Chris: THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM

DATELINE," TERROR STRIKES

FRANCE AGAIN.

AND ONE YEAR AFTER THE

IRANIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT,

EXPERTS ANY IRAN, NOT THE

WEST, IS THE BIG WINNER.

PLUS, A WAKEUP CALL FOR

AMERICA TO STAND ON ITS

JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES IF

IT WANTS TO DEFEAT TERROR.

AND...IT WILL BLOW YOUR

MIND WHAT THESE GAZA KIDS

ARE LEARNING.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE THIS

WEEK ON "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO

THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

I'M JULIE STAAL, FILLING

IN FOR CHRIS MITCHELL.

WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM A

POPULAR JERUSALEM PARK.

BUT WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS,

MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE ARE

DEAD, INCLUDING CHILDREN,

FROM A TERRORIST ATTACK IN

NICE, FRANCE.

THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE

DURING CELEBRATIONS FOR

BASTILLE DAY.

Reporter: REFER REVELLERS

HAD JUST FINISHED WATCHING

FIREWORKS, CELEBRATING

FRENCH NATIONAL DAY.

THOUSANDS WALKED BY THE

PROMENADE AND THEN

PANICKED AS A WHITE BOX

TRUCK BEGAN PLOWING INTO

PEOPLE, MOWING THEM DOWN

AND SHOOTING AT THEM FOR

AN HOUR AND A HALF.

I SEEN ONE GUY ACTUALLY

SOBBING AND CRYING.

WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE HOLDING

BABIES, AND SCREAMING AND

SHOUTING.

IT WAS HORRENDOUS.

Reporter: AT LEAST 84

PEOPLE WERE KILLED,

INCLUDING TWO AMERICANS,

SEAN COPELAND, AND HIS

11-YEAR-OLD SON BRODY.

KELLY, FROM FLORIDA,

WITNESSED THE ATTACK.

WE DIDN'T, AT THIS

POINT, HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT

WE WERE RUNNING FROM.

I JUST GRABBED MY FIANCE

AND WE STARTED RUNNING.

AND WE'RE NOT LOCALS, SO

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE

WERE GOING.

THE PROMENADE HAD BEEN

CLOSED OFF, SO I SUPPOSE

THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW

DID THE TRUCK GET ON THE

PROMENADE IN THE FIRST

PLACE.

Reporter: POLICE

OPENED FIRE AND FINALLY

STOPPED THE LONE

TERRORIST.

THEY FOUND GUNS AND

GRENADES INSIDE THE TRUCK.

NO TERRORIST GROUP HAS

CLAIMED CREDIT FOR THE

ATTACK.

THE POLICE IDENTIFIED THE

ATTACKER AS A 31-YEAR-OLD

FRENCH NATIONAL OF

TUNISIAN DESCENT.

THE FRENCH MINISTER SAID

HIS NATION IS IN A WAR

WITH TERRORISTS.

AND PRESIDENT HOLLANDE

SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO

HIT PRECISELY THOSE WHO

ATTACK US ON OUR OWN SOIL

IN THEIR OWN AREA, HE

SAID.

PRESIDENT OBAMA CONDEMNED

THE ATTACK AND SAID

AMERICA'S THOUGHTS AND

PRAYERS ARE WITH THE

FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.

HE SAID, WE STAND IN

SOLIDARITY AND PARTNERSHIP

WITH FRANCE, OUR OLD

DEFICIT ALLY.

> FRENCH POLICE ARE

INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF

THE TERRORIST HAD

ACCOMPLICES OR ACTED ON

HIS OWN.

AND THE BELGIUM PRIME

MINISTER HAS INCREASED

SECURITY IN HIS COUNTRY IN

ADVANCE OF NATIONAL

CELEBRATIONS NEXT WEEK.

BRUSSELS WAS HIT BY

ISLAMIC TERROR AT ITS

AIRPORT AND METRO LAST

MARCH.

THE NICE ATTACK WAS THE

SECOND FOR FRANCE IN EIGHT

MONTHS.

130 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN

A SERIES OF ATTACKS IN

PARIS LAST NOVEMBER.

FRANCE IS NOW IN THREE

YS OF MOURNING.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

ISIS AND OTHER TERROR

GROUPS OFTEN GRAB THE

HEADLINES WITH THEIR

HIDEOUS ATTACKS, LIKE THE

ONE IN FRANCE.

BUT EXPERTS WARN THERE IS

AN EVEN GREATER NEMESIS.

JUST A YEARS AGO, AMERICA

AND FIVE WORLD POWERS

SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH

THE ISLAMIC IN REPUBLIC OF

IRAN.

SUPPORTERS OF THE DEAL

SAID IT WOULD PREVENT IRAN

FROM GETTING A NUCLEAR

WEAPON, BUT CRITICS SAY IT

IS STILL A BAD DEAL.

President Obama:

AFTER TWO YEARS OF

NEGOTIATIONS, THE UNITED

STATES, TOGETHER WITH OUR

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, TO

ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT

DECADES OF ANIMOSITY HAS

NOT.

Reporter: DESPITE THE

PRAISE BY PRESIDENT OBAMA

AND OTHERS, ONE YEAR LATER

SOME EXPERTS STILL WARN

THAT THE FLAWS WITHIN THE

AGREEMENT COULD MEAN THAT

INSTEAD OF PREVENTING THE

PERSIAN NATION FROM

BUILDING A NUCLEAR WEAPON,

IT COULD LEAD TO A NUCLEAR

IRAN, WITH POTENTIALLY

CATASTROPHIC RESULTS.

THEIR MAJOR GOAL IN

THIS NEGOTIATION WAS TO

GET MAXIMUM SANCTIONS

RELIEF IN EXCHANGE FOR

ABSOLUTE MINIMAL NUCLEAR

CONCESSIONS.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT

THEY GOT WITH THIS DEAL.

Reporter: EMILY

LANDOWE BELIEVES IRAN WON

THE NEGOTIATIONS.

IT CAN WALK AWAY FROM THE

AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME.

AND IT FAILED TO ADDRESS

IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

THEIR BIGGEST VICTORY

IS NOT HAVING THEIR

BREAKOUT CAPABILITY

DESTROYED, UNDER MIN MINED OR

DISMANTLED.

Reporter: THROUGHOUT

THE NEGOTIATIONS, THE

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

PRESENTED A NARRATIVE,

WHICH SAID IF YOU DON'T

SUPPORT THE DEAL, YOU'RE

FOR WAR.

AND THEY REPRESENTED

PRESIDENT MOHADI AS A

MODERATE.

CLAIRE LOPEZ BELIEVES THAT

THE ADMINISTRATION WASN'T

HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN

PUBLIC.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A REAL

COORDINATED EFFORT TO

DECEIVE THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE ABOUT THIS DEAL,

WHILE NOT EVEN TOUCHING ON

THE COF VER COVERT PROGRAM, WHERE

THE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT IS

GOING ON.

Reporter: AND LOPEZ

CITES THE "NEW YORK TIMES"

MAGAZINE ARTICLE, AND IN

IT BEN RHODES SAID THEY

USED THE MEDIA AS AN ECHO

CHAMBER TO HELP PUSH ITS

ARGUMENT TO THE PUBLIC IN

U.S.

WHILE THE DEAL PUTS

RESTRAINTS ON IRAN FOR 10

OR 15 YEARS, LANDOWE SAYS

THEY DON'T MIND.

THEY HAVE KEPT THEIR

BREAKOUT CAPABILITY, EVEN

IF THEY HAVE TO WAIT OUT

10 OR 15 YEARS, UNTIL THE

SUNSET CLAUSE COMES INTO

EFFECT, AND ALL OF THE

RESTRICTIONS -- EVERYTHING

WILL BE LIFTED, AND THEN

THEY WILL BE IN A MUCH

BETTER POSITION TO MOVE

TOWARDS A NUCLEAR WEAPONS

CAPABILITY.

A COUNTRY THAT CAN DEVELOP

AN INTERCONTINENTAL

BALLISTIC CAPABILITIES

COULD, WITHIN 10 YEARS

REACH THE UNITED STATES,

AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT

ORDER OF MAGNITUDE.

NO COMPARISON AT ALL.

THE THREAT FROM THE

IRANIAN REGIME IS SCE IS HIGH.

ISRAEL REACTED ANGERLY

TO AN OPENING OF A

EUROPEAN OFFICE IN IRAN,

SAYING IT IS A MISTAKE

BECAUSE IRAN HASN'T

CHANGED.

THEY ARE STILL THE BIGGEST

SUPPORTER OF TERRORISM.

IT IS A THREAT, NOT ONLY

TO ISRAEL, AS WE'VE SEEN,

BUT ALSO TO THE ENTIRE

WORLD.

ONE ISLAMIC EXPERT SAYS

AMERICA'S MILITARY MIGHT

WON'T BE ENOUGH TO DEFEAT

THE TERRORISTS, UNLESS IT

HAS THE VALUES AND WILL TO

FIGHT.

AS CHRIS MITCHELL TELLS

US, THAT EXPERT IS

OFFERING SOME UNIQUE

ADVICE.

Reporter: IF AMERICA

AND EUROPE WANT VICTORY OR

RADICAL ISLAM, THEY NEED

TO EMBRACE THEIR CHRISTIAN

ROOTS.

ACCORDING TO HAROLD

RHODES.

THE CHRISTIAN WORLD IS

A VERY POWERFUL WORLD, IF

HE CHOOSES TO BE.

I WANT YOU CHRISTIANS TO

BELIEVE IN YOUR VALUES.

Reporter: RHODES

LIVED AND STUDIED IN

UNIVERSITIES 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 MUSLIM

AND THE U.S.

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.

Reporter: AS FOR

ISLAM...

REVENGE IS THE BASIS OF

EVERYTHING.

IF YOU DON'T REVENGE

SOMETHING, YOU LOSE

PERSONAL HONOR AND YOU ARE

SHAMED.

THERE IS NEVER PEACE.

YOU DO NOT LET BYGONES BE

BYGONES.

Reporter: AND WHAT

THE WEST CALLS TERRORISM,

MUSLIMS SEE AS CLASSIC

ISLAMIC WARFARE.

ISLAMIC WARFARE COMES

BASICALLY FROM THE TIME OF

THE QURAN.

THERE WERE 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.

BY MAKING THE OTHER SIDE

AFRAID, THEY WITHDRAW AND

YOU TAKE THEIR TERRITORY.

THAT'S WHAT TERRORISM IS.

Reporter: BUT RHODES

TOLD CBN NEWS AMERICA CAN

FIGHT IT AND WIN.

AMERICA AND EUROPE HAS

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.

Reporter: IF

WASHINGTON WOULD STAND

TOUGH, HE SAID, MANY

MUSLIMS WOULD CHEER.

WOULD BE SURPRISED THE

AMOUNT OF MUSLIMS THAT

WOULD SAY, THANK GOD.

WOULD THEY SAY IT

PUBLICLY?

NOT IN THE BEGINNING

BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE

AFRAID THAT THEY WOULD BE

KILLED BY FELLOW MUSLIMS.

Reporter: 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, AND THE WORLD WILL

BE SAFE.

Reporter: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

10 YEARS AGO, ISRAEL

FOUGHT ONE OF THOSE TERROR

GROUPS, THE IRANIAN-BACKED

HEZBOLLAH.

SINCE THEN, ISRAEL HAS

GOTTEN STRONGER, BUT SO

HAS HEZBOLLAH.

I SPOKE WITH MIDDLE EAST

EXPERT JONATHAN SPIRE

ABOUT THE SITUATION.

THERE WAS AN HEZBOLLAH

ATTACK ACROSS THE BORDER,

TO A PATROL OF

RESUPERVISION, THE

ENGINEERING FORCES OF THE

I.D.F., AND 10 SOLDIERS

WERE KILLED.

THE BODIES OF TWO WERE

TAKEN ACROSS THE BORDER.

AND ON JULY 12, 2006, THE

ISRAELI CABINET TOOK THE

DECISION TO RESPOND TO

THAT ATTACK ACROSS THE

BORDER IN A VERY

DETERMINED WAY.

AND EFFECTIVELY TOOK THE

DECISION TO HIT HEZBOLLAH

VERY HARD, TO TRY TO

REBUILD ISRAEL'S

DETERRENCE.

AND AS A RESULT, A WAR OF

33 DAYS ERUPTED.

Julie: IS ISRAEL

BETTER PREPARED NOW THAN

THEY WERE IN THOSE DAYS?

YES, I THINK IT IS

BETTER PREPARED.

BECAUSE THE ARMY UNDERWENT

SOMETHING OF A

TRANSFORMATION -- NOT A

TRANSFORMATION, BUT A

CHANGE OF FOCUS.

UNDERSTANDING THE

HEZBOLLAH AN ENEMY OF A

DIFFERENT NATURE.

THE HEZBOLLAH IS THE MAIN

GROUND THREAT TO ISRAEL

TODAY, AND THAT REQUIRES

AN ARMY EFFECTIVE AND ABLE

TO RESPOND TO THEM.

CERTAINLY ISRAEL IS BETTER

PREPARED.

BUT WE SHOULD NOTE THAT

HEZBOLLAH IS BETTER

PREPARED, TOO.

THEY'VE CERTAINLY BEEN

TRAINING AS WELL.

SO IF A THIRD WAR DOES

COME, BOTH SIDES HAVE TO

BE ON A HIGHER LEVEL THAN

2006, AND IT IS LIKELY TO

BE A MUCH BIGGER AFFAIR

THAN 2006 WAS.

Julie: CAN YOU SAY A

LITTLE ABOUT HEZBOLLAH,

HOW THEY'VE GROWN OR HOW

THEY'RE PREPARED NOW?

HEZBOLLAH IS NOW BOGGED

DOWN IN A VERY DIFFERENT

WAR, NOT A WAR THEY EVER

WANTED.

THAT IS THE WAR TO PROTECT

ASSAD'S REGIME IN SYRIA.

AND HEZBOLLAH HAS NOW BEEN

ENGAGED IN THAT, IN A

VERY, VERY MAJOR WAY, IN

THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND THEY HAVE NOW LOST

AROUND 1,500 FIGHTERS

INSIDE SYRIA.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY'RE

ALSO GAINING A GREAT DEAL

OF EXPERIENCE IN AREAS OF

COMBAT THAT THEY DIDN'T

KNOW BEFORE.

FIGHTING I IN UNFAMILIAR

AREAS.

SO THEY'RE LEARNING AS

WELL.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS: AS

LONG AS THE SYRIAN WAR

CONTINUES, IT IS EXTREMELY

UNLIKELY THAT HEZBOLLAH

WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD

THE LUXURY, IF YOU WILL,

AGAINST ISRAEL.

Julie: EP NEXT UP NEXT, YOU

WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THESE

PALESTINIAN CHILDREN ARE

LEARNING IN GAZA.

WELCOME BACK TO

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."

YOU MIGHT EXPECT A

KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION TO

DISPLAY ARTWORK OR PUT ON

A NICE PLAY, BUT AS CHRIS

MITCHELL REPORTS, ONE

KINDERGARTEN IN GAZA ACTED

OUT A VERY DIFFERENT AND

DARK SCENARIO.

Chris: THIS IS NOT

YOUR TYPICAL KINDERGARTEN

GRADUATION.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Chris: YOU'RE

WATCHING THE GRADUATING

CLASS AT THE ISLAMIC

KINDERGARTEN IN GAZA.

THE RESEARCH GROUP,

"MEMORY," POSTED IT AFTER

FINDING IT

ON THEIR

ACCOUNT AND Facebook

PAGE.

THE VIDEO SHOWED THE

CHILDREN DRESSED UP IN

ISLAMIC FATIGUES, AND

BEGINNING TO GO THROUGH

MILITARY DRILLS.

THE YOUNG COMMANDOS STAGED

AN ATTACK ON AN ISRAELI

ATTACK, THEY PLANTED MINES

AND LAUNCHED MORTAR

SHELLS.

AND THEN COMES A SIMULATED

RAID ON AN ISRAELI ARMY

BASE.

FIRST THEY KILL THE SENTRY

AND EMERGE WITH AN ISRAELI

SOLDIER.

THIS REVEALS THE TYPE OF

TRAINING GIVEN TO SOME

YOUNG PALESTINIAN

CHILDREN.

AFTERWARDS, THE ISLAMIC

JIHAD LEADER IN GAZA

DELIVERED A SPEECH, SAYING

THE CHILDREN WERE SENDING

A MESSAGE OF LOVE.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Chris: THEN HE BLAMED

ISRAEL.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Chris: THE GOAL IS TO

TRAIN CHILDREN TO BECOME

FUTURE SOLDIERS AGAINST

ISRAEL, THE ZIN ZIONIST ENEMY.

HE LEFT NO DOUBT OF THEIR

MISSION.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Julie: UP NEXT, A NEW

DOCUMENTARY FIGHTS THE

ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT WITH

SATIRE AND HUMAN.

Julie: WELCOME BACK.

THE GROWING WORLD

WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT AGAINST

ISRAEL CLAIMS THAT ISRAEL

PRACTICESS APARTHEID KNOWN

AS B.D.S.

IT URGES COUNTRIES AND

BUSINESSES TO BOYCOTT,

DIVEST, AND SANCTION THE

JEWISH STATE.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY ATTACKS

THAT NOTION, AND AS CHRIS

MITCHELL REPORTS, IT DOES

SO WITH SATIRE AND HUMOR.

Chris: THE FILM IS

CALLED "HATING ISRAEL,"

AND IT FEATURES CHRISTIAN

COMEDIAN BRAD STEIN AND

HIS SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH

BEHIND B.D.S.

THE DOCUMENTARY TAKES A

HUMOROUS APPROACH.

THEY SAY IT IS AN

APARTHEID STATE, THE

WORLD'S GREATEST BOOGIE

MAN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ASK

THE UNITED NATIONS.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

IT IS AS IF THEY ENTER

THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

THERE IS A FIFTH

DIMENSION, BEYOND THAT

WHICH IS KNOWN TO MAN.

I HOPE THAT THE FORMAT

THAT WE CREATED WITH THE

HUMOR DOES NOT TRIVIALIZE

THIS SUBJECT, BUT THAT

MAKES IT PALATABLE ENOUGH

THAT PEOPLE WILL GIVE IT A

LISTEN AND THINK, YOU KNOW

WHAT?

THIS IS WRONG.

THIS IS THROUGH THE

BOYCOTT, DIVEST, AND

SANCTIONS MOVEMENT.

Chris: THIS

FILM-MAKER AND HIS WIFE

PRODUCED THE MOVIE.

WE CAN'T JUST TAKE WHAT

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TELLS

US.

WE CAN'T JUST LISTEN TO

SOME OF THE LEADERS AND

ACADEMICS THAT TRY TO

CONVINCE US WE SHOULD BE

BOYCOTTING ISRAEL.

Chris: IT'S

CUTTING-EDGE NATURE AIMS

TO REACH A NEW GENERATION.

THIS IS NOT YOUR

DADDY'S DOCUMENTARY.

THIS IS AIMED AT A

MILLENNIAL, YOUNGER

AUDIENCE.

WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE

YOUNGER PEOPLE BECAUSE

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE

GOING TO MAKE THE

DIFFERENCE.

PREACHING TO THE CHOIR IS

ONE THING, BUT WE NEED TO

GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT HATING

ISRAEL IS NOT FUNNY.

THIS STEMS FROM ADAM

AND EVE.

ESPECIALLY AS

CHRISTIANS, IT IS OUR

BIBLICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO

STAND UP, AND NOT ALLOW

OUR BROTHER, ISRAEL, OR

THE JEWISH PEOPLE, TWO

STAND ALONE AND FIGHT THIS

BATTLE ALONE.

Chris: IT IS A FUNNY

MOVIE ABOUT A SERIOUS

TOPIC.

YOU'RE THE SHAW.

I WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED

TO YOU.

I ENDED UP HERE.

I'M AT A TIME IN MY

CAREER WHERE I CAN JUST

MAKE MONEY AND MAKE PEOPLE

LAUGH OR I CAN LEAVE A

LEGACY.

I FELT LIKE THIS WAS

IMPORTANT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT

TO TELL ISRAEL'S STORY,

AND TO REMIND CHRISTIANS

THAT THIS IS YOUR DUTY TO

DEFEND THIS NATION AND

THESE PEOPLE.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Julie: COMING UP, THE

OLD TESTAMENT IS FULL OF

STORIES ABOUT THE ANCIENT

PHILISTINES.

AND NOW A RECENT

Julie: WELCOME BACK.

ARCHEOLOGISTS IN ISRAEL

HAVE UNCOVERED AN ANCIENT

PHILISTINE CEMETERY, AND

BONES FROM THAT CEMETERY

COULD GIVE MODERN SCIENCE

CLUES FOR THE FIRST TIME

TO THE HISTORY AND ORIGIN

OF AN ANCIENT PEOPLE THAT

WAS ONE TIME ONE OF THE

KEY ENEMIES OF THE

ISRAELITES OF THE BIBLE.

CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THAT

STORY.

Chris: ARCHEOLOGISTS

FOUND THE CEMETERY WHILE

DIGGING IN ASHALON.

AND NOW WE HAVE A MAJOR

CEMETERY RIGHT NEXT TO ONE

OF THESE FIVE CITIES OF

THE PHILISTINES.

SO WE'RE SURE WE NAILED

IT.

Chris: AFTER 30 YEARS

OF DIGGING IN ASHCALON,

ARCHEOLOGISTS SAY FINDING

THIS CEMETERY WAS AN

ASTOUNDING WAY TO END THE

EXHIBIT.

AND AR ARTIFACTS FROM THE

FIND ARE ON EXHIBIT HERE.

IT MEANS TO WAY THE

ISRAEL SHEKEL, WHICH IS

ALSO FROM THERE.

AND SO THE NAME

AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTS US

TO COMMONERS.

Chris: FOR YEARS

ARCHEOLOGISTS AND SCHOLARS

SEARCHED FOR CLUES TOS

ORIGINS OF THE

PHILISTINES.

WIRELESS WER ON THEY ARRIVE, WE THINK,

FROM THE WORLD OF THE

AEGEAN.

AND THEN WE SEE A BRIEF

RENAISSANCE, AND THEN WE

SEE THEIR FINAL FIERY

DESTRUCTION.

Chris: DANIEL

MASTERS, FROM WHEATON

COLLEGE, SAYS THE CEMETERY

CONTAINS THOUSANDS OF

REMAINS, OF WHICH MORE

THAN 200 HAVE BEEN

RECOVERED.

NOW TESTS ON THE BONE

SAMPLES FROM THE CEMETERY

THAT DATE FROM THE 11th

TO THE 8th CENTURY B.C.

COULD CONFIRM WHAT MANY

LONG BELIEVED, THAT THE

MARINERS WERE SEA PEOPLE,

AND MIGRATED FROM ANCIENT

ISRAEL TO THE WEST.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO

SEE THEM FACE TO FACE, AND

TO TELL LIKE STORIES FROM

THE STANDPOINT OF THE

PHILISTINES THEMSELVES.

Chris: PROFESSOR

LAWRENCE STAGGER STARTED

THE EXHIBITION IN 1985.

HE POINTED OUT THAT MOST

BIBLICAL REFERENCES TO THE

PHILISTINES PIT THEM AS

BITTER ENEMIES TO ISRAEL.

MOST OF THE PORTRAYAL

YOU GET IN THE BIBLE IS A

NEGATIVE ONE BECAUSE THEY

WANT TO COMPARE AN

ISRAELITE TO THE

PHILISTINE.

WE FIND THAT THE

PHILISTINES WERE PLENTY

CULTURED AND SOPHISTICATED

AND THEY WERE NATIONAL

PEOPLE.

Chris: OTHER SCHOLARS

SAY UNCIRCUMSIZED LIKELY

REFERRED TO THE FACT THEY

WERE IDOL WORSHIPPERS.

THE PHILISTINES LIVED IN

ASHCALON FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THEN FINALLY THEY

WERE DESTROYED IN 604 B.C.

Chris: THEY WERE

DESTROYED BY KING

NEBUCHADNEZZAR, SHORTLY

BEFORE THEY WERE CARRIED

OFF AS DESCRIBED IN THE

BIBLE.

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE,

THE PHILISTINES NEVER

RETURNED TO ISRAEL, AND

WERE NEVER HEARD OF AGAIN.

CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Julie: THAT'S IT FOR

THIS EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

REMEMBER THE GOD THAT IS

WATCHING OVER ISRAEL AND

YOU AND ME, NEITHER

SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS.

YOU CAN FOLLOW US DURING

THE WEEK ON Facebook,

TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM.

I'LL JULIE STAAL.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

"JERUSAL