THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM

DATELINE"...WE TAKE AN

INDEPTH LOOK AT THE

HISTORY OF THE MODERN

STATE OF ISRAEL, THROUGH

THE EYES OF ITS FOUNDERS.

CBN'S NEW DOCUMENTARY,

"THE HOPE," EXPLORERS HOW

CREATIVE LEADERS BIRTHED

THE NATION AND FULFILLED

BIBLICAL PROPHECY ALONG

THE WAY.

Chris: WELCOME TO

THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

AND I'M JULIE STAAL.

Chris: IN TODAY'S

EDITION, WE LOOK AT THE

FIRST PART OF THE

DOCUMENTARY "THE HOPE."

THE ROMANS CONQUERED

JERUSALEM, AND THE JEWISH

PEOPLE WERE SCATTERED

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

THEY HAD THE PRAYER OF

HOPE, "NEXT YEAR IN

JERUSALEM."

AFTER 1800 YEARS, THE

DREAM OF A JEWISH HOME

LAND WAS STRONGER THAN

EVER.

AND IN THE LATE 19th

CENTURY, A YOUNG WRITER

BROUGHT THAT ATTENTION TO

THE WORLD.

WE BEGIN THIS STORY WITH

THEODORE HERZL, THE

UNLIKELY FATHER OF MODERN

ZIONISM.

*

Gordon: IN 1893, A

VIENNESE JOURNALIST WROTE,

"WHEN I THINK OF MY SON'S

FUTURE, I ASK MYSELF

WHETHER I HAVE THE RIGHT

TO MAKE LIFE SO DIFFICULT

FOR HIM AS IT HAS BECOME

FOR ME?"

THAT IS WHY WE MUST

BAPTIZE JEWISH CHILDREN,

WHILE THEY CAN STILL FEEL

NOTHING EITHER FOR IT OR

AGAINST IT.

WE JEWS MUST SUBMERGE IN

THE PEOPLE.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

*

Gordon: IT'S NOT

SOMETHING YOU WOULD EXPECT

TO HEAR FROM THE MAN KNOWN

AS THE FATHER OF ZIONISM,

BUT THOSE WORDS WERE

WRITTEN BY THEODORE HERZL,

WHO SPENT HIS LIFE TRYING

TO SOLVE WHAT HE CALLED

THE JEWISH QUESTION.

HE WAS BORN IN BUDAPEST IN

1860.

AT THE TIME, THE CITY WAS

KNOWN AS JUDAPEST BECAUSE

OF ITS LARGE JEWISH

POPULATION.

AS A BOY, HE ATTENDED A

CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL THAT

WAS OPEN TO JEWS.

AND ON HIS 13th

BIRTHDAY, HE PARENTS HELD

A CONFIRMATION CEREMONY

INSTEAD OF A BARMITZVAH.

THEODORE HERZL WAS AN

ASSIMILATED JEW WHO CAME

FROM AN ASSIMILATED

FAMILY.

HE WAS NOT EDUCATED IN THE

JEWISH SPHERE AT ALL.

AND HE WAS VERY, VERY FAR

FROM JUDAISM.

Gordon: HIS FAMILY

LATER MOVED TO VIENNA,

WHERE HE EARNED A LAW

DEGREE.

BUT HIS REAL PASSION WAS

WRITING.

SO HE DIVIDED HIS TIME

BETWEEN WRITING PLAYS,

WORKING AS A REPORTER, AND

LOOKING FOR A WAY TO END

ANTI-SEMITISM.

THEODORE HERZL SORT OF

PULLS IT TOGETHER, BUT

THERE ARE MANY, CHRISTIAN

MINISTERS, THERE ARE

RABBIS, PRESIDENTS, ALL

KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE,

WE'VE GOT THIS PROBLEM.

Gordon: AT ONE POINT

HERTZL EVEN PROPOSED A

BAPTIST TIME OF THE BABIES

IN THE LARGEST CATHEDRAL.

HE BELIEVED IF JEWS

ADOPTED CHRISTIAN CULTURE,

THEY WOULD FINALLY BE

ACCEPTED BY MODERN

SOCIETY.

BUT THEODORE HERZL WAS

ABOUT TO GET AN ASSIGNMENT

THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS

MIND.

IT WAS AS A JOURNALIST

FOR THE TOP NEWSPAPER IN

VIENNA THAT HE WAS SENT TO

PARIS TO WRITE ABOUT THE

WONDERFUL FRENCH

EXPERIENCE.

HERZL, WHO WAS A VON VIS

VON AND WAS LIVING IN

PARIS AND ENJOYING HIMSELF

AND GOING TO THE THEATER

THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND

ALL OF A SUDDEN HE SAW THE

UGLY FACE OF

ANTI-SEMITISM.

Gordon: HERZL WAS

ASSIGNED TO COVER THE

FAMOUS DREYFUS AFFAIR, IN

WHICH A FRENCH JEWISH

CAPITN WAS FALSELY

CONVICTED OF SPYING FOR

THE GERMANS.

HE WATCHED AT ALFRED

DREYFUSS WERE YOU STRIPPED

OF HIS MEDALS AND PUBLICLY

DEGRADED AT THE MILITARY

SCHOOL IN PARIS.

CROWDS FILLED THE STREETS,

SHOUTING, DEATH TO THE

JEWS.

THEY ARE SHOUTING NOT

DOWN WITH DREYFUSS, BUT

THEY SHOUTED DOWN WITH

JEWS.

Gordon: HERZL

REALIZED THE ONLY SOLUTION

FOR ANTI-SEMITISM WAS FOR

THE JEWS TO HAVE THEIR OWN

STATE.

A WONDERFUL IDEA.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DOING

IT?

THIS IS WHERE THE WRITER

OF PLAYS CAME IN, YOU

KNOW.

HE WAS GOING TO SET THE

STAGE.

Gordon: HERZL SHUT

HIMSELF IN IN HIS

APARTMENT AND WROTE HIS

IDEAS DOWN FOR FIVE

STRAIGHT DAYS.

WHEN A FRIEND OF HIS

VISITED, HE WAS ALARMED BY

HERZL'S DISHEVELLED

APPEARANCE AND WILD IDEAS.

HE SUGGESTED THEY GET SOME

FRESH AIR.

AND AS THEY WALKED, HE

TOLD HERZL TO GETP GET SOME

MEDICAL HELP, BUT HE PAID

NO ATTENTION.

THEODORE HERZL HAS

TALKED ABOUT THE JEWISH

STATE, THE DREAM, AND HE

TALKS ABOUT THIS NEW STATE

BEING A BEACON OF HUMANITY

AND ABOUT IT BEING A MODEL

DEMOCRACY.

Gordon: NOT EVERYONE

WAS THRILLED WITH HIS

IDEAS.

RELIGIOUS JEWS THOUGHT IT

WAS BLASPHEMY TO

REESTABLISH THE NATION OF

ISRAEL WITHOUT THE

MESSIAH.

NEVERTHELESS, HERZL WORKED

TIRELESSLY TO WORK HIS

VISION.

HE EVEN TRIED TO BUY THE

LAND OF PALESTINIAN.

HE TRIED TO INTRODUCE A

SITUATION WHERE HE WOULD

BE INTRODUCED TO THE

SALTAN OF TURKEY AND HE

WILL BUY THE LAND OF

ISRAEL.

THAT IS GOING TO COST A

LOT OF MONEY.

HOW IS HE GOING TO PAY FOR

IT?

HE HAD A DREAM.

HE HAD AN IDEA.

HE SAYS, I'M GOING TO TAKE

HALF OF THE RICHES OF ALL

OF THE RICH JEWS.

OF COURSE THERE WAS

ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE THAT

ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD

DO THAT.

THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEE

ZIONISM SUCCEED.

BUT HE WAS CONVINCED THAT

THAT WAS THE WAY TO DO IT.

Chris: WHEN WE COME

BACK, FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN ALMOST 2,000 YEARS,

JEWISH DELEGATES FROM 17

COUNTRIES GATHERED FOR THE

FIRST WORLD ZIONIST

Julie: WELCOME BACK.

IN HIS RELENTLESS EFFORT

TO GATHER HIS PEOPLE BACK

TO ZION, HERZL FORMED AN

ALLIANCE WITH THE FIRST

KNOWN CHRISTIAN.

Chris: AS HE WINS

SUPPORT OF THIS CHRISTIAN

MAN, HE STARTS OBSERVING

MORE JEWISH TRADITIONS, NO

LONGER FEELING THE NEED TO

BLEND IN WITH CHRISTIAN

EUROPE.

Gordon: IN 1897,

HERZL GATHERED JEWISH

DELEGATES FROM AROUND THE

WORLD FOR THE FIRST WORLD

ZIONIST CONGRESS.

HE CHOSE THE CITY OF BOZEL

IN SWITZERLAND.

DO YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS

IN BOZEL?

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN

MUNICH.

AND IN MUNICH THERE WERE

JEWS WHO CALLED THEMSELVES

GERMANS OF THE FAITH OF

MOSES.

AND THEY SAID TO HIM, WE

DON'T WANT THIS JEWISH

RIFF-RAFF FROM ALL OVER

THE WORLD COMING TO MUNICH

MUNICH.

Gordon: IN AUGUST,

MORE THAN 200 DELEGATES

FROM 17 COUNTRIES ARRIVED

IN BOZEL.

IT WAS THE FIRST

REPRESENTATIVE JEWISH

ASSEMBLY IN NEARLY 2,000

YEARS, AND THE ATMOSPHERE

WAS ELECTRIC.

BEHIND THE PODIUM HUNG A

WHITE FLAG WITH TWO BLUE

STRIPES AND A STAR OF

DAVID.

A VERSION OF THE DESIGN

THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED BY

THE STATE OF ISRAEL 50

YEARS LATER.

AMONG THE DELEGATES WAS A

MAN HERZL INTRODUCED AS

THE FIRST CHRISTIAN

ZIONIST.

HE WAS THE BRITISH EMBASSY

CHAPLAIN IN VIENNA.

HE WAS DEEPLY INTERESTED

IN THE RETURN OF THE JEWS

TO ISRAEL.

SO HE HELPED HERZL MAKE

SOME IMPORTANT POLITICAL

CONNECTIONS, AND THE TWO

BECAME LIFE-LONG FRIENDS.

AS HERZL WALKED TO THE

PODIUM, PEOPLE CHEERED AND

STOMPED THEIR FEET.

HE OPENED THE CONGRESS BY

ANNOUNCING, "WE ARE HERE

TO LAY THE FOUNDATION

STONES OF THE HOUSE WHICH

IS THE SHELTER OF THE

JEWISH NATION."

THE APPLAUSE WAS

DEAFENING.

ONE ENGLISH DELEGATE

DESCRIBED THE EXCITEMENT

OF THE CROWD.

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON,

WE SAT DOWN AND WEPT AS WE

REMEMBERED ZION.

BY THE RIVERS OF BOZEL, WE

SAT DOWN AND RESOLVED TO

WEEP NO MORE.

THE BEAUTIFUL THING

ABOUT THEODORE HERZL AND

ZIONISM IS THAT IT DOESN'T

JUST STOP WITH A NEGATIVE.

THERE IS ANTI-SEMITISM,

AND THERE IS NEGATIVITY,

AND A CERTAIN REJECTION ON

THE PART OF EUROPE, BUT

WHAT THEY ALSO DO IS -- I

CALL IT THE "JEW" JITZU

MOVE, WHERE YOU TAKE THE

NEGATIVE AND TURN IT TO

SOMETHING POSITIVE.

Gordon: A FEW DAYS

LATER, HERZL MADE A BOLD

STATEMENT AT BOZEL.

I FOUND THE JEWISH

STATE.

IF I SAID THIS OUT LOUD

TODAY, I WOULD BE ANSWERED

BY UNIVERSAL LAUGHTER.

PERHAPS IN FIVE YEARS, AND

CERTAINLY IN 50, EVERYONE

WILL KNOW IT.

Gordon: HERZL'S

STATEMENT TURNED OUT TO BE

PROPHETIC.

50 YEARS LATER, THE UNITED

NATIONS APPROVED THE PLANS

TO DIVIDE PALESTINE INTO

JEWISH AND ARAB STATES.

AND NINE MONTHS LATER, THE

STATE OF ISRAEL WAS BORN.

AFTER THE CONGRESS, HERZL,

WHO HAD NEVER BEEN

RELIGIOUS, STARTED

OBSERVING SOME JEWISH

TRADITIONS.

THAT WINTER, INSTEAD OF

HAVING A CHRISTMAS TREE,

THE HERZL FAMILY

CELEBRATED THEIR FIRST

HANUKKAH.

Julie: COMING UP,

THEY RALLY SUPPORT, AND A

MASSACRE IN RUSSIA SETS

OFF THE FIRST NEGOTIATIONS

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

WHILE IN FRANCE, THEODORE

HERZL GOT A GLANCE OF HOW

FAR ANTI-SEMITISM WOULD GO

WHEN HE WITNESSED CROWDS

SHOUTING, "DOWN WITH THE

JEWS."

Julie: ONLY A FEW

YEARS LATER, HE SAW THOSE

WORDS FULFILLED WHEN

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MEN

SHOUTED ALMOST THE SAME

WORDS BEFORE KILLING

DOZENS OF JEWS.

BUT THAT TRAGEDY IS WHAT

IGNITED THE HOPE OF GOING

HOME TO ZION.

Gordon: DESPITE

GROWING HEALTH PROBLEMS,

HERZL TRAVELLED THE GLOBE,

TRYING TO GET BACKERS FOR

THE NEW STATE.

HE WENT FIRST TO CONS

CONSSTANTINOBLE.

AND THEN IN THE SPRING OF

1983, IT'S NEED FOR A

JEWISH STATE BECOME MORE

FOCUSED THAN EVER AS THE

WORLD TURNED ITS FOCUS ON

A SMALL TOWN IN RUSSIA.

ON EASTER SUNDAY, A GROUP

OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MEN

ENTERED THE JEWISH QUARTER

OF THE VILLAGE OF KISHENV,

LET BY THEIR PRIEST, THEY

SHOUTED, "DEATH TO THE

JEWS."

THE SAME CRY HERZL HAD

HEARD IN PARIS DURING THE

DREYFUSS AFFAIR ALMOST 10

YEARS EARLIER.

EYE WITNESSES DESCRIBED

THE BLOODY MASSACRE THAT

FOLLOWED.

WIVES, ALONG WITH THEIR

HUSBANDS, WERE SHOT DOWN.

[SCREAMING]

Gordon: A SYNAGOGUE

WORKER WAS KILLED

PROTECTING THE TORAH WITH

HIS BODY.

CHILDREN HAD THEIR BRAINS

DASHED OUT AGAINST THE

WALLS.

AND EVEN BABES WERE

SNATCHED FROM THE ARMS OF

PLEADING MOTHERS AND

HURTLED THROUGH WINDOWS.

[SCREAMING]

Gordon: AT SUNSET,

THE STREETS WERE PILED

WITH CORPSES.

AFTER THREE DAYS, MORE

THAN 40 JEWS WERE KILLED.

92 WERE INJURED.

AND MORE THAN 700 HOMES

WERE LOOTED AND DESTROYED.

FOUR MONTHS LATER THE

JEWISH CONGRESS CONVENED

UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE

MASSACRE, BUT THAT WAS

JUST THE BEGINNING.

HERZL HAD GOOD NEWS AND

BAD NEWS FOR THE CROWD.

THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT

GREAT BRITAIN WANTED TO

HELP THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

THE BAD NEWS WAS HOW THEY

WANTED TO HELP.

AFTER THE KISHENV PROGRAM,

HERZL HAD AN EMERGENCY

MEETING WITH BRITISH

POLITICIANS.

HEED ASKED THEM FOR LAND

IN CYPRUS, OR THE SINAI

PENINSULA, BOTH OF WHICH

WERE UNDER BRITISH

CONTROL.

THE PLAN WAS TO RESCUE THE

JEWS FROM RUSSIA AND STILL

BE CLOSE TO PALESTINE.

THE BRITISH REFUSED AND

OFFERED THEM LAND IN

BRITISH EAST AFRICA, NOW

UGANDA.

WITH NO OTHER CHOICE,

HERZL ACCEPTED THE OFFER.

AND THE BRITISH DREW UP A

PLAN FOR A COLONY THEY

CALLED NEW PALESTINE.

IN 1903, HERZL PRESENTED

THE IDEA TO THE ZIONIST

CONGRESS WITH DISASTEROUS

RESULTS.

ZIONISM REFERS TO ZION.

AND THE PLAN WAS

EVENTUALLY TO HAVE ZION AS

THE HOMELAND.

NOBODY WAS GIVING THIS UP.

BUT FOR NOW WE'RE GOING TO

GET OURSELVES A PLACE TO

HIDE.

Gordon: IT WAS THE

DELEGATES FROM RUSSIA,

WHOM HERZL WAS TRYING TO

PROTECT, WHO TOOK THE NEWS

THE HARDEST.

THEY STORMED OUT OF THE

CONCERT HALL IN PROTESTS.

AMONG THEM WAS A YOUNG MAN

WHO HAD BECOME THE FIRST

PRESIDENT OF THE NEW STATE

OF ISRAEL.

HEIHEIM WEISSMAN.

HE IS FROM RUSSIA AND

HATED THE IDEA.

SO THEY BASICALLY MOUNTED

A REVOLUTION AGAINST HIM

AND BROKE HIS HEART.

HE HAD BEEN DEALT SUCH A

TREMENDOUS SHOCK, THAT

EVERYBODY DOESN'T TAKE HIS

WORD FOR THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

Gordon: HERZL CLOSED

THE SIXTH ZIONIST CONGRESS

BY RAISING HIS RIGHT HAND

AND RECITING A VERSE FROM

THE PSALMS: "IF I FORGET

THEE O JERUSALEM, MAY MY

RIGHT HAND FORGET ITS

SKILL."

THESE WERE THE LAST WORDS

HE WOULD EVER SPEAK AT THE

PODIUM IN BOZEL.

ONLY HIS CLOSE FRIENDS AND

FAMILY KNEW HE WAS

SUFFERING FROM HEART

FAILURE.

AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR,

HIS HEALTH DECLINED

RAPIDLY.

HE TOLD HIS OLD FRIEND,

REVEREND HACKLER, GREET

PALESTINE FOR ME.

I GAVE MY HEART'S BLOOD

FOR MY PEOPLE.

HE DIED THE NEXT DAY.

AND AT HIS FUNERAL IN

VIENNA, MORE THAN 6,000

PEOPLE GATHERED TO HONOR

THE MAN THEY HAD CALLED

"KING OF THE JEWS."

IN 1949, THE NEW

GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL

HONORED HERZL'S DYING

REQUEST.

THEY BROUGHT HIS REMAINS

FROM VIENNA AND REBURIED

THEM HERE ON A HILL

OVERLOOKING JERUSALEM.

DURING HIS LIFETIME, HERZL

WAS CALLED EVERYTHING FROM

A HERO TO A DREAMER TO A

HERETIC.

BUT HIS INFLUENCE ON THE

JEWISH PEOPLE IS

UNDENIABLE.

IN THE LAST DECADE OF HIS

LIFE, HE GAVE THEM

SOMETHING THEY HADN'T HAD

IN NEARLY 2,000 YEARS: THE

HOPE OF GOING HOME.

HE WAS AN AMAZING MAN.

HE DESERVES A LOT OF

CREDIT.

HE HAD A DREAM, AND IT WAS

A GOOD DREAM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A

DISTANCE BETWEEN DREAMING

AND BETWEEN BRINGING

SOMETHING TO FRUITION.

IT TOOK PIONEERS.

IT TOOK MEN OF ACTION, MEN

OF WORK.

HERZL WAS, IN THE WORDS OF

THAT WONDERFUL SONG, THE

WIND BENEATH THEIR WINGS.

Chris: UP NEXT, WE

FAST FORWARD TO MODERN-DAY

ISRAEL, WHERE HERZL'S

DREAMS CONTINUE TO

FLOURISH.

AND WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A

CHRISTIAN MAN WHO'S JEWISH

GRANDMOTHER SURPRISED HIM

WITH THE TASK OF CONTINUED

WELCOME BACK TO

"JERUSALEM DATELINE."

YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE

FIRST PART OF CBN'S

DOCUMENTARY "THE HOPE,"

WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF

THE FOUNDING OF THE MODERN

STATE OF ISRAEL.

ALL THROUGHOUT HISTORY

WE'VE SEEN AND CONTINUED

TO WITNESS HOW THOSE

BLESSES THOSE WHO BLESSES

PEOPLE.

Julie: THEODORE HERZL

PULLED FROM THE WEALTH AND

JEWS AND NON-JEWS AROUND

THE WORLD TO BLESS ISRAEL.

THAT LIVES ON HUNDREDS OF

YEARS LATER WITH BOTH JEWS

AND NON-JEWS.

IT IS WITH ONE OF THOSE

STORIES WE WANT TO

CONCLUDE THE STORY TODAY.

HERE IS THE ADVENTURE OF A

YOUNG SEMINARY STUDENT IN

THE U.S., WHO HAD TO

FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HE

UNEXPECTEDLY INHERITED

WHEN HIS GRANDMOTHER

PASSED AWAY.

Chris: HE NEVER

PLAYED WHEELCHAIR

BASKETBALL UNTIL HE

VISITED HIS CENTER FOR

WOUNDED ISRAELI SOLDIERS.

THAT WAS INCREDIBLY

DIFFICULT.

Chris: HE OVERSEES

THE LEONA HELMSLEY

CHARITABLE TRUST.

THEY DONATE MILLIONS EACH

YEAR TO WORTHY PROJECTS

AROUND THE WORLD.

HELMSLEY BUILT A HOTEL AND

REESTATE EMPIRE ESTIMATED

AT $6 BILLION.

SHE OWNED THE EMPIRE STATE

BUILDING, AND GAINED THE

REPUTATION, TO PUT IT

MILDLY, AS A DIFFICULT

BOSS.

WHEN SHE NAMED HER

GRANDSON AS A TRUSTEE, IT

WAS SOMETHING HE NEVER

EXPECTED.

THIS IS AN AMAZING, AS

A CHRISTIAN, IF YOU WOULD

HAVE ASKED ME 10 YEARS AGO

WOULD I BE STANDING HERE

IN ISRAEL, I WOULD SAY

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

AS I WENT THROUGH MY

PASTORAL STUDIES, IF YOU

ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE

HELPING PEOPLE OTHER THAN

IN THE UNITED STATES, I

NEVER WOULD HAVE BELIEVED

IT.

THIS IS TRULY A BLESSING

TO BE HERE.

Chris: THEY SUPPORT A

NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN

ISRAEL, INCLUDING ONE OF

THE WORLD'S LEADING BRAIN

RESEARCH CENTERS.

THE TRUSTEE, SANDY, FEELS

IT IS ALWAYS TIMING TO

BLESS ISRAEL.

EVERY TIME IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT TIME.

TOMORROW WILL BE THE MOST

IMPORTANT TIME, EVEN MORE

IMPORTANT THAN TODAY WHEN

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A

FLOWER FLOURISHING IN

HATRED AND UPHEAVAL IN

THIS PART OF THE WORLD,

AND STILL IT CONTINUES TO

FLOURISH.

TRULY ISRAEL IS A LIGHT

TO THE NATIONS.

THE WORLD, I FEEL, DON'T

UNDERSTAND THAT.

THEY'RE SO MUCH CAUGHT UP

IN THE CONFLICTS THAT IS

GOING ON IN ISRAEL, AND

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO

ISRAEL THAN JUST THE

CONFLICTS.

THERE IS WONDERFUL

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BEING

DONE HERE.

THERE IS WONDERFUL

HUMANITARIAN AID BEING

DONE HERE, THAT IS NOT

GETTING REPORTED BY

MAINSTREAM.

Chris: DURING THEIR

VISIT, A TERROR ATTACK

TOOK PLACE IN TEL AVIV,

YET LIFE GOES ON.

WE HEAR THE SAME THING

OVER AND OVER AGAIN: HOW

STRONG THE ISRAELI WILL IS

HERE, HOW STRONG THE

PEOPLE.

EVEN AT HORRIBLE TIMES,

WITH ROCKETS COMING IN AND

AT THE BRINK OF WAR,

PEOPLE ARE AT PEACE HERE.

WHEN YOU HELP ISRAEL,

YOU HELP THE WORLD.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T

REALIZE.

ISRAELIS AREN'T AN INWARD

PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING ONLY

TO HELP THEMSELVES.

WHAT THEY DO BENEFITS THE

WORLD.

Chris: THE STORY OF

ISRAEL IS AN AMAZING STORY

OF HOPE, BOLD NOMINATION,

AND PERSEVERANCE IN THE

FACE OF ADVERSITIES, AND

THE FULFILLMENT OF

BIBLICAL PROPHECY.

Julie: YOU CAN WATCH

THE ENTIRE DOCUMENTARY,

"THE HOPE, THE REBIRTH OF

ISRAEL," BY GETTING A

D.V.D. FOR JUST $10.

Chris: THAT'S ALL FOR

THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF

"JERUSALEM DATELINE," "THE

HOPE."

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