Chris: THIS WEEK ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE," HOW

DID ISRAELI AMERICANS VOTE

IN THE U.S. ELECTION?

AND WHAT DO THEY THINK OF

DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY

CLINTON?

PLUS, AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK

INSIDE THE IRAQI CITY OF

SINJAR.

SEE WHAT ISIS DID TO THIS

ONCE PEACEFUL CITY.

> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN CENTURY, THE TOMB

INSIDE THE CHURCH OF THE

HOHOLY SEPULCHRE HAS BEEN

OPENED.

ALL THIS AND MORE ON THIS

WEEK'S EDITION OF

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THIS

EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

THOUSANDS OF ISRAELI

AMERICANS CAST EARLY

BALLOTS FOR THE U.S.

ELECTION.

A NEW EXIT POLL SHOWS WHO

THEY FAVOR AND WHY THEY

VOTED.

THIS POLLSTER ANNOUNCED

THE RESULTS TO THE RACE.

THE RACE IS PRETTY MUCH

DEAD HEAT.

49% FOR DONALD TRUMP, AND

44% FOR HILLARY CLINTON.

SO AMERICANS HERE IN

ISRAEL ARE PRETTY EVENLY

SPLIT.

Chris: HE SAID THE

NUMBER ONE REASON WHY

ISRAELIS VOTED SUMS UP

THIS YEAR'S ELECTION.

WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE

WHAT WAS THE MAIN THING

THEY WERE LOOKING AT WHEN

VOTING, HALF OF THEM SAID

THE DANGER OF ELECTING THE

OTHER CANDIDATE, AND THAT

KIND OF SUMS UP THE

ELECTION.

THIS WAS, YOU'VE GOT TO

GET OUT AND VOTE, EVEN

THOUGH WE DON'T LIKE OUR

CANDIDATE, BECAUSE IT IS

NOT THE OTHER PERSON.

Chris: IT IS

ESTIMATED THERE ARE ABOUT

200,000 ISRAELI-AMERICANS

ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

MANY OF THEM COME FROM

SWING STATES, AND IF THEY

VOTE, THEY COULD MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN THE

ELECTION.

THERE ARE CERTAIN SWING

STATES, WHETHER THEY ARE

PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO,

FLORIDA, WHERE YOU HAVE

NOT ONLY LARGE JEWISH

POPULATIONS, BUT LARGE

POPULATIONS OF

AMERICAN-ISRAELIS THAT ARE

LIVING HERE.

SOME ARE ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

IT CAN GET DOWN TO THE

WIRE, AND THE ABSENTEE

BALLOTS ARE ACTUALLY

COUNTED AFTER THE

ELECTION, AND THOSE VOTES

COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE WINNER AND

LOSER IN A STATE AND A

WINNER AND LOSER IN AN

ELECTION.

Chris Chris: THE VIEWS

RANGE FROM STANDING WITH

DONALD TRUMP, ABANDONING

HIM, OR BELIEVING HE HAS A

BIBLICAL MANDATE.

WHEN THE TAPE SURFACED OF

DONALD TRUMP SAYING

INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS

ABOUT WOMEN, SOME

EVANGELICALS SAID IT WAS

TIME TO HEAD FOR THE

DOORS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WORLD

MAGAZINE CLAIMED TRUMP WAS

UNFIT FOR POWER AND ASKED

HIM TO STEP ASIDE.

A TRUMP STEP ASIDE WOULD

BE GOOD FOR AMERICA'S

MORAL STANDARDS IN 2016.

IT IS STILL NOT TOO LATE

TO TURN THE CURRENT RACE

BETWEEN TWO UNFIT MAJOR

PARTY CANDIDATES INTO A

CONTEST FIT FOR A GREAT

COUNTRY.

YET ANOTHER MAJOR

EVANGELICAL LEADER,

DR. JAMES DOBSON, STANDS

BEHIND THE REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATE.

HE WROTE, "SO IS DONALD

TRUMP GOOD FOR AMERICA?

I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT HE

HAS BEEN ALREADY.

HE HAS SHAKEN THE

POLITICAL SYSTEM.

DO HIS COMMENTS OFFEND ME?

AT TIMES.

DO I AGREE WITH ALL THAT

HE SAYS?

NOT AL ALL."

IT IS NOT A NORMAL

ELECTION.

WE ALMOST NEED A DIFFERENT

KIND OF CANDIDATE.

TRUMP HAS THE CYRUS

ANOINTING TO NAVIGATE IN

CHAOS.

Chris: AND ONE

EVANGELICAL LEADER, LANCE

WAHL, NOW BELIEVES TRUMP

IS LIKE THE PERSIAN KING

CYRUS THE GREAT.

CYRUS RULED OVER ANCIENT

BABYLON AND MADE IT THAT

THE JEWISH TEMPLE SHOULD

BE REBUILT.

AND HE ALSO ALLOWED JEWS

TO RETURN TO JERUSALEM TO

HELP WITH THE REBUILDING.

HE CAME IN, THIS KING,

AS A SECULAR RULER, AND

DECREED FOR THE RULING OF

THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

Chris: HE WROTE A

BOOK ABOUT THIS CYRUS

CONNECTION CALLED "GOD'S

CHAOS CANDIDATE."

I WROTE THE BOOK FOR A

30-DAY PURPOSE.

IT IS LIKE A SACRIFICE.

Chris: ONE APOLOGIST

WROTE THERE ARE THINGS

THAT GIVE HIM SERIOUS

PAUSE.

BUT WAHL THINKS WITH CHINA

ASSERTING ITSELF, AND

RUSSIA GETTING MORE

AGGRESSIVE, THE WORLD IS

GETTING MORE DANGEROUS FOR

THE U.S.

AMERICA IS GOING TO

HAVE A CHALLENGE, EITHER

WAY.

WITH TRUMP, I BELIEVE WE

HAVE A CYRUS TO NAVIGATE

THROUGH THE STORM.

Chris: REGARDLESS OF

WHO THE NEXT U.S.

PRESIDENT IS, THEY'LL HAVE

TO DEAL WITH A VOLATILE

MIDDLE EAST.

JUST TO THE NORTH OF

ISRAEL, LEBANON CHOSE A

NEW PRESIDENT, BUT IT TOOK

THEM TWO AND A HALF YEARS

TO CHOOSE HIM.

HIS NAME, MIS MICHEL AOUN.

AND HE RECENTLY TALKED

WITH OUR GARY LANE TO

DISCUSS THE ISSUES HE

PLANS TO ADDRESS.

Chris: HE IS A FORMER

ARMY GENERAL AND A

MARONITE CHRISTIAN.

ONE OF HIS BIGGEST

CHALLENGES WILL BE

STOPPING THE FLOOD OF

SYRIANS CROSSING HIS

COUNTRY'S BORDER.

ONE OUT OF FOUR HERE IN

LEBANON ARE REFUGEES.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, I

TALKED TO GENERAL AOUN AT

HIS HOME.

HE TOLD ME LEBANON IS

NEARING A BREAKING POINT

AND OTHER COUNTRIES NEED

TO SHARE THE BURDEN.

WE HAVE A DENSITY OF --

RIGHT NOW -- OF SIX HEADS

PER SQUARE KILOMETRE.

IN CANADA, WE HAVE FOUR.

IN AUSTRALIA, WE HAVE TWO.

Reporter: HE SAID

ENDING SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR

IS THE ONLY WAY TO

ALLEVIATE THE REFUGEE

CRISIS.

HE PLEDGED TO KEEP

REGIONAL FIRES FROM

SPREADING TO LEBANON.

HE TOLD ME A POLITICAL

SOLUTION IS THE ONLY WAY

TO WIN PEACE IN SYRIA, BUT

RESUMING TALKS IS

DIFFICULT.

NO ONE WILL ACCEPT THE

OTHER FOR NOW.

THEY WANT TO FINISH WITH

BASHAR al-ASSAD.

AND HE IS NOT REALLY

FINISHED.

HE DIDN'T LOSE.

HE DIDN'T LOSE YET.

THEY WANT TO GET RID OF

HIM, OKAY, THEY HAVE TO

INVADE AND GET HIM.

Reporter: AOUN HAS

ALLIED HIMSELF WITH A

HEZBOLLAH LEADER, AND

THAT'S A CONCERN FOR THE

U.S., WHICH SAYS HEZBOLLAH

IS A TERRORIST

ORGANIZATION.

ISRAEL WILL SURELY TAKE

NOTICE OF THIS REFERENCE

TO SHABA FARMS, A DISPUTED

AREA OF LAND IN SOUTH

LEBANON UNDER ISRAELI

CONTROL.

HE SAID HIS GOVERNMENT

WOULD, QUOTE,"NOT SPARE

ANY EFFORTS TO LIBERATE

THEM FROM ISRAEL."

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS.

Chris: THE ELECTION

OF AOUN IS IMPORTANT

BECAUSE HE IS ALLIED WITH

HEZBOLLAH, THE SHI'ITE

GROUP CONNECTED WITH IRAN,

AND IRAN HAS ITS OWN

AGENDA IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE WERE

IN NORTHERN IRAQ RECENTLY,

WE HEARD THE SAYING THAT

IRANIANS WANT TO BE ABLE

TO TAKE A BUS ALL THE WAY

FROM TEHRAN, IRAN'S

CAPITAL, TO HAIFA.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT

TO DOMINATE THE MIDDLE

EAST.

ANOTHER GROUP THAT WANTS

TO CONTROL THE REGION IS

ISIS.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE

EMBROILED IN A MAJOR

OFFENSIVE BY COALITION

FORCES AGAINST ISIS INSIDE

MOSUL.

WHEN WE WERE IN NORTHERN

IRAQ, WE VISITED THE CITY

OF SINJAR, LIBERATED FROM

ISIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

WHAT WE FOUND THERE WAS

SHOCKING.

PARTS OF SINJAR TODAY

LOOKS LIKE RUINS FROM

ANCIENT TIMES, OR A

DESTROYED CITY FROM A

WORLD WAR.

ISIS DID MUCH OF THIS

DESTRUCTION, WHILE STREET

FIGHTING AND ALLIED

AIRSTRIKES DID THE REST.

THEY TOOK TERRORISM TO A

WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

BEHIND ME IS ONE OF THE

CHURCHES THEY DESTROYED.

THEY ALSO LAID MINES, SET

BOOBY-TRAPS, AND DESTROYED

MANY OTHER BUILDINGS.

AND ISIS TRIED TO WIPE OUT

THE YAZIDIS, THIS

PEACEFUL, RELIGIOUS ETHNIC

GROUP IN NORTHERN IRAQ.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MASS

GRAVE SITES OUTSIDE THE

TODACITY OF SINJAR.

THERE ARE ABOUT 28 GRAVE

SITES LIKE THIS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME CLOTHES

AND HUMAN BONES.

ABOUT 1500 YAZIDIS WERE

KILLED.

MOST OF THEM WERE MEN, BUT

SOME WERE WOMEN AND

CHILDREN.

THE TEST FOR YOUNG BOYS

WAS IF THEY RAISED THEIR

ARM AND HAD ANY UNDERARM

HAIR, THEY COULD BE

KILLED.

IT FEELS HEAVY AND

WRONG.

Reporter: DAVE EUBANK

OF THE "FREE BURMA

RANGERS," HAS MORE.

YOU LOOK AT THIS, AND

THESE ARE WOMEN AND

CHILDREN.

YOU HAVE LITTLE BABY

SKULLS THIS BIG WITH THE

FRONT TEETH BASHED IN,

LIKE WITH A RIFLE OR

SOMETHING.

TO SLAUGHTER WHOLE

FAMILIES LIKE THAT -- AND

THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.

Chris: EUBANK SAID

THE WAR FOUGHT HERE IS THE

SAME WAR FACING THE WEST.

THESE ARE OUR BROTHERS

AND SISTERS.

IT IS COMING TO US.

IT HAS ALREADY COME TO

AMERICA.

WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

YOU'VE GOT TO STOP THIS.

MORALLY, MUCH MORE

IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO

STOP THIS FOR THE SAKE OF

THESE PEOPLE.

THE LESSON LEARNED IS WHEN

EVIL COMES, YOU DON'T

WAIT.

IT IS LIKE AN INFECTION.

YOU DON'T WONDER IF IT IS

GOING TO GET BETTER.

YOU IMMEDIATELY ATTACK IT.

THAT'S HOW YOU STARTING

HEALING.

Chris: AFTER VISITING

THE SITE, WE FOUND THIS

MAN WHO WITNESSED THE

MASSACRE.

Through Translator:

WHEN I SAW THIS, I

COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I WAS IN THE MOUNTAIN,

DEFENDING OUR POSITION,

SINCE ISIS DIDN'T CAPTURE

MOUNT SINJAR.

I FELT SORRY BECAUSE I

COULDN'T HELP.

Chris: DURING THE

FIGHTING TO CAPTURE THE

CITY FROM ISIS, THE

FIGHTING WENT STREET TO

STREET AND UNDERGROUND.

THIS IS ONE OF THE TUNNELS

THAT ISIS DUG THROUGHOUT

SINJAR.

THERE WAS AN ENTRANCE ON

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

ROAD, UNDER THE ROAD, AND

YOU JUSTFULLY THIS DOWN

AND THIS GOES TO ANOTHER

BUILDING.

THIS IS HOW THEY FOUGHT

THE WAR, THE BATTLE FOR

SINJAR.

THIS ONE TUNNEL

STRETCHED THROUGH FIVE

BUILDINGS.

MILITARY EXPERTS EXPECT

ISIS HAS DON'T NUMEROUS

TUNNELS LIKE THIS ONE

INSIDE MOSSUL. MOSUL.

AND IT GIVES THE DEFENDERS

OF THE CITY A BIG V..

THADVANTAGE.

THIS POSTER WARNS ABOUT

PICKING UP ANY LEFTOVER

EXPLOSIVES.

YET IN THE MIDST OF THIS@

DANGER AND DESTRUCTION,

THERE IS A SIGN OF LIFE, A

PLAYGROUND.

THIS IS A GIFT FROM "WE

LOVE LOVE," WHICH IS A

CHURCH IN ALBUQUERQUE.

IT IS A PRODUCT OF A

VISION TO PUT FUN AND JOY

IN A WAR ZONE.

Chris: ITS BRIGHT

COLORS NOT ONLY STAND OUT

IN A WAR WEARY CITY, BUT

ONE PERSON SAW THE VALUE.

ONE OF OUR SUNDAY

SCHOOL KIDS WAS WATCHING

KIDS PLAYING ON A

PLAYGROUND ON ANOTHER

FRONT LINE, AND THEY SAID,

I THINK THEY HAVE

FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.

I THINK THEY HAVE

FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE WAR.

THEY'RE PLAYING.

THAT'S OUR JOY IN

PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS AND

OUR PRAYER FOR THE KIDS,

THAT THEY WOULD KNOW

SOMETHING ABOUT GOD'S LOVE

IN THE MIDST OF A

DIFFICULT PLACE.

Chris: IT IS LIKELY A

STORY THAT WILL BE

REPEATED IN AND AROUND

MOSUL.

BUT THE PLAYGROUND STANDS

AS A SIGN OF HOPE IN A

PEOPLE WHERE HOPE SEEMS TO

HAVE FLED.

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INSIDE ONE OF THE U.N.

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

WHEN WE TRAVELLED TO

NORTHERN IRAQ RECENTLY, WE

HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

VISIT A REFUGE REFUGEE CAMP WHERE

THOUSANDS OF YAZIDIS LIVE.

IT IS ONE OF THE LEGACIES

OF HOW ISIS HAS RAVAGED

THAT REGION.

THIS IS HOME FOR THESE

PEOPLE.

THE U.N. REFUGEE TENTS --

THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG.

A WHOLE FAMILY CAN BE

LIVING IN THEM.

AND THEY'RE CALLED I.D.

P.s, INTERNALLY

DISPLACED PEOPLE.

IT IS A STERILE TERM THAT

MEANS PEOPLE HAVE

LITERALLY LOST THEIR

HOMES, THEIR LIVELIHOOD,

AND NOW LIVING AS

REFUGEES.

IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN TWO

YEARS NOW, AND WHO KNOWS

HOW LONG IT WILL BE FOR

THE YAZIDI PEOPLE.

THERE IS TALK OF THE CITY

OF MOSUL BEING TAKEN, AND

BECAUSE OF THAT, MAYBE

MORE THAN A MILLION

REFUGEES WILL BE

THROUGHOUT NORTHERN IRAQ,

AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT

A LOT OF THE N.G.O.s,

INCLUDING "SAMARITAN'S

PURSE" ARE PREPARING FOR

THAT AS WELL.

AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING

WONDERFUL WORK TRYING TO

PRESENT THE GOSPEL IN A

PRACTICAL WAY.

THEY'RE PROVIDING MATERIAL

SUPPORT, BUT ALSO

PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING

FOR MANY OF THESE PEOPLE

WHO HAVE LOST NEARLY

EVERYTHING.

AS YOU CAN SEE AROUND

HERE, THERE ARE A FEW

KIDS.

ONE OF THE YAZIDI MEN

HERE -- AND THEY'RE

PROBABLY CURIOUS ABOUT

WHAT WE'RE DOING.

PART OF WHAT I WANT TO DO

IS JUST SHARE THE NEED

THAT THEY HAVE THAT PEOPLE

BE PRAYING FOR THEM.

THAT YOU COULD PRAY FOR

THE YAZIDI PEOPLE, THAT IN

THE MIDST OF THIS

CONFLICT, AND IN THE

SITUATION THEY'RE IN RIGHT

NOW, THE GOSPEL OF JESUS

CHRIST WOULD COME TO THEM.

AND SO AS I SAID, WE WERE

HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN

THAT TIME.

THEY'RE STILL GOING

THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT

TIMES.

YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT LIFE

WOULD BE LIKE INSIDE A

TENT, LIKE HERE.

IF WE CAN LOOK DOWN THE

ROAD, JONATHAN, YOU CAN

JUST SEE SOME OF THE

PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST

MILLING BACK AND FORTH,

SOME OF THE MEN HERE,

TALKING AND SITTING

AROUND.

SOME HAVE GOT THEIR PRAYER

BEADS, AND MANY OF THESE

MEN DON'T HAVE HOMES RIGHT

NOW.

YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE ROAD

HERE, A LOT OF THE

CHILDREN ARE JUST PLAYING

AND GOING BACK AND FORTH.

SOME OF THE KIDS ARE

PLAYING OVER HERE, IN THE

TRENCHES.

RIDING BIKES.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGES

RIGHT HERE.

YOUNG KIDS, PROBABLY FOUR

OR FIVE, OR SEVEN AND

EIGHT.

AND YOUNG MEN, PROBABLY IN

THEIR LATE TEENS.

AND THERE ARE KIDS

PLAYING -- WE SAW THAT A

COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, TOO.

WAVING TO THE CAMERA.

[LAUGHTER]

Chris: SO I'M JUST

GOING TO END HERE.

BUT IF YOU CAN LOOK, YOU

CAN SEE JUST A SEA OF

TENTS RIGHT NOW.

WHEN I WAS HERE A LITTLE

WHILE AGO, I HAD SORT OF

AN EPIPHANY FOR MY OWN

SELF.

WHEN I SAW THE TENTS, I

THOUGHT OF THE WORDS THAT

JESUS SAID ON THE MOUNT OF

OLIVES, MATTHEW 24 AND

LUKE 21, WHERE IT SAYS,

THE WARS AND RUMORS OF

WARS, AND IT HIT ME

BECAUSE OF THOSE WARS AND

RUMORS OF WARS, THERE

WOULD BE PEOPLE THAT WOULD

BE DISPLACED, JUST LIKE

THESE PEOPLE, THESE YAZIDI

PEOPLE, AND HOW IMPORTANT

IT IS TO BE ABLE TO PRAY

FOR THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.

PRAY FOR THE YAZIDI

PEOPLE, AND PRAY FOR

PEOPLE LIKE "SAMARITAN'S

PURSE," WHO ARE DOING SUCH

A GOOD JOB HERE, AND PRAY

FOR THIS REGION.

ONE PERSON SAID THAT ALL

OF IRAQ IS LIKE IN

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS

DISORDER, AND WE HOPE AND

PRAY IT WON'T GET ANY

WORSE, BUT GET BETTER.

GOD BLESS FROM THE YAZIDI

REFUGEE CAMP IN NORTHERN

IRAQ.

Chris: SEE HOW ONE

ORGANIZATION IS FIGHTING

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE".

BY THE WAY, WE'RE COMING

TO YOU THIS WEEK FROM

BENUHUDA STREET, A

PEDESTRIAN MALL IN THE

HEART OF JERUSALEM.

WHILE CHRISTIANS AROUND

THE WORLD ARE STANDING

TOGETHER AS TO WHAT THEY

SEE AS A UNITED NATIONS'

ATTEMPT TO REWRITE

HISTORY.

JULIE STAAL SHOWS US WHAT

IS BEHIND THIS UNIFIED

EFFORTS, AND WHAT ACTION

ONE GROUP IS ASKING

CHRISTIANS TO TAKE.

Julie: IT ALL STARTED

WHEN UNESCO PASSED A RES

LUCIRESOLUTION.

THIS IS SHOULD HAVE

NEVER TAKEN PLACE BECAUSE

THE UNITED NATIONS IS A

GLOBAL BODY TO REPRESENT

THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND THEY

SIDED WITH AN ISLAMIZED

AGENDA TO BASICALLY

ISLAMIZE THE HOLY LAND.

Julie: AND THE U.N.

BODY MADE ITS DECISION

DURING THE FEAST OF

TABERNACLES, AS THOUSANDS

OF CHRISTIANS CELEBRATED

THE JEWISH FEAST IN

JERUSALEM.

THESE ARE ALL PLACES

WHERE WE WORSHIP.

THESE ARE ALL PLACES WHICH

I FIND IN MY BIBLE.

HOW IT COMES THAT THE

UNITED NATIONS TELLS ME

NOW THIS IS AN ISLAMIC

SITE, PLACES WHERE

MUHAMMAD OR NONE OF THE

ISLAM SAGES EVER VISITED.

Julie: DR. CHRISTIAN

BUEHLER DECIDED IT WAS

TIME FOR CHRISTIANS

WORLDWIDE TO TAKE A STAND.

WE TOLD THEM, PLEASE

GIVE A HISTORY LESSON TO

UNESCO.

TAKE A BIBLE -- GO TO THE

BOOK SHOP AND PURCHASE A

BIBLE, AND HIGHLIGHT SOME

OF THE PLACES WHERE IT

SPEAKS ABOUT JERUSALEM,

HEBRON, BETHLEHEM, THE

TEMPLE MOUNT, AND SEND IT

TO THE UNESCO AND TELL

THEM THESE ARE PLACES THAT

ARE HOLY TO US, AND WE ARE

ABSOLUTELY SCANDALIZED

THAT THOSE PLACES ARE

BEING ISLAMIZED TODAY.

Julie: MANY EXPERTS

CALL THE BIBLE ONE OF, IF

NOT THE MOST, HISTORICALLY

ACCURATE DOCUMENT IN

HISTORY.

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

ALONE, JERUSALEM AND ZION

ARE MENTIONED OVER 800

TIMES.

161 MENTIONS ARE IN THE

NEW TESTAMENT.

BUEHLER SEES THE DYNAMICS

OF THE U.N. HAS A DECK

STACKED AGAINST ISRAEL.

THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE

120 MUSLIM STATES AND

NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES IN

THE U.N. THAT ALMOST

ALWAYS VOTE AGAINST THE

JEWISH STATE.

BUT HE ADDS, THAT'S NOT

THE REAL SCANDAL.

THE REAL SCANDAL IS

THAT EVEN PLACES LIKE

ITALY, A CATHOLIC NATION,

THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

THEY DON'T HAVE AN

OPINION.

Julie: ACCORDING TO

BUEHLER'S CALCULATIONS,

CHRISTIANS FROM DOZENS OF

COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY

RESPONDED, SENDING

HUNDREDS OF BIBLES TO THE

PARIS HEADQUARTERS OF

UNESCO.

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO

NOT TAKE A STAND, BUT

SHARE THE WORD OF GOD AS

WELL.

JULIE STAAL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Chris: COMING UP, FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN

CENTURIES, WHAT MANY

BELIEVE IS THE TOMB OF

JESUS HAS BEEN OPENED

Christy: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

CENTURIES, RESEARCHERS

HAVE UNCOVERED WHAT THEY

BELIEVE TO BE THE TOMB OF

JESUS INSIDE THE CHURCH OF

THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.

IT IS IN THE HEART OF

JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY WHERE

A MAJOR RENOVATION IS

TAKING PLACE INSIDE THE

4th CENTURY CHURCH.

THIS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

VIDEO SHOWS WORKMEN

UNCOVERING THE MARBLE SLAB

OVER THE TOMB ON

OCTOBER 26th.

AS THE VIDEO SAYS, THE

MODEST TOMB HAS NEVER

BEFORE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED,

AND NO DRAWINGS EXIST.

IT REPORTED

CONSERVATIONALISTS WERE

SURPRISED TO FIND

SOMETHING THEY'RE

INSTRUMENTS DIDN'T DETECT:

A LAYER OF DEBRIS BENEATH

THE MARBLE COVER.

THEN UNDERNEATH THE

DEBRIS, THEY FOUND ANOTHER

MARBLE SLAB WITH A CROSS

CARVED INTO ITS SURFACE.

THEN THEY SAW THE ORIGINAL

BURIAL BED.

EMPEROR CONSTANTINE

ORDERED IT BUILT IN THE 1

CENTURY.

THE ROMAN EMPEROR HEDRON

BUILT THE SECOND TEMPLE,

AND THEY SAID HE DID IT TO

COVER THE TOMB WHERE JESUS

WAS BURIED.

Chris: THE

EXAMINATION OF THE TOMB IS

PART OF A RESTORATION

PROJECT.

WORKERS ARE PREPARING THE

STRUCTURE KNOWN AS THE

EDICULE, WHICH MEANS

LITTLE HOUSE.

IT WAS BUILT TO PROTECT

THE TOMB.

THE LAST REPAIR WORK DONE

ON THE EDICULE TOOK PLACE

OVER 200 YEARS AGO.

THIS PROFESSOR LEADS THE

RESTORATION AND TOLD CBN

NEWS EARLIER THIS YEAR

ABOUTHE PROJECT.

WE WILL REMOVE THE

MARBLE SLAB, THE STONE

SLABS.

WE WILL INJECT GROUT TO

MODERNIZE THE COMPLEX

STRUCTURE.

THAT MEANS THAT WE DEVELOP

A UNIFIED STRUCTURE, THAT

ALL OF THE LAYERS WILL

BEHAVE STRUCTURALLY AS

ONE.

AND AFTER RETURNING WITH

NEW COMPOSITE, WE WILL

RE-ADJUST THE STONE SLABS

WITH TITANIUM.

Chris: THIS MAN IS A

GREEK CIVIL ENGINEER.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

I'M A CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX,

AND I'M WORKING IN GREECE

IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, BUT

THIS IS SPECIALIZED WORK,

VERY SPECIALIZED WORK.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I CAN

GO TO SOMETHING BIGGER

THAN THIS.

EACH ONE OF US IN FRONT

OF THE HOLY TOMB FEEL SEES THE

VALUES OF THE HOLY TOMB.

IT GIVES THE MESSAGE OF

HIS RESURRECTION.

Chris: NATIONAL

GEOGRAPHIC PLANS TO SHOW

MORE OF ITS FOOTAGE THIS

MONTH.

THE RESTORATION SHOULD BE

COMPLETED SOME TIME NEXT

YEAR.

THE WORK GOING ON INSIDE

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY

SEPULCHRE IS JUST ONE OF

THE AMAZING THINGS

HAPPENING HERE IN

JERUSALEM.

> WELL, THAT'S IT FOR

THIS EDITION.

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I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

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"JERUSALEM DATELINE."