every christians i.d. came from here. >> christians that make the pilgrimage here. is something they really want to get? >> it's the holy name. when beginning here they went across, some people think if they didn't get the cross they didn't finish their journey. >> what's it like for you? >> that's very special. i thank god every day that i'm here. >> i just think overall, it's a tough environment. >> for me, i don't have a problem with that. >> but you want to live. >> bingo. look at that right there. >> thank you very much. a real authentic bethlehem tattoo and as good as anything i've ever had in the states, i'll tell you that. now more than ever is the time to celebrate america and you can do that with us by streaming fox nation.com by the people that brought you fox news. get exclusive shows and documentaries as well as great series like duck dynasty, nancy grace and so much more all available on your tv, phone and tablet. you can join now and start celebrating america fox nation.com. take a look ♪ >> so, what is the future for bethlehem and the middle east? >>

christians that live in area c are much more secure than area a for sure. >> christians feel the veryr the control of israel. going down the hill you are in be and a. you can see some of the wall sneaking over in downtown bethlehem. >> for christians here, it is actually fairly complex. most christians have been pushed out. >> exactly. the muslim population often clashes. it is not uncommon to hear, shall we say, unkind sentiments by one or the other. >> unkind is one thing. for christians to have been effectively pushed out of bethlehem, something more than unkind words has happened to christians. >> absolutely. >> what you will hear from the palestinian point of view is christians have fled because of israel. >> that is actually shifting the blame. christians here have found it increasingly difficult to live, to do business. the way things are done here with the police and courts, there is palestinian authority. that has become increasingly difficult. >> muslims using the authority to squeeze out the christians. >> i think it is fair, but it has more to do with this ideological conf

for christians it's fairly complex. christians are a minority in greater bethlehem. christian population often clash. so it's not uncommon to hear, shall we say, i'm kind of sentiments, expressed by one toward the other. >> an unkind sentiment is one thing but for christians who have been effectively pushed out of bethlehem, something more than unkind words is happening to these questions. >> you will hear two narratives. what you hear from the pro-palestinian point of view is that christians have fled because of israel. that's actually shifting the blame because what has happened is that christians here have found it in increasingly difficult to live to do business. the way things are done here with the police and the courts, that subject to the authority. >> so the authority, muslims are using their systems and structures to squeeze out the christians, isat that fair? >> i think it's fair but has more to do with the ideological conflict between muslims and christianity. >> it's not easy to get them on camera. we had trouble. and we will continue to do so. i talked

but tele used to be a christian majority town but over the past 4 decades the number of muslims here has steadily grown in the 1980 s. then president saddam hussein nationalized farm lands belonging to christians and gave it to families of soldiers killed in the iran iraq war in 2014 eisel took over forcing the christian population to flee almost half emigrated abroad about a quarter have returned while another quarter remain in the semi autonomous kurdish region. members of this family in that abuse christian quarter of say the reason they don't feel safe to go back is the security force that controls the town they want to remain anonymous for security reasons. of course safety is the most important thing we've had enough of the infringements on our lands there is should be controlled by the sons of the area why did they bring strangers to rule the area . that group is the 30th brigade of the shia led popular mobilization forces which helped retake but eisel the brigade is composed of ethnic shabaka just like most of the muslim population that lives here last year its leader though

well still ahead here on al-jazeera pushed out on persecuted by christians in iraq say they no longer feel safe. and celebrating the chill in china we show you how to make an ice halo when it's minus 40 degrees outside. winter is the seam now in most of the u.s. and canada i was front after front coming down the cold weather wisconsin this is madison wisconsin has some significance though she may not find that surprising for wisconsin and you'd be right however this snow has come a long way south and you go as far south as our console and tennessee maybe some in kentucky south of that fairly heavy rain through texas and that's moving eastwards but look at the temperature regime they are quite low temperatures the wind is still blowing enough in parts of california for a red flag warning but we had a fog warning in the northwest in parts of wyoming idaho and even washington is now replaced by a winter storm warning that snow this is coming in it will tumble down through the rockies the same time as that snow disappears eastwards was right on its eastern flank you're left with the cold

and why often wants christians in iraq saying they are being pushed away. if you've not yet felt winter in the korean peninsula or japan or northern china you are a bikes too there's a real cold wind blowing dancer here then there's been snow in seoul the maximum temperatures minus 48 degrees below normal for monday and masses the snow will form as the showers build up over the sea of japan the east sea and that means the western side of honshu is going to be covered in snow to cuba slopes same is true for corridor i'm also it's not snowing further west very much of china it's still going to feel pretty cold this potential start getting a long way sasa temperature in hong kong is going to drop so your highs about 16 degrees come tuesday and the wind is so bringing that snow is going to be some massive piles up in holzschuh i think. that there is no this is rainy season for malaysia and indonesia there's an increase in the shower likelihood the big ones over the philippines and the coast of vietnam because that is quite a cold north east monsoon the everywhe

push downtown persecuted why christians in iraq say they no longer feel safe those stories after the break. we're about to create a winter wonderland throughout honshu it may not be a wonderland the amount of snow potentially his quite a lot and you can see why it's colder coming across the warmish waters and then hitting the higher ground of honshu it will be snow after snow after snow for monday tuesday and beyond we've had a little bit of snow in the korean peninsula but i think it will just be catching that western edge but the air in which it's folding is really cold minus 5 as a maximum sol it should be plus 4 so we're 9 below normal proximately $5.00 to $9.00 below normal for a good part of northern and central china not koshary felt that hong kong with your max about 16 which is below normal with a chill breeze not chill breeze and also increase the the frosty of the potential sunder storms on the coast of vietnam now that it's rainy season and the weather to go to should too is significant rain for thunderstorms daily job for borneo sumatriptan at your malaysia at a good pro

still ahead here on out is there and pushed out and persecuted why christians in iraq say they never longer feel safe. and the bush a spy turned author john le carré his novels defines the cold war espionage thriller as died at the age of 89. another big area of low pressure is circulating in the northwest of europe it's influencing the weather in winter and keeping it warm and you might expect with india that you would expect and often wet which is not a big surprise that this rain is coming through portugal into frost the low countries into scandinavia obviously it's going to be snow tighten some norway but most of these temperatures a bit above the average in some places considerably so but it's a slow moving process and you'll find the rain sticks in one place particularly southern france the 4 cross i must say reflects that we're in wet weather on tuesday with sitting where on 1st a bit of a high it is on wednesday and it's breezy all the time and start frontal system but this is maybe the more active one we've had already over $200.00 millimeters of rain in the southwest of tur

pushed out of persecuted white christians in iraq say they no longer feel safe. the latest winter low is spinning up in the eastern side of the mediterranean which means significant rain for turkey snow height and a whole lot expanse down to northern egypt and across into the levant now initially it's not going to be particularly cold it'll just be shower is the forecast for gods to get through monday tuesday and wednesday showers on tuesday wednesday a bit of a breeze temps are dropping below 20 degrees and it goes probably love that jerusalem's forecasts of 15 the time we get to tuesday the rain the 1st band has gone through as a cold fronts are iraq the northern edge of course the high ground is going to be bringing more snow potentially big thunderstorms in its way dancers saudi across to kuwait and of course when we contact the western side of iran significant right and significant snow possibly once again even the capital up into iraq otherwise it's quiet and the next season already we come across is of course in southern africa and there's masses of it but

christian nolting stays with us.te going to look at is happening in france, because they have shut down freight traffic from the u.k. countries from around the world are banning travelers over virus fears. brexit talks are still ongoing. we will bring you the latest on the challenges facing the u.k. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ yousef: economics, finance, politics. this is "bloomberg surveillance." boris johnson says he is trying to reopen trade routes via dover, the u.k.'s busiest port, as fast as possible. a day of discussions did not and the chaos after freight arrivals were shut down after fears of faster variant of covid spreading. all that while the days count down until the end of the brexit transition. joining us to discuss is maria tadeo in brussels. bring us up to speed on the latest travel restrictions and where we are at with the freight holdups. maria: it continues. you have seen those pictures playing all morning of trucks waiting in line just to enter friends and -- france and try to get a hold

outmayflower compact sets the godly and christian purpose of the colony, the advancement of the christianaith. at the declaration makes no such explicit commitment. out ampact seems to set truly democratic system of government, while the leaves open the kind of government that americans would soon establish. compact the mayflower makes the purpose of government the pursuit of a collective goal . at the declaration calls for a government that protects our individual rights and individual goals and purposes. i am not sure if the nation today would not do much better than by recalling and showing fidelity to something we find in that mayflower compact. fidelity to the religious spirit. wouldn't we do better to strengthen that commitment to the religious spirit then follow a society today which is becoming more secular. ,idelity to democratic rule supposedly at the national level, at the local level, rather than conceive of democracy so much as we do today as the act of voting at the national level. and to think of our duties and commitments to something greater than ourselves and our own ind

happiness and safety for them and joy and we say inshallah everything will be ok the palestinian christian from jerusalem's old city has been slipping into the role of santa claus for the last 3 years in real life he's a former professional basketball player turned coach is a remembers that there was no santa around when he was growing up in jerusalem a city 3 words religions call home when i was a kid i never see receptor and that's why we have children here this evening t v in the show on pictures or fakes like a toy and now when they see it really in jerusalem they feel very proud of what we have said dangerous. but is that because this year is no ordinary said nick he's honed his craft at specialist sent to school in the us. these are the diplomas which i had it my sent the school to teach us how to make you whole whole the whole whole whole it's not just to do it from the mouth you need to do it from your belly and when you do it from your belly must come from your bailey out to all the way from inside that's the way how the center smiled as when he have a big belly ok you go like thi

all the holidays where the christian jewish almost . i send hands are balls and stuffed toys to get the case. i. do slim this is a city which has long been a source of political conflict between israelis and palestinians the palestinians hope to make east jerusalem their capital one day the old city is home to sites which muslims jews and christians consider holy the how am i sharif which contains muslim holy sites like the i like some mosque and the dome of the rock was closed during the 1st lockdown at the western wall the holiest place for jews to pray petitions helpless social distancing the church of the holy sepak or the holy site for christians also closed for almost 2 months. is a walk step through the christian quarter the old city is much quieter than usual there are normal groups of foreign tourists israel has closed its borders to visitors since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. it's very sad very sad to see gruesome with the situation with govern like him really it's it's a break my heart but i always say i believe in

christian: i am proud what we delivered in stable businesses. of covid and a headwind of the interest-rate, it was a difficult year. in-line withwell; our plan on the revenue side. the underlying growth in the stable business is strong and resilient. reporter: in the investment bank, there is a clear outperformance. potentialtimated the when we came up with the strategy. christian: we performed well in those businesses where we decided to be strong; to stay in the business. we reengaged with client. the halo impact from exiting , thethe equities business sustainability of revenues is very strong. we are happy with the performance. it does not change the strategy. reporter: if we talk about the outperformance of security -- late october, you increase the revenue to significantly higher. the fixed income trading business, the fourth quarter, has the good momentum continued? could we see double digit growth in the fourth quarter? christian: we still have a month ago. the momentum was satisfying. we have seen continuing good momentum in the investme

it speaks of the advancement of the christian faith. whereas the declaration made no such explicit commitment. the mayflower compact seeks to set out a truly democratic system of government. while the declaration, though it does established government based on the consent of the government, is open the kind of government americans would soon establish. >> finally, the mayflower compact seems to make the purpose of government a collective goal. whereas the declaration calls for government that protects our individual rights. hence, our individual goals, and our individual purposes. but i am not sure if the nation today would not do much better than by recalling and showing fidelity to something we find in the mayflower compact. fidelity to the religious spirit. wouldn't we do better to strengthen the commitment to the religious spirit, then to follow a society today which is becoming more and more secular. and fidelity in the mayflower compact to democratic rule, supposedly at the national level at this time, local level. rather than to

arabic hebrew and english spoken here and they celebrate all the holidays with a christian jewish or muslim oh i think i center hands all balls and stuffed toys to get the kids i. i. to slim this is a city which has long been a source of political conflict between israelis and palestinians the. hope to make east jerusalem the capital one day the old city is home to sites which muslims jews and christians consider holy the how am i sharif which contains muslim holy sites like the alok some mosque and the dome of the rock was closed during the 1st lockdown at the western wall the holiest place for jews to pray petitions helpless social distancing the church of the holy sepak or the holy site for christians also closed for almost 2 months. is a walk step through the christian quarter the old city is much quieter than usual there are normal groups of 4 interests israel has closed its borders to visitors since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. it's very sad very sad to see gruesome with the situation with governor dean really it's a it's a great while hard but i always say i believe

then president saddam hussein nationalized farm land belonging to christians and gave it to families of soldiers killed in the iran iraq war in 2014 eisel took over forcing the christian population to flee almost half emigrated abroad about a quarter have returned while another quarter remain in the semi autonomous kurdish region. members of this family in that abuse christian quarter of say the reason they don't feel safe to go back is the security force that controls the town they want to remain anonymous for security reasons. of course safety is the most important thing we've had enough of the infringements on our lands there is should be controlled by the sons of the area why do they bring strangers to rule the area . that group is the 30th brigade of the shia led popular mobilization forces which helped to retake but eisel the brigade is composed of ethnic shabaka just like most of the muslim population that lives here last year its leader though was placed under u.s. sanctions for alledged human rights abuses against christians other was forced to step down 2 months ago he deni

sanctions for alledged human rights abuses against christians other was forced to step.down 2 months ago he denies the charges against him going to appear to study and. i believe there's no control of one function over another we should back the christians have been residents of the area for a long time the christians are welcome to return back to live in their homes and we support these returns there's complete stability and security. the majority of the town is now shut buck many shopkeepers in this market are shot back who have bought or rented shops that used to be run by christians one of them mohammed who recently returned belief such changes are a natural development it's the purchasing power that is ruling the situation the christians don't have money to buy but the muslims can buy but many christians say they are being pushed out and that much of the construction in but tel is funded by people in power who want to accelerate the demographic change the vatican's announcement of pope francis visit to iraq has given many christians hope that what is left of their h

we have a baptist, a christian who became an atheist, a muslim who converted to christianity, but then converted back to islam, a universalist, a jewish woman, who went more deeply into discovering her roots as an adult, and we are going to hear about those journeys. we are going to start with melissa rogers. melissa rogers is a church-state lawyer. she works at the brookings institution in washington, d.c. she worked in the obama administration. she was head of the white house office of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships. but not before she caused a controversy for them outside the white house, and then they invited her in. [laughter] and she's written a book "faith in american public life." and melissa, i'd like you to start by talking about where you come from. where you were born, how you ended up being so involved in the church state issue. melissa: ok, great. well, thanks, amy, it's such an honor to be here with you and with all these wonderful panelists on the stage. and i want to thank purdue university for hosting this great conversation. vice provost gates, for his lea

my author those christians in iraq say they are being pushed out. and is a familiar phrase back at the top of the european golf rankings that's coming up with joe in sports. the next always already churning in the eastern med it's brought snow way across turkey it will bring rain to a good deal of west and central in sunday and monday i think with snow inland linda use big showers in syria and eventually a frontal system will come out of that and drift dancer's saudi and iraq which tends to prompt showers as well possibly flash flooding most likely i think in iraq oh once again maybe northern syria every else's car at the moment temperatures in the twenty's rather than the thirty's which is normal for this time the seasonal rays really picked up now in southern africa and particularly in south africa around joburg greece and since a huge thunderstorm if you notice that botswana zambia zimbabwe and beyond of the areas where you get big damp was this time the year blown away represents one example sunder storms forecasts of both monday and tuesday and

perspective and there's a lot of biblical verses in there and it's aimed at christians and so on but it is a moral case for because this is something bad a lot of other writers have done before me gary north with honest money your guido holzman with 6 of money production and so on but none of them really touched on decline and that's what this covers is why because one is a more moral money than the current system that currently exists you know we often hair and the reports coming out of the central banks and wall street is that the use of the term moral hazard which is the acceptance that when dealing with finance and markets that we accept a certain degree of immorality now greenspan famously pointed this when talking about how market makers make markets he said quote wiggle room and when they are front running or grabbing share and that this is acceptable it's part of the moral hazard i think jamie dye. and it's a p. morgan would claim that they get a lot of fines but they are somehow doing something good at the end of the day and they accept the moral hazard so is it possible is

christian, i want to start with you.simple question, what does my brother's keeper mean to you? >> it simply means just having that brotherhood, that family aspect, really. my high school was a part of your initiative -- >> right. >> -- and we're all bothers in the community. the teachers in my school were my play aunts and play uncles and we didn't think of them as teachers. we thought of them as family. so my brother's keeper initiative created a village outside of my village of my home and i loved that. >> you had the same experience. >> absolutely. just piggy backing off of what christian said, that my neighbor's child is my child and your brother is my brother and your sister is my sister. and looking after one another and what i have you have. sharing mentor resources. it could be horizontal. >> and how has mbk affected the student body in yonkers. what has it meant to the students there. >> thank you, jonathan. my brothers' keeper is a movement. it is an opportunity to truly affect the life experiences of the stud

one christian's essential ritual was another christian's yoke of bondage. so, for instance, the separatists objected to making the sign of the cross at a baptist service. a decade later you had baptists who opposed infant baptism. then you had quakers who got rid of baptism entirely. and there was others in the colony that wanted nothing to do with any of its churches and simply wanted the liberty to be left alone. so that was one aspect of liberty that was just central in accordance to the pilgrims and then to the other english settlers in the colony. a second form of liberty was political liberty. and here i think it's important to mention the mayflower compact. the compact used to be understood as a cornerstone of american political thought. daniel webster once commented, the principles of american republicanism were worked out in the cabin of the mayflower. well, that was basically poppycock. the framers of the u.s. constitution were indebted to john locke, not to john robinson or the mayflower passengers. but the basic idea of the mayflower compact rep

you are a christian yourself for many years worshiping at a why evangelical church. i have noticed that since 2016 a number of stories are popping up in the media about black christians who worship the why evangelical churches and found themselves spiritually homeless trying to figure out the next step. and the support they saw and those churches. it with your why evangelical support? >> one of the most painful parts of this because of the betrayal honestly and all of those things that they could witness for them and with all of those years in all of those things together and it had been actually making a difference as the golden insulator and even as he was saying those ugly and racist things about black people and yet and those that were embracing him. and that is one of the toughest things as a christian that it's my faith and can be used like a man like donald trump. that is the question i am still struggling. >> it sounds like you are still wrestling through where am i and all of this and what is my faith land in the midst of all of thi this. >> yes. >> talk abo

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arabic hebrew and english spoken here and they celebrate all the holidays with their christian jewish almost oh i think i sent a hands on balls and stuffed toys to get the kids i. do slim is the city which has long been a source of political conflict between israelis and palestinians the. indians hope to make east jerusalem their capital one day the old city is home to sites which muslims jews and christians consider holy the how am i sharif which contains muslim holy sites like the al aqsa mosque and the dome of the rock was closed during the 1st lockdown at the western wall the holiest place for jews to pray petitions helpless social distancing the church of the holy sepak or the holy site for christians also closed for almost 2 months. is a walk step through the christian quarter the old city is much quieter than usual there are normal groups of 4 interests israel has closed its borders to visitors since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. it's very sad very sad to see jerusalem with the situation with governor i can really it's a it's a break my heart but i always say i believe

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that was more closely modeled on the new testament and primitive christianity. now these pilgrims had concluded that noble as that work may have been, that it was impossible to do. that the anglican church was corrupted, and they could no longer stay. they had to leave. so the first place they went was to holland to the bus-linked commercial city of laden where they were tolerated and not persecuted as is commonly believed. but they did become concerned that their children and had they stayed their grandchildren and subsequent generations would have been corrupted or at least influenced by two secular and commercial environments there, that they were losing their we'll have and first love. they made astici decision, we'l back to england, apply for a charter to the new world, and we'll hire a ship to take us there. they did apply for a charter from the crown which was denied. and so in an effort to make their venture legal, they went to the virginia company. that corporation which outfit and backed the expedition headed by captain newport, the namesake of my univ

promotion of christian. religion she has to shoot on disc in the. show. kristina is both mom and is already over 18 and independent in pursuit of. the students to be the original. to raise a brother some younger sister christina dropped out of college she. used to dream of becoming a pastry chef but instead became about what. chicks i went and what. love to be on that bop on the up and those of. all children. polish some of your show the passion she had all that if you live to teach d.d. today. this family of children follows an adult routine the youngest go to school each morning all by themselves in a nearby village and the oldest attend a vocational school in tone of voice you have to sing of sad you don't feel sad tickle bush john stossel probably after. seeing me. it's. oh it's true for you. but you know. well you know our. against to sleep a little longer. he goes to school in his home village as they call it him. although much not so much moving. the children run a very adult farm so you have cowles pigs chickens rabbits 3 cats 2 dogs and cools you

we welcome back to the show former state department official christian whiton.hristian, these are powerful house republicans steve scalise, liz cheney, telling nancy pelosi you have to get eric swalwell off house intelligence. what do you think? >> this is not senior most but pretty senior democrat on the intelligence committee. it is not the appropriations committee. this is not the agriculture committee this is intelligence and deals, has access to our nation's most sensitive operations including covert operations if there are any in china. the idea you would have someone successfully honey potted by a chinese agent in that role even as the whole congress doesn't know the details of what happened, it is time for him to step aside. elizabeth: you know top republicans on house oversight are also now ramping up, christian. they're now going after swalwell as well. they sent a letter to fbi director christopher wray something for a briefing from the fbi on what happened here. this chinese spy allegedly targeted eric swalwell when he was just a city councilman year

the film seems fitting for the time of year christmas the christian festival of benevolence and charity the city of bethlehem figures large as the birthplace of jesus but bethlehem has enjoyed a lot of the century patient by 11th century crusaders for example ottoman and then british rule and the 2nd intifada in 2002 when israeli troops moved into the city. so bethlehem's residents are no stranger to turmoil in 1949 the city which is just a few kilometers from jerusalem became part of the west bank. recent years have been more peaceful attracting tourists and pilgrims particularly during the christmas period 29000 so record 3000000 visitors many from poland romania and italy and this year looks set to dazzle too but then came the pan. demick. the church of the nativity in bethlehem christians from all over the world usually flock here to celebrate christmas. but not this year. the pandemic has put paid to that. the mood is far from festive it's more melancholy and gloomy for many here no visitors means no income and. this street is full of wood carving workshops only one is still open t

nativity in bethlehem christians from all over the world usually flock here to celebrate christmas. but not this year. the pandemic has put paid to that. the mood is far from festive it's more melancholy and gloomy for many here no visitors means no income. this street is full of wood carving workshops only one is still open the craftsman create nativity figures and scenes by hand. it's a minor miracle that they have any work at all. and that's thanks to their boss who was determined not to be beaten by the coronavirus crisis. jack he said just come on is a christian he learned the craft of woodworking from his father and grandfather. before covert 19 he'd always sold the output of his factory and his store next door but since march his jesus mary joseph and shepherd figures and all of would have been waiting in vain. like countless others in bethlehem jack was sitting at home with nothing to do. he knew he had to come up with some way to support his wife 2 daughters and 22 employees to tell you with this he it was the most thing in my life i had my life i thought the 1st intifada o

they hoped to for your fight purify them to a more christian christianity. they could no longer stay in the anglican church. had to leave the first place they went was to holland toward a bustling community overlay in. for the most part they were tolerated and not persecuted as is commonly believed. they did become concerned. they were losing some of the first left. they made the decision to go back to england. we will apply to a charter to go to the new world. we will hire a ship to take us there. it did apply for a charter. in efforts to make their venture they a settled eventually on jamestown island and thus planted the first if you look at a charter that is eventually given to the settlers in massachusetts, the first charter of 1629. you look at the first charter of virginia. for instance, there are commercial purposes mentioned there but, there are religious services one can see these parallel missions that work in virginia as well as in new england. samuel said i perceive they are mistaken in the first design of our planters whose business was not tol

what we know as christianity was emerging. a narrative against this institutional christianity. >> written decades after the new testament gospels, the gospel of judas is less a story about jesus than a condemnation of the leadership of the early church. >> it gives us an alternate picture of the formation of christianity. it doesn't show christianity as a developing necessarily all harmoniously. there are dissenters. there were people who felt that things had gotten off on the wrong track. the gospel of judas suggests that church leadership is -- is mistaken, is more diabolic than divine. >> so controversial is the gospel of judas that in 180 a. d, the bishop of leone declares it heresy. >> i can easily imagine the people throwing this text out as being heretical. if you were a member of the orthodoxy, in the 2nd century, and you read this text, i can imagine you would be pretty upset. it's a pretty scathing indictment of your beliefs and what you're all about. >> suppressed by the church, the gospel of judas lies buried for

during the christmas season it would normally be full of christian pilgrims this year too many rooms were booked long in advance but to no avail. it looks as if time has stood still since march it's extremely tough for the owners. lined up to ruminate and his family had invested millions in expanding the hotel right before the pandemic erupted but he's not ready to give up hope he knows what great significance bethlehem has and always will have for his fellow christians going to be a confession i know tourists who would give anything to be able to visit the holy land at least once in their lifetime. when i see it on their faces when they arrive at my hotel. happy they are because they can find the fulfillment of their faith in bethlehem. we've been invited to tea with jack's wife tamera and are surprised to see that there is no nativity scene in sight in the house of a woodwork factory owner. she tells us that she doesn't like wood. jack explains that thomas father was also in the woodworking business. commerce says that's exactly why she's had her fill of wood. the wood issue hasn't