A look at terror war since 9-11 and its impact on Israel and the world; plus Israel reportedly bombs Syrian chemical weapons plant; and an in depth look at Israel the start-up nation; plus an Israeli innovation may advance a new way to fight disease.
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THIS WEEK ON "JERUSALEM
DATELINE," A LOOK BACK AT
9/11, AND WHAT IMPACT IT
HAD ON ISRAELIS AND THE
WORLD.
KIDS GROW UP IN THE
REALITY OF THIS ISLAMIST
FASCIST TERRORISM.
Chris: PLUS AN
INDEPTH LOOK AT ISRAEL AS
A START-UP NATION.
THEY CREATE THE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE GOOD
FOR THE WORLD.
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."
I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.
NORTH KOREA MAY BE
THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY
FROM ISRAEL, BUT NORTH
KOREA'S NUCLEAR AND
MISSILE PROGRAM THREATENS
NOT JUST THE FAR EAST, BUT
ALSO THE MIDDLE EAST.
HERE IS CBN NEWS' DALE
HURD.
Reporter: AS TENSE AS
THE SITUATION WITH NORTH
KOREA HAS ALREADY BECOME,
IT COULD GET WORSE.
SOUTH KOREA BELIEVES THE
NORTH IS PLANNING ANOTHER
MISSILE LAUNCH WITHIN A
FEW DAYS.
THE TEST LAUNCH OF WHAT
SOME SUSPECT WILL BE AN
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILE CAPABLE OF HITTING
THE UNITED STATES COULD
COME THIS SATURDAY.
THAT'S THE ANNIVERSARY OF
NORTH KOREA'S FOUNDING,
AND LEADER KIM JONG-UN MAY
WANT TO SHOW OFF HIS
ABILITY TO TARGET THE U.S.
WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THE STAKES COULD NOT BE
HIGHER.
THE URGENCY IS NOW.
Reporter: AND AT A
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL ON
MONDAY, THE U.S. REPEATED
ITS WARNING TO NORTH
KOREA.
NUCLEAR POWERS
UNDERSTAND LIKE
RESPONSIBILITIES.
KIM JONG-UN SHOWS NO SUCH
UNDERSTANDING.
HIS ABUSIVE USE OF
MISSILES AND HIS NUCLEAR
THREATS SHOW HE IS BEGGING
FOR WAR.
Reporter: JAPAN,
WHICH HAD A NORTH KOREAN
MISSILE FLY THROUGH ITS
AIR SPACE TOLD THE
SECURITY COUNCIL SOMETHING
MUST BE DONE.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL
MUST ACT TO STOP NORTH
KOREA FROM CONTINUING DOWN
THIS ROAD.
Reporter: THEY
CONDUCTED LIVE-FIRE
EXERCISES AT SEA TODAY IN
A SHOW OF STRENGTH, AFTER
THE NORTH CONDUCTED ITS
BIGGEST NUCLEAR TEST EVER
OF A HYDROGEN BOMB.
ON MONDAY, SEOUL-USE USED
F-15s TO SIMULATE AN
ATTACK, TO STRONGLY WARN
THE NORTH OVER THE RECENT
DETONATION.
CHINA HAS BEGUN NUCLEAR
RADIATION EMERGENCY DRILLS
ALONG ITS BORDER WITH
NORTH KOREA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED IN
WASHINGTON IF HE WOULD
ATTACK NORTH KOREA SAID,
"WE'LL SEE."
RUSSIA, CHINA, AND THE
EUROPEAN UNION ALL CLAIM
THERE IS NO MILITARY
SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS,
BUT ALL HAVE CONDEMNED
NORTH KOREA.
THE PATH UNDERTAKEN BY
NORTH KOREA IS DANGEROUS,
IRRESPONSIBLE, AND
ILLEGAL.
Reporter: NO U.S.
MILITARY ACTION APPEARS
EMINENT, AND NIKKI HALEY
IS COMING FOR THE
STRONGEST POSSIBLE
SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH
KOREA AT THE U.N.
WHILE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION LOOKS INTO
PENALTIES AGAINST NATIONS
THAT DO BUSINESS WITH THE
NORTH.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
Chris: PEOPLE IN THE
U.S. AND HERE IN ISRAEL
WILL COMMEMORATE 9/11.
IT HAS BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE
THAT ISLAMIC TERROR ATTACK
STRUCK THE HEART OF
AMERICA AND CHANGED THE
WORLD.
ISRAELIS KNEW JUST HOW IT
FELT.
AND SOME UNDERSTOOD IT WAS
A DECLARATION OF WAR.
HERE IS A STORY WE DID
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT WE
THOUGHT IT IS STILL
REMARKABLY RELEVANT.
JULIE STAAL BROUGHT US
THAT STORY.
Julie: ISRAEL WAS A
YEAR INTO ITS OWN WAR ON
TERROR IN SEPTEMBER 2001.
PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS
WERE AIMING GUNS AT
PASSING MOTORISTS, AND
SUICIDE BOMBERS WERE
BLOWING THEMSELVES UP IN
PUBLIC PLACES.
AND WE WERE ACTUALLY
BUYING OUR PLANE TICKETS
IN MANHATTAN ON THE SAME
EXACT DAY IN AUGUST, WHEN
THE SABRO PIZZA BLEW UP
HERE IN JERUSALEM.
MY MOTHER SAID DON'T BAK
TO JERUSALEM.
IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.
Julie: MORE THAN 170
ISRAELIS AND OTHERS HAD
BEEN KILLED IN PALESTINIAN
TERROR ATTACKS IN THE YEAR
BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11th.
15 PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED,
INCLUDING SEVEN CHILDREN
AND AN AMERICAN WOMAN.
10 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS A
SABARO PIZZA PLEASANT, BUT
WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER
STRUCK HERE, MANY WONDERED
IF IT WASN'T A DUO STRIKE,
KILLING ISRAELIS IN AN
AMERICAN FOOD CHAIN.
A MONTH LATER IT WAS
CLEAR: AMERICA WAS ALSO
UNDER ATTACK.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF WAR.
AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE
HEART OF THE UNITED
STATES, SYMBOLIC ATTACK,
IT WILL BEGIN WAR.
Julie: CBN NEWS ASKED
ISRAELIS ABOUT THAT DAY.
RACHEL WENT INTO LABOR ON
SEPTEMBER 11, AND THEN SHE
HEARD THE NEWS.
ABSOLUTELY SURREAL.
ME AND MY HUSBAND ARE BORN
IN NEW YORK.
WE TOTALLY DIDN'T BELIEVE
IT.
IT WAS, LIKE,
UNBELIEVABLE.
AND ALL OF THE LABOR
STOPPED, AND MY BABY DID
NOT COME OUT ON 9/11.
I WAS IN SHOCK.
I GOT INTO MY VAN, AND
I DROVE TO MY FRIEND'S
HOUSE, WHO LIVE ON A
MOUNTAINTOP OVERLOOKING
MANHATTAN.
AND I WATCHED THE TOWER
BURN.
WE WERE IN DISBELIEF
BECAUSE A WEEK BEFORE WE
WERE AT THEIR HOUSE
ENJOYING THE VIEW, AND NOW
IT WAS A FIERY MESS, AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOWER
FELL RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES.
AT THAT MOMENT, I KNEW THE
WORLD HAD CHANGED.
I THINK IT BROUGHT THE
REALITY OF ISLAMOFAFASCIST
TERRORISM TO THE REST OF
THE WORLD.
Reporter: HE SAID
AFTER 9/11, al-QAEDA
TRAINED ITS SIGHTS ON
ISRAEL.
THE HAMAS SUCCESS WITH
THE INTIFADA, al-QAEDA
DECIDED TO PUT THEIR
PROBLEM AT THE HEAD OF
THEIR PRIORITIES AND
ATTACK ISRAELI AND JEWISH
TARGETS.
Reporter: OVER ALL,
CARMON SAYS THE WEST HAS
HAD SUCCESS IN QUELLING
MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS.
THE QUESTION FOR THE
FUTURE, HE SAYS, IS
WHETHER THE UPRISINGS IN
THE ARAB WORLD THIS YEAR
WILL BRING MORE ISLAMIC
VIOLENCE INTO THE REGION.
Chris: TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF 9/11
AND WHAT MAY HAVE CHANGED,
OR HAS NOT SINCE THEN, I
TALKED WITH JULIE STAAL,
AND JOHN WAGGI IN OUR
STUDIO.
JULIE AND JOHN, GREAT TO
BE WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT
THESE EVENTS.
9/11, LOOKING BACK, AND
ALSO WHERE IS HAPPENING
TODAY.
JULIE, YOU DID THAT STORY,
AND IT IS KIND OF AN
EMOTIONAL ONE FOR MANY OF
US.
MY SON USED TO GO TO
SABORO'S FOR LUNCH, AND
WHAT A BLESSING HE WASN'T
THERE AND A TRAGEDY FOR SO
MANY PEOPLE.
YOU MENTIONED BY ELI
CARMON, AND WHY DOES THAT
HAPPEN TODAY?
Julie: HE SAID HE
KNEW THE MINUTE HE SAW
9/11, IT WAS A DECLARATION
OF WAR.
AND IN THE LAST 16 YEARS,
THERE IS ARE DIFFERENT
ARENAS, BUT IT HAS
DEFINITELY BEEN A WAR
AGAINST THE WEST, YOU
KNOW, THE TERROR ATTACKS.
FOR YEARS ISRAEL HAD
WARNED AND WARNED AND
WARNED THE WEST ABOUT
DIFFERENT THINGS, ABOUT
THE PILOTS AND THE
COCKPITS AND AIRPLANES.
PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW HOW
WELL THEY LISTENED OR
DIDN'T LISTEN, BUT THEY
DIDN'T TAKE HEED.
BUT WHAT STARTS WITH THE
JEWS NEVER FINISHES WITH
THEM.
IT ALWAYS SPREADS OUT.
SO IT IS NOT JUST AGAINST
ISRAEL, AND WE'VE SEEN
THAT HAPPEN OVER THE LAST
16 YEARS.
Chris: MANY PEOPLE
SAY ISRAEL IS SORT OF LIKE
THE CANARY IN THE MINE.
WHAT HAPPENS IN ISRAEL
WILL HAPPEN AROUND THE
WORLD.
PRESIDENT BUSH AT THAT
TIME MADE A FAMOUS SPEECH
AFTER 9/11.
HE SAID THE ACCESS OF
EVIL, NORTH KOREA, IRAQ,
AND IRAN, AND WHY DOES
THAT MATTER TODAY?
HE IDENTIFIED THAT IN A
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
TO CONGRESS RIGHT AFTER
9/11, JUST A FEW MONTHS
AFTER.
IN DOING THAT, HE REALLY
WAS PROPHETIC IN A WAY,
AND NOBODY PAYS MUCH
ATTENTION TO THAT SPEECH
ANYMORE.
HE NAMED ONE OF THE THREE
EVIL.
IRAQ WAS TAKEN CARE OF IN
2003, BUT IRAQ IS NOT ONE
OF THOSE PROBLEMS RIGHT
NOW.
IRAN AND NORTH KOREA ARE
BOTH ON THE VIRGE OF GOING
NUCLEAR, AND NOTHING HAS
BEEN DONE.
IN THE 15 YEARS SINCE
9/11, IT'S JUST AS IF THEY
WEREN'T AN ACCESS OF EVIL.
AND BUSH SAID SOMETHING IN
THAT SPEECH -- HE SAID, IN
ANY OF THESE CASES, IRAQ,
IRAN, AND NORTH KOREA, THE
PRICE OF INDIFFERENCE
WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC.
AND ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE
SEEING, IS INDIFFERENCE?
OR AT LEAST TRYING TO
MINIMIZE THE DANGER THAT
IRAN, AS A STATE-SPONSORED
TERRORIST, POSSESS TO THE
REST OF THE WORLD,
INCLUDING THE UNITED
STATES AND ISRAEL.
Chris: AND WE SEE
RIGHT NOW NORTH KOREA
ACTUALLY BEING NUCLEAR.
TESTING A HYDROGEN
BOMB.
Chris: AND WITH A
MISSILE, BALLISTIC
MISSILE, THAT COULD REACH
THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
SO WHAT BUSH SAID IN
2002 MAY COME TO PASS.
AND IT WOULD BE
CATASTROPHIC THAT THE
WORLD DIDN'T ACT AND THAT
THE WORLD REMAINED
INDIFFERENT.
Chris: CARMON SAID,
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
AFTER THE ARAB SPRING?
WE SEE THAT IT REALLY
HASN'T LED TO PEACE, LIKE
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT.
IN JUST A FEW DAYS AGO,
ISRAEL ATTACKED A SYRIAN
CHEMICAL PLANT IN SYRIA.
Julie: THERE WAS NO
CONFIRMATION THAT IT WAS
ISRAEL, BUT IF ISRAEL DID
DO THAT, IT WOULDN'T BE
THE FIRST TIME.
WHAT IS THE FIRST TIME IS
THAT IT WAS NOT JUST A
WAREHOUSE.
IT WAS A PLACE WHERE THEY
ACTUALLY DEVELOPED
WEAPONS, AND NOT JUST
CHEMICALS, BUT OTHER
WEAPONS, MISSILES,
ROCKETS, FOR USE AGAINST
ISRAEL, PROBABLY, OR THEIR
OWN PEOPLE.
SO PROBABLY ISRAEL DID DO
IT, BUT WE NEED TO HEAR A
CONFIRMATION ON THAT.
Chris: WE ARE ON THE
VIRGE OF CATASTROPHE,
CERTAINLY WITH NORTH
KOREA, AND NOW MAYBE WITH
IRAN, ITS GROWING
PRESENCE, AS THE SYRIAN
CIVIL WAR SEEMS TO BE
WINDING DOWN.
ISIS SEEMS TO BE DEFEATED,
AND IRAN SEEMS TO BE
FILLING THAT VACUUM WITH
DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR
ISRAEL.
THEY ARE.
AND IRAN'S PARTNER, ASSAD
IN SYRIA, HAS ALMOST
COMPLETELY REGAINED WHAT
HE LOST IN FIGHTING THE
SYRIAN REBELS.
AND NOW WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ON ISRAEL'S
DOORSTEP, AN IRANIAN
MILITARY BASE, AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA
THAT SAYS A CEASE-FIRE IN
SYRIA COULD ALLOW THAT TO
HAPPEN.
SO YOU PUT ALL OF THESE
THINGS TOGETHER, AND RED
LINE AFTER RED LINE AFTER
RED LINE IS BEING CROSSED,
AND YOU WONDER HOW LONG
ISRAEL CAN STAND -- EVEN
IF IT HAS TO STAND ON ITS
OWN, HOW LONG THEY WILL
TOLERATE THIS KIND OF
ENCROACHMENT.
Chris: AND ONE OTHER
THING WE'RE SEEING AT THE
CONGRESS, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION MAY BE
DESERTFYINDE-CERTIFYING IRAN
AGREEMENT.
JULIE AND JOHN, GREAT TO
BE WITH YOU.
THANKS FOR YOUR EXPERTISE.
JOHN, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE IN PERSON IN
JERUSALEM.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
NEXT VISIT.
ALWAYS GREAT TO BE
HERE.
Chris: COMING UP, AN
Chris: ISRAEL IS
KNOWN AS THE START-UP
NATION, FOR THE NUMBER OF
NEW AND INNOVATIVE
COMPANIES BEGUN IN THE
JEWISH STATE.
AND ACCORDING TO A NEW
REPORT, TEL AVIV IS
BECOMING THE START-UP
CITY, AS A RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT HUB FOR SOME
CORPORATE GIANTS AS VISA,
AMAZON, AND BARCLAYS.
ONE PERSON AT THE MIDDLE
OF THE BOOM IS JOHN THAN
MEDVED.
WE TALK WITH HIM AS HIS
JERUSALEM HEADQUARTERS.
JONATHAN, THANKS FOR
JOINING US ON CBN NEWS.
APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE,
CHRIS.
Chris: WHAT IS OUR
CROWD?
OUR CROWD IS THE
WORLD'S LARGEST EQUITY
CROWD FUNDING MARKET.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS
POTENTIAL INVESTORS CAN GO
TO A WEBSITE OR MOBILE APP
AND DISCOVER AND FIND
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
IN PRIVATE COMPANIES.
THE AVERAGE INVESTOR SAYS,
WAIT A MINUTE, I WANT TO
GET STARTED IN A CROWD
FUND EARLY.
AND WE NEGOTIATE TERMS
WITH THE COMPANY, AND JOIN
WITH OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL
FUNDS, AND THEN WE INVITE
THE MEMBERS OF THE CROWD
TO JOIN WITH THE GENERAL
PARTNER OF OUR CROWD AND
TO FUND THESE COMPANIES.
Chris: IS THIS
OPENING UP ISRAEL TO A
WHOLE NEW --
ABSOLUTELY.
RIGHT NOW THE MAJORITY OF
OUR FUNDING IS ACTUALLY
COMING FROM ASIA.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF INVESTORS WHO
ARE HEARING THE STORY OF
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN
ISRAEL, AND THEY SAY, I
WANT IN.
I WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN
THIS INCREDIBLE CREATION
OF WEALTH, AND ALSO THE
CREATION OF NEW
TECHNOLOGY.
AND TO SEE NOT JUST ISRAEL
SURVIVING, BUT ISRAEL IS
THRIVING, THAT ISRAEL IS
LEADING THE WORLD IN SO
MANY TECHNOLOGIES, WHETHER
IT IS AGRICULTURE
TECHNOLOGY OR ROBOTICS OR
DRONES -- THIS IS A
REVELATION.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY
THAT THE RED SEA SPLIT.
BUT WHAT THEY DON'T --
WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE IS THERE WAS A
GENTLEMAN OF THE TRIBE OF
JUDAH, AND WHAT WE'RE
TAUGHT IS THAT NOKSHON
WALKED INTO THE WATER
BEFORE IT SPLIT UP TO HIS
NECK.
IT WAS ONLY AT THAT MOMENT
WHEN HE SHOWED THAT
LEADERSHIP THAT GOD
COMPLETED THE MIRACLE AND
OPENED THE SEA.
AND TODAY ISRAEL LEAD THE
WORLS THEWORLD IN THIS KIND OF
ACTION IN CREATING THE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE
CREATING THE WORLD.
Chris: DO YOU SEE IT
A CATALYST?
PEOPLE SAY HOW DO YOU
KEEP TRACK OF IT ALL?
WHAT DO I DO FOR A LIVING?
I SIT AROUND AND LISTEN TO
PEOPLE TELL ME THEIR
DREAMS.
I HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HOPEFULLY HELP THEM MAKE
IT COME TRUE.
I CAN'T MAKE IT COME TRUE,
BUT I CAN GO THEN AND
RAISE MONEY THROUGH THE
OUR CROWD PLATFORM, AND
HAND THEM A CHECK, WHICH
IN MANY CASES IS MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS, SO THEY CAN
START TO DEVELOP THE
PRODUCT.
WE CELEBRATE THAT
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF
THOSE NOKSHONS WHO WALK
INTO THE WATER.
IT IS A LITTLE SCARY.
Chris: WOULD YOU SAY
THIS IS PERHAPS A
FULFILLMENT OF THE
PROMISE, TOO, TALKING
ABOUT IT IN THE BOOK OF
EXODUS.
IN THE BOOK OF
DEUTERONOMY, IT SAYS THE
LORD GIVES YOU THE POWER
TO GET WEALTH.
ABSOLUTELY.
IN OUR TRADITION, JUDAISM,
WE HAVE NO CELEBRATION OF
POVERTY.
YOU'RE TOLD TO MITIGATE
IT.
YOUR OBLIGATED TO GIVE TO
CHARITY AND YOUR OBLIGATED
TO TITHE.
BUT BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE
PARTNERS WITH GOD.
THEY'RE CREATING WEALTH.
THEY'RE CREATING JOBS.
THEY'RE HELPING MOVE
TECHNOLOGY FORWARD.
AND WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE
THAT PART OF BUSINESS.
BUSINESS NEEDS TO BE
COMPASSIONATE AND CARING.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COMPANIES
HERE WHEN THEY JOIN OUR
CROWD, THEY JOIN TUMERA,
WHICH MEANS TO GIVE BACK.
AND WE PROVIDE, THROUGH
OUR COMPANIES, A STOCK
OPTION PLAN WHICH GIVES
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN THE COMPANY
ACTUALLY REALIZES ITS
DREAMS AND GETS SOLD FOR,
GOD WILLING, A BILLION
DOLLARS, THERE IS MONEY
THAT ROLLS BACK INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
Chris: WHEN YOU SPEAK
TO PEOPLE, WHAT'S THE MAIN
MESSAGE YOU WANT TO BRING
TO THAT?
ISRAEL, FIRST OF ALL,
LOVES AND RESPECTS OUR
CHRISTIAN PARTNERS AND OUR
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.
AND THE GROUPS WHO ARE
WORKING SO ACTIVELY TO
SUPPORT AND PROTECT
ISRAEL, YOUR BLESSINGS AND
YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR
ACTIONS MEAN A LOT TO US.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE GROUPS
OF TENS OF THOUSANDS,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS --
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF
CHRISTIANS -- COMING TO
THE LAND, TO NOT JUST
VISIT THE HOLY PLACES, BUT
TO EXPERIENCE THE MODERN
MIRACLE OF JEWISH LIFE
REBORN.
THE FACT THAT ISRAEL IS
OUT THERE LEADING THE
WORLD IN TERMS OF
INNOVATION, THAT SHOULDN'T
SURPRISE ANY CHRISTIANS.
IT WOULD BE A SURPRISE IF
IT WEREN'T LEADING THE
WORLD.
THIS IS THE FULFILLMENT OF
GOD'S PROMISE.
AND TO SIT TOGETHER,
WHETHER IT IS THROUGH THE
VEHICLE OF TELEVISION OR
AT OTHER EVENTS, I FIND IT
INVIGORATING AND EXCITING
AND WELCOME, WELCOMING YOU
AND YOUR COMMUNITY TO WORK
TOGETHER AND REALLY MAKE
THE WORLD A MUCH BETTER
PLACE.
Chris: I APPRECIATE
IT JONATHAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
> UP NEXT, A LOOK INTO A
Chris: AN ISRAELI
INNOVATION IN THE MEDICAL
FIELD COULD REVOLUTIONIZE
STEM CELL RESEARCH.
IT WOULD INCREASE STEM
CELL PRODUCTION, AND THAT
COULD PUT PATIENTS AROUND
THE WORLD IN TOUCH WITH
LIFE-SAVING TREATMENTS.
JULIE STAAL HAS THAT
STORY.
Julie: AROUND THE
WORLD PEOPLE ARE LIVING
LONGER.
I PEOPLE BORN IN THE
21st CENTURY WILL HAVE A
MEDIAN LIFESTYLE OF MORE
THAN 100 YEARS.
IT BRINGS NOW CHALLENGES.
Julie: THIS DOCTOR
SAYS HIS COMPANY CAN HELP
MEET THOSE CHALLENGES.
SO THE 21st CENTURY
MEDICINE IS CALLED
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE.
AND THE IDEA ABOUT
REGENERATION IS WE MOVE
AWAY FROM FIXING, WITH ALL
OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS
THAT ARE THERE FOR THE
CHEMOTHERAPY AND THE
ANTIBIOTICS, TO REPLACING.
Julie: STEM CELLS,
THE BODY'S BUILDING
BLOCKS, CAN PROVIDE AN
ANSWER BECAUSE HEALING IS
THEIR MAIN PURPOSE.
THAT'S THE WAY WE WERE
CREATED.
WE CONSTANTLY HEAL
OURSELVES THROUGH THE STEM
CELLS.
THEY SENSE THAT.
THEY KNOW HOW TO GET TO
THE AREA WHERE CELLS ARE
DYING.
FOR THEM, THAT'S A SIGNAL
FOR ACTIVITY BECAUSE THEY
GO THERE, THEY FIND OUT
WHAT IS MISSING, AND THEY
BECOME THAT TISSUE.
Julie: WHILE THE
MEDICAL WORLD SEES THE
POTENTIAL, AN URGENT NEED
REMAINS FOR ENOUGH STEM
CELLS TO CONDUCT MASS
RESEARCH THAT WILL LEAD TO
NEW TREATMENT.
HE SAYS ONLY SELECT CAN
PROVIDE THE ENABLING TOOL.
WE ARE THE FIRST ONE
WHO TOOK THIS BIOLOGICAL
APPROACH AND TRANSLATED IT
INTO A COMPANY WITH
PRODUCTS AND BUSINESS.
Julie: THUS FAR,
TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN
INCAPABLE OF ISOLATING
STEM CELLS IN A
COST-EFFICIENT MANNER.
THE PROCESS BEGINS IN
STERILE LABS LIKE THIS,
WITH FRESH OR FROZEN STEM
CELLS.
THEY'RE SEPARATED, I,
INCUBATED, AND RUN THROUGH
A CENTRIFUGE, ALL TO GET
ONE UNIT.
WE TOOK THIS WHOLE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CONDENSED IT.
Julie: INSIDE THE
BAG, A MESH MEMBRANE
MIMICS THE PROCESS,
BASICALLY TELLING MATURE
CELLS TO DIE, WHILE MOVING
TO AC VAIL ACTIVATE THE
MULTIPLICATION OF STEM
CELLS WITH THE HEALING.
TAKE THE CELLS OF THE
DONOR, OR THE PATIENT
HIMSELF, AND PUT IT IN AND
LEAVE IT FOR TWO HOURS OF
INCUBATION, AND THAT'S IT.
WE SHOW IT CAN WORK ON
FALT, ON BLOOD, ANY ADULT
TISSUE.
Julie: ACCORDING TO
THE DOCTOR, PRODUCTS ON
THE MARKET NOW CAN TAKE
FIVE OR SIX WEEKS TO GROW
IN A LAB AND CAN HAVE SIDE
EFFECTS.
BUT HE ESTIMATES SELECT
BAGS WILL COST LESS THAN
1% OF WHAT TREATMENTS COST
TODAY AND BE SAFER TO USE.
JULIE STAAL, CBN NEWS, FAR
SABBA, ISRAEL.
Chris: COMING UP,
Chris: LIKE CHILDREN
IN MANY PARTS OF THE
WORLD, ISRAELI CHILDREN
ARE BACK AT SCHOOL.
BURBUT BEFORE THEY RETURNED,
THE ISRAELI POLICE HELD AN
EXHIBITION, SHOWING HOW
THEY PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
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NEXT TIME ON "JERUSALEM
DATELINE."