THE

HEART OF JERUSALEM.

SO-CALLED THE CITY OF

DAVID, THE TERM THAT THE

BIBLE USED FOR THIS PLACE.

THE CITY STARTED HERE.

AND IT VELOPED IN A VERY

SMALL SQUARE, HERE IN THIS

PLACE, FOR THOUSANDS OF

YEARS.

WE HAVE 10 HISTORICAL

PERIODS HERE, STARTING

FROMS NINTH CENTURY B.C.,

JUST SOME 100 YEARS LATER

THAN THE KINGDOM OF DAVID

AND SOLOMON.

AND WE HAVE MANY MORE

YOUNGER FINDS, INCLUDING

IN THE ANISTIC PERIOD, AND

ROMAN.

AND EACH PERIOD EXCAVATED

HERE REVEALS THE MOST

INTERESTING AND EXCITING

FINDS.

Chris: SHE SAYS IT IS

EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND THE

NAME OF A WOMAN ON A SEAL.

IT IS VERY EXCITING TO

KNOW THAT IN ANCIENT TIMES

WILL WERE STRONG WOMEN IN

JERUSALEM LIVING HERE.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO

IDEA ABOUT WHO WAS THIS

LADY, AND WHY SHE DESERVES

SUCH A SPECIAL RIGHT IN

SOCIETY, BUT IT IS SO

INTERESTING TO FIND A SEAL

SIGNED WITH A WOMAN'S

NAME.

I THINK IT IS VERY

INSPIRING BECAUSE WE KNOW

THAT IN THIS SOCIETY, THAT

WE KNOW WAS A MAN'S

SOCIETY, SUCH A LONG TIME

AGO, EVEN THEN THERE WERE

WOMEN WHO WERE CAPABLE TO

RUN THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT

LIFE.

Chris: SHE SAYS

UNCOVERING A NAME BRINGS

THE PAST AND ITS PEOPLE TO

LIFE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A NAME OF

THE PERSON, IT IS TURNING

FROM SOMETHING VERY

ABSTRACT TO SOMETHING VERY

INDIVIDUAL.

SO WE KNOW THAT THEY WERE

HERE, BY NAMES.

I THINK IT IS AMAZING.

AND THAT IT IS A WOMAN, I

THINK IT IS VERY

INSPIRING.

Chris: JUST AHEAD, A

FRIEND OF ZION -- WHY

AMERICAN SINGER AND POP

TYCOON PAT BOONE IS

RECEIVING A HIGH HONOR FOR

HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE

JEWISH STATE.

Chris: FINALLY THIS

WEEK, CHRISTIAN SINGER,

PAT BOONE, WAS HONORED

RECENTLY IN JERUSALEM FOR

HIS CONTRIBUTION TO

ISRAELI CULTURE.

HE WAS HONORED FOR THE

TITLE SONG FOR THE 1960

MOVIE "EXODUS."

HE SPOKE WITH US ABOUT HIS

STRONG CONNECTION TO THE

JEWISH STATE.

SOME CALL THE SONG

ISRAEL'S SECOND NATIONAL

ANTHEM.

* THIS LAND IS MINE

* GOD GAVE THIS LAND TO

ME *

IT CAME OUT OF THE

BIBLE.

AND I KNEW TWO THINGS:

ONE, THAT EVERYTHING IN

THE BIBLE, FROM BEGINNING

TO END, WAS WRITTEN BY

JEWS, ABOUT JEWS, AND FOR

JEWS.

NOT ALL CHRISTIANS EVEN

REALIZED THAT, AND NOT ALL

JEWS DID.

WHAT WE CALLED THE OLD AND

THE NEW TESTAMENTS ALL ARE

ABOUT JEWS AND ABOUT GOD

WORKING WITH HIS CHOSEN

PEOPLE.

AND WE GENTILES CAN GET IN

ON IT IF WE ACCEPT THE GOD

OF ISRAEL.

Chris: THE FRIENDS OF

ZION OF WAR CONTAINS THE

SONG, WRITTEN IN THE SHAPE

OF A HEART, TRANSLATED

INTO HEBREW.

BOONE ORIGINALLY WROTE THE

WORDS ON CHRISTMAS EVE, ON

THE BACK OF A CHRISTMAS

CARD.

THAT IS CARD IS NOW

DISPLACED IN ISRAEL'S

HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN

JERUSALEM.

I THINK THIS SONG, AND

THE PRIVILEGE I HAD

WRITING THE WORDS FOR

ERNEST GOLD'S GREAT

MELODY, IS PART OF THE

MOST SIGNIFICANT TIME IN

MY LIFE, AND MAYBE

SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS, MAYBE

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I

WAS BORN.

Reporter: BOONE TOLD

CBN NEWS THAT THIS HONOR

IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS

OF HIS LIFE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY

OTHER THING IN MY LIFE,

OTHER THAN MY MARRIAGE AND

MY OWN SALVATION, THAT

MEANS AS MUCH AS THIS.

Chris: THE FRIENDS OF

ZION MUSEUM HERE IN

JERUSALEM HONORS PEOPLE

WHO HELPED SAVE PEOPLE

DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND

HELPED FORM THE STATE OF

ISRAEL.

THIS IS THE RETIRED I.D.F.

GENERAL AND FORMER

GOVERNMENT LEADER, BORN IN

BELGIUM IN 1941, A

CHRISTIAN FAMILY HID HIM

TO KEEP HIM SAFE.

FROM THE AGE OF SIX

MONTHS TO 8 YEARS OLD, I

WAS RAISED BY A FAMILY.

CHRISTIAN

FAMILY.

I WENT TO CHURCH EVERY

SUNDAY.

I PRAYED TO JESUS BEFORE

GOING TO BED.

Chris: HE SAID HE IS

PROUD TO BE PART OF THE

"FRIENDS OF ZION" VISION.

IT IS AN OUTSTANDING OF

VISION ABOUT THIS NATION.

IT IS NOT ONLY HISTORIC,

BECAUSE NOTHING IS KNEW,

AND IT IS BASICALLY

HISTORIC, BUT IT IS NEW IN

THE WAY THEY PRESENTED IT.

* UNTIL I DIE, THIS LAND

IS MINE *

Chris: THAT'S IT FOR

THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE," COMING TO YOU

THIS WEEK FROM WASHINGTON,

D.C.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FOLLOW

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AND MY THANKS TO THE CBN

NEWS BUREAU HERE IN

WASHINGTON, D.C.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME IN

JERUSALEM.