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- [Narrator] This weekon Jerusalem Dateline,

Israeli Prime Minister,Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial

on corruption charges.

What will this mean forNetanyahu and Israel?

Plus, will the Trump administration

and Netanyahu succeed an annex in parts

of Biblical Judea and Samaria.

And Shavuot, the BiblicalFeast of Pentecost

when the Holy Spirit was poured out.

All this and more thisweek on Jerusalem Dateline.

- Hello and welcome to thisedition of Jerusalem Dateline,

I'm Chris Mitchell.

In a trial that could takeyears, the first step began

when Israeli Prime Minister,

Benjamin Netanyahu appeared incourt on corruption charges.

It's the first time in Israel's history,

a prime minister has facedlegal charges while in office.

Prime Minister Netanyahu appearedbefore a three-judge panel

who will determine his legal fate.

Just before the dramatic court hearing

and surrounded by his supporters,

Netanyahu accused the police, prosecutors

and the press of trying to depose him.

- (in foreign language)

- [Translator] Citizens of Israel,

what's on trial today is the wish

to eliminate the will of the people.

The attempt to topple meand the right-wing camp.

For over a decade,

the left did not succeedin doing so in the polls.

So in recent years, theycame up with a new pattern.

Sources at the police andattorney's office joined together

with the left-wing newspapers.

I call them the just not beebee bunch

in order to tailor baseless cases.

- [Chris] He also saidduring a TV interview,

he will not accept a plea bargain

and wants full transparency.

The trial began here atJerusalem's District Court.

While his legal fate rests here,

his political future is being tried

in the court of public opinion.

Where both supporters and detractors

of Netanyahu came out into the streets.

- Hopefully the court isgoing to make justice.

- (in foreign language)

- [Translator] What theywill see is a proud people,

holding their heads high.

Standing tall and saying,

you'll never walk alone, Netanyahu.

- [Chris] In the Knesset,some say it's time to go.

- I truly believe the people

of Israel will understandit's time to move forward.

It's time to say to Netanyahu thank you

but enough is enough.

- Netanyahu faces chargesof fraud, breach of trust

and bribery in three separate cases,

called 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000.

Case 1000 centers on gifts he received

from wealthy friends for political favors.

Case 2000 focuses on an alleged deal

with an Israeli publisher

to receive positivecoverage for Netanyahu.

And case 4,000 allegesIsrael's major telecom,

assured positive press coverage

in exchange for favorablegovernment regulations.

The trial came just hours

after the new government heldits first cabinet meeting.

The next court date could be months away

and some legal analysts speculate

the trials could take up to three years.

Until then,

Netanyahu will be able toserve in the government.

In another historic development,

President Trump hastaken unprecedented steps

to support Israel, includingrecognizing Jerusalem

as Israel's capital andmoving the US embassy here.

Now, the administration istaking another controversial step

by working with Israel

to annex Jewish communitiesin Judea and Samaria.

As Julie Stahl reports,this comes in the face

of major opposition in theMiddle East and beyond.

- [Julie] Prime MinisterNetanyahu recently presented

his reasons for wanting to put annexation

to a vote in Israel's Parliament in July.

- Three months ago, the Trump peace plan

recognized Israel rights inall of Judea and Samaria.

And President Trump pledged

to recognize Israel's sovereignty

over the Jewish communitiesthere and in the Jordan Valley.

A couple of months from now,

I'm confident that thatpledge will be honored.

That we will be able tocelebrate another historic moment

in the history of Zionism.

- Netanyahu and otherIsraelis see this area

as the Biblical Heartland first settled

by patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

It also serves as the ancestral homeland

of the Jewish people who returned here

after nearly 2,000 years.

Yet many international governments

and organizationsopposing annexation label

at the West Bank, part ofa future Palestinian State.

- As you know, this runscounter to international law,

violates existing agreementsand is not in line

with International SecurityCouncil Resolutions

and Council Conclusionsof the European Union.

- Palestinian AuthorityPresident, Mahmoud Abbas plans

to scrap all deals with Israel and the US

including security agreementto protest annexation.

Neighboring Jordan alsoissued a veiled threat.

- (in foreign language)

- [Translator] The words of his majesty,

the King of Jordan were very clear.

We will not accept annexationof Palestinian lands

and based on that,

our chances to reconsiderthis relationship

with Israel in all its dimensions.

- [Julie] But Middle Eastanalyst, Caroline Glick argues,

annexation would improveIsrael's standing.

- It's obvious thatIsrael's strategic position

in the region, in Judea and Samaria

and also throughout the Middle East

is going to be vastlyimproved after we do this.

And if we don't do this, notonly do we harm our relations

with the Trump administration,

but we undermine our credibility

as a strategic actor in the region.

- The Trump administration is now working

to draw up a map alongwith Netanyahu to determine

what the annexation wouldlook like here on the ground.

The July timing isimportant as both Netanyahu

and the Trump administrationwanna make this happen

long before November'spresidential elections.

Julie Stahl, CBN News, Gush Etzion.

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- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's trial

and annexation are two historicdevelopments here in Israel.

For more analysis,

we talked with Middle Eastexpert, Caroline Glick.

Glick is the SeniorColumnist at Israel Hayom

and the author of the Israeli Solution,

a one state plan forpeace in the Middle East.

Caroline, thanks forjoining us on CBN News.

You've called the trial ofBenjamin Netanyahu, a show trial.

Why do you say that?

And what do you think is atstake for not only Netanyahu,

but for Israel as well?

- The reason that Icalled it a show trial is

because Netanyahu has been indicted

and is now standing trial and charges

that don't exist in Israel's penal code

or in Israel's law books.

They invented,

the state prosecutioninvented a concept of bribery,

which is that a politician accepts a bribe

when he gets good mediacoverage for supposedly favors

that he does for media owners.

And this doesn't exist

on any law book anywhere in the world.

Not in Israel, not in the United States,

not in any democracy.

Because what it basically doesis it criminalizes politics.

And the same is true ofthe other two charges

that they were just arbitrarily determined

by an out of controlstraight state prosecution

that has hell bent oncriminalizing Netanyahu

for actions that are notcriminal under our laws.

That's why it's a show trial.

- Yeah, why do you say that's so dangerous

to have this criminalized,

trying to get favorable press coverage?

- Because it means that the profession

of journalism is a crime,

it means that any journalistwho provides positive coverage

for a politician or publicservant is liable to find himself

or herself under investigationfor offering bribes

to politicians and any politician

who has any sort of positiverelationship with a journalist,

can be accused of accepting bribes.

So

it cause mass detriment

and really destroys the whole concept

of freedom of the press in Israel

and also criminalizes politics.

So this isn't even a slippery slope,

this is the state prosecution in Israel

jumping off the cliff forthe sole purpose of trying

to criminalize the PrimeMinister and get rid of him

through anti-democratic ways.

I mean, he was indictedand then he was again,

he won the greatest victory in terms

of the actual number of votes

that he received in hisentire political career.

So, I mean, it's reallya testament of the fact

that the public doesn't buy the charges

and is not interested in having him leave.

- If this trial goes on foryears, like many people say

what impact could that have on Netanyahu

and what he's able to accomplish?

- Well, obviously it's gotto be a major distraction,

not only for him, but for everybody.

I mean, he's at the cusp of enacting

the most important changein Israel since 1967,

which is to apply Israeli to lot of parts

of Judea and Samaria,our ancestral homeland.

And so this happening at the same time

that he's standing histrial for imaginary charges,

is a very big problem andit'll go on and go forward

so long as this legal charade continues.

- One of the main thingsthat you just mentioned

about annexation betweenBlue and White and Likud

and between Gantz andNetanyahu was the ability

to vote on annexation.

What are you thoughtson that plan right now?

- Oh, I think it'll go forwardand it has to go forward.

I mean, look, Netanyahumade the implementation

of the sovereignty aspectsof the Trump peace plan,

a condition for signing thedeal to build a coalition

with Likud and Blue and White Party.

So they're obligated to enable this

to go forward on July 1st.

So I think that this is gonna happen,

this is the central goal ofhis fifth term in office,

as far as Prime MinisterNetanyahu is concerned.

He has a full backing

of the Trump administration for this.

And so I think it's gonna happen.

- Yeah, you have spoken favorably

about the Trump peace plan,

but there are leaders outthere in Judea and Samaria

that are opposed to it.

Do you share some of their concerns?

- I think that there areproblems with the map.

I think it's important for our leaders

to have a conversation withthe Trump administration,

see about improving themap, the conceptual map,

that was put forward bythe Americans in January.

I don't see any reason why they shouldn't.

I mean, it's talking

about maximum something likea one and a half percent

of the territory of Judea and Samaria.

So this isn't gonna,

this isn't gonna change thescales one way or another.

And I think it's important,

but I think that we must notlet the perfect be the enemy

of the good here.

- Yeah, Jordan's King Abdullah has implied

that he might abrogate the peace treaty.

Palestinian President,Mahmoud Abbas has said,

he's gonna abrogate dealswith the US and Israel

and maybe security arrangements.

The EU obviously is against this.

What do you think about allthese threats by Jordan,

the PA the EU and others, ifannexation does take place?

- Well, first of all,

Jordan is putting out very mixed messages

because it's King Abdullahis telling the Europeans

that he's opposed to it, andthat he's going to oppose it.

He's telling the Americansand the Israelis,

that isn't true.

The same, of course,

with the Sadducees alreadyannounced in January

that they approve the deal.

The UAE sent representativesto the White House

for the unveiling of theplan by President Trump,

so I don't think that we'reexpecting any major problems

with the regional governments,including Abdullah.

- Well, Caroline, thanksfor joining us on CBN News.

Always appreciate yourinsight and expertise.

- Thank you, I alwaysappreciate talking to you.

Thank you very much, God bless you.

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- It's the 53rd anniversary

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according to the Gregorian calendar.

Back then in June 1967,

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But in just six days,

Israel had defeated thecombined armies of Egypt,

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- [Narrator] Much of the world calls

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That's because they'rein Judea and Samaria,

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- Are we witnessingprophecy unfolding right now

after the 1967 war.

- Absolutely, it says that the sound

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Overlooking the road of the patriarchs,

the highway Abraham, Isaac,

and Jacob would have traveled on.

Rubin told me the six-day war was pivotal

in Israel's history.

It opened the door for Jewish people

to redeem the Biblical Heartlandafter 2,000 years in exile.

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Places like Jerusalem,

home of two consecutive Jewish temples,

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus,

Hebron, where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

and their wives are buried.

And Shiloh, where thetabernacle stood for 369 years.

They all came back into Israeli hands.

- So you see 67, the six day were just

like a prophetic pivot in time in history.

- Oh, clearly, clearly itsays in the book of Ezekiel

that the dry bones beingput back together again.

Israel was being put backtogether again as a nation.

If we don't have a right to Shiloh,

we don't have a right to Shechem

and we don't have a rightto Bethel and Jericho,

we definitely don't havea right to Tel Aviv.

- [Chris] But not everyonesaw the opportunity.

It took until 1978 forShiloh to be established

just above the site wherethe tabernacle had rested.

- There were Israelis

who were coming heretrying to set up tents

on the lower hills of Shilohand the Israeli Prime Minister,

who was looking over his shoulderat the American President,

kept sending in thearmy to chase them away.

- Just months after the six-day war,

Israelis established the firstJewish community in Judea

about 35 miles South ofShiloh at Kfar Etzion.

Jews lived there before Israel'sindependence war in 1948

and were either evacuated ormassacred by the Jordanians.

- When this group of orphans

of those who were murdered,notified the Israeli government,

that if you don't give us the permit,

we will go on without a permit,

the government really couldn't stand up

against orphans ofthose who were murdered.

And so Kfar Etzion was established

- [Chris] Rabbi EliezerWaldmann was one of those

who helped establish the nextcommunity in ancient Hebron.

- There was always aJewish community in Hebron,

even during the 2000years of exile until 1929

when the Arabs massacredthe Jewish community here.

- [Chris] A small group offamilies rented a hotel in Hebron

for the Passover Seder.

Essentially, they never left.

- And I believe that thenalmost the entire population

of Israel was with us.

Even more than a half yearafter the six-day war,

the spirits were high amongalmost the entire population.

- [Narrator] Thousandsof Israeli pilgrims enter

the old city of Jerusalem forsolemn religious ceremonies.

- All of the media was with us.

I even remember headlines,

"Passages of the prophetshovering in the air."

- [Chris] After 50 years,

some 430,000 Israelis livein more than 200 communities

in Judea and Samaria.

The number jumps to 750,000

if Eastern Jerusalemneighborhoods are included.

- The growth here has been so tremendous.

And as we gone through those50 years after the six-day war,

and we're looking to thefuture so we had this vision

of a booming Shiloh once again.

- 50 years ago, what wouldthis place have looked like?

- Barren desert.

There was nothing.

It was just hills of weeds and thorns.

- This road will lead to a new school

for the growing population.

There are 8,000 residentsin the Shiloh Township,

more than 2,000 of them are children

who study here in Shiloh.

- We learned that whenIsrael is not in the land,

that the land lays barren.

The land doesn't give its fruit.

And now the land of Israelis giving up its fruit

because Israel is back andthe most important fruit

is what you see right here.

All of these children here.

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- [Chris] Still ahead.

Shavuot, the Biblical Feast of Weeks

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- Shavuot is a Pentecost,but in Hebrew it's Shavuot.

And it's the time of, traditionally,

of God giving the people ofIsrael, the Jewish people,

the Torah at Mount Sinai.

There are so many beautiful parallels

that take place with Shavuot.

Imagine Mount Sinai withthe mountains above it,

the covenant given tothe people of Israel.

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It tells us that God is making a covenant

with His bride, Israel.

There's a marriage that takes place.

So Shavuot is a celebration

of the giving of the commandments,

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with God, through thegiving of His commandments

and the covenant that He gives to us,

the Torah at Mount Sinai.

And Haftorah is the selectedportion of scripture

from the prophets thatconnects to the Torah reading.

And Ezekiel chapter one isthe Haftorah for Shavout.

And when you read that in parallel

to what takes place in Actschapter two, it's phenomenal.

Ezekiel speaks of theseflames above people's heads

and these wheel and the Spirit

and the movement and all these things.

And this is what we see taking place.

And then we see it in many ways,

revealed in Acts chapter two,

where the Spirit comes downupon the congregation on Shavuot

The nations are represented there.

The people that have havefeared God as Psalm 67 says,

have come up to this pilgrimage festival.

They are in the temple courtyards

and the Spirit falls upon them indicating

that God's Spirit is now being multiplied

amongst the nations.

It's not just for the Jewish people,

but it's available to all nations.

And all nations, as we see later on,

throughout the book of Acts,

have equal access to that Spirit

and are equal before Godas the Jewish people.

As an extension of the people of Israel.

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- Well, that's all for thisedition of Jerusalem Dateline.

Thanks for joining us.

Remember, you can followus on Facebook, Twitter,

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I'm Chris Mitchell,

we'll see you next timeon Jerusalem Dateline.

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