he doesn't like being in judea. >> jesus of nazareth.'ve come to ask for his body. >> we have to wonder what joseph was thinking. he's taking quite a risk. he's going to pilate and asking for the body of a convicted criminal, a criminal who is guilty of political sedition. >> i have a tomb. somewhere secure where we can prepare his body. >> by going to pilate and asking for this rather personal favor, it's almost as if he might be guilty himself. >> you can imagine it being a very tense meeting between the two men. >> yes? >> pontius pilate gives joseph of arimathea the body, but he probably thought he was letting some jewish custom play out. so far as he was concerned, that's with going to be the end of it. >> in allowing joseph to take the body, pilate had unwittingly started a journey that would turn jesus' burial shroud into one of the most venerated and mysterious relics of all time. let's get the check. nope! i got it. you can use it online and what's with this one? and on your phone. taking care of the check. it's all masterpassed

jews are not foreign colonialists in judea.alestinians deny the past, they also poison the present. they named public squares in honor of mass murders who murdered israelis. i have to say also murdered americans. they fund, they pay monthly salaries to the families ofç murders like the family of the terrorists who killed taylor force, wonderful young american, we point graduate, who was stabbed to death while visiting israel. so this is the source of the conflict. the persistent palestinian refusal to recognize a jewish state and any boundary. this persistent rejectionism, that is the reason we don't have peace. that has to change. i want it to change. not only have i not abandoned these two prerequisites of peace, they have become even more important because of the rising tide of fanaticism that has swept the middle east and also unfortunately infected palestinian society. so i want this to change. i want those two prerequisites of peace, substance, not labels. i want them reinstated. if anyone believes i as prime minister of

they praise the move. >> translator: it's a great day for the entire judea and samaria. all settlers should celebrate. >> benjamin netanyahu initially opposed the legislation arguing israel might face severe international repercussions. he later retreated. israel's attorney general has said he will not defend the bill before the supreme court and many others in israel's legal community believe the bill is unconstitutional. >> it's a violation of the right to property. it's a violation of the prohibition on discrimination. >> there are more than 6,000 israelis living across the west bank with 130 separate jewish settlements dispersed all over the territory. palestinians someday hoped it would be part of their future state where the international community including multiple u.s. administrations have long opposed israel settlement enterprise. in december of the united nations security council passed a resolution condemning israel saying settlements are an obstacle to peace, a position israel's government disputes. today palestinians condemned the new law. >> it is looting

jews are not foreign in judea. they not only deny the past, they also poison the present. and public squares in honor of mask murderers who murdered israelis and americans, they pay monthly salaries to the families of murderers like the family of the terrorist who killed taylor force, a wonderful american, a west point graduate stabbed to death while visiting israel. this is the source of the conflict. the persistent palestinian refusal to recognize a jewish state. that's

jews are not foreign colonialists in judea.tunately the palestinians not only denied the past, this also poisoned the present. >> that right there, benjamin netanyahu earlier today. right now he and president trump are sitting down holding a working lunch at the white house. you did see them a little bit earlier right there giving their first press conference together. notably before they sat down to talk, and boy was it a change in optics from what we saw between prime minister naetanyahu and president obama while he was in office. joining me now to talk about the differences, and the similarities, if they exist, daniel, a former deputy foreign minister of israel, and former israeli ambassador to the u.s. also with me, nbc news special kcorrespondent and author, martn fletcher. was from washington, he's sean mellom, washington bureau chief of the al aravea news channel. martin, i want to start with you, longtime nbc news foreign correspondent based in really well, you know netanyahu really well. did he hear what he wabnted to

for eight years, the obama administration refused any extensions in judea and samaria, and actually the reality, in the main cities, there were frozen. so of course we expect that in the trump administration it will be different. >> reporter: and there are other indicators of the trump administration's strong pro- israel sentiment. president trump's nominee for ambassador to israel is david friedman, reportedly a u.s. fundraiser for a west bank settlement, who believes israel should not be forced into a two- state solution. president trump seems likely to appoint jared kushner-- his son- in-law, viewed as extremely sympathetic to israel-- to negotiate a deal between the israeli-palestinians. >> now you have settlers and settler supporters in the white house. it's unbelievable, it's incredible. >> reporter: dan shapiro understands very well the complications of trying to broker peace between palestinians and israelis. he was the american ambassador here during the obama years and knows what kushner is about to face. >> well, the first thing i would say to anybody given that assignment is

jews are not foreign colonialists in judea. unfortunately the palestinians , not only deny the past, they also poison the present. they name public squares in honor of mass murders who murdered israelis and i have to say also murdered americans. they pay monthly salaries to the families of murderers like the family of the terrorist who taylor, a wonderful american, a west point graduate who was stabbed to death while visiting israel. so this is the source of the conflict, the persistent palestinian refusal to recognize the jewish state and andy -- and any boundary. that is the reason we do not have peace. now that has to change. i want it to change. not only have i not abandoned these two prerequisites of even, they have become more important because of the rising tide of a fanaticism that is what the middle east and unfortunately infected palestinian society. to change.his i want those two prerequisites of peace, substance, not labels, i want them reinstated. but if anyone believes that i is prime minister of israel, responsib

jews are not foreign colonialists in judea. unfortunately the palestinians, not only deny the past, they also poison the present. they name public squares in honor of mass murders who murdered israelis and i have to say also murdered americans. they fund, they pay monthly salaries to the families of murderers like the family of the terrorist who killed taylor force, a wonderful young american, west point graduate, who was stabbed to death while visiting israel. so this is the source of the conflict. the persistent palestinian refusal to recognize jewish state and rejectionism, that's the reason we don't have peace. now, that has to change. i want it to change. not only have i'm not abandoned these two prerequisites of peace. they've become even more important because of the rising tide of fan gnat sichl that has swept the middle east and infected palestinians society. so i want this to change. i want those two prerequisites of peace, substance not labels. i want them reinstated. but if anyone believes that i as prime minister o

. >> in the new testament gospels, jesus starts his mission traveling through galilee and judea, gatheringollowers. from them, he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner or student. so when jesus is calling disciples, he's simply gathering a group of students around to learn from him. >> the disciples come from a wide range of backgrounds. from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment. and he wanted a diverse group. judas may well have been one of the very first he recruited. >> jesus was a pretty good judge of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as a disciple must have had something going for him. >> judas was the treasurer of jesus' 12 disciples. he was the one jesus trusted with the money. >> jesus saw in judas the kind of man that he wanted to be his follower. we have to assume that they're friends and that they have this close relationship. >> he's special. he has a key place. and yet something's going to happen in judas that's going to lead him to fall away from jesus and to lose faith in jes

this is the first step towards complete regulation, which is applying israeli sovereignty over judeaaria. peace now an israeli ngo, says they're going to file a legal challenge. this is likely to go all the way to the supreme court of justice here in israel. expect it the be struck down. the knesset does not have authorities to laws over land that is not israel. >> israel emboldened by this. better relationship with the current white house. is there some way they can push through the settlements and work through the courts? or is it back to square one? >> reporter: it will have to go back to square one if the supreme court rules against it. and again, like that is likely to happen. there are alternativalternative annex the west bank. there's a warm relationship between washington and prime minister netanyahu, with their going to be meeting later this month. but the palestinians have some out strongly against this. they say this is a breach of national law. they're going to push forward. and there's fear that israel could be brought in front of the international criminal court because

. >> jesus leaves the family and goes walk about in galilee and judea. >> according to the gospels, jesuseeks out john the baptist on the banks of the river jordan. >> jesus' baptism by john the baptist really galvanized him, it got him thinking i must act now and convert people now. >> he begins performing miracles, casting out demons. >> according to the gospels, there are large crowds that are drawn to jesus throughout his ministry. jesus' healing miracles would have drawn a lot of attention. >> but while jesus embarks on his mission, his family remain in nazareth. >> jesus leaves james and the other brothers and sisters in charge of the family. >> hey, enough. >> and that is what's uncomfortable about this story. the village itself was a small village. so tongues would wag about this whole deal of jesus going off and doing some kind of ministry and leaving his family to take care of business. >> there would have been a lot of social marginalization that they would have experienced because they had this crazy, embarrassing brother. and we can imagine that would have created friction be

this is the first step towards complete regulation, which is applying israeli sovereignty over judea and samiria. and they would like to see the west bank annexed. the international community has long condemned outposts and settlements as being illegal. and just last december, the u.n. security council passed a resolution saying these outposts and settlements had no legal validity. and we heard from the plo committee member who said israel is authorizing the unlandfall act of land theft. and it's illegal settlements activities which are a war crime of the rome statue of international criminal court and egregious violation of international law. last night, when with were watching the debates take place, there were israeli politicians that expressed fear, that israeli politicians an officers in the army could be brought in front of international courts because of this law passing. >> in jerusalem this morning at 9:45 this morning. thanks, ian. >>> two yemeni brothers who are caught in president trump's travel ban. after the break, we have the moment they finally reunited with their fat

. —— from judea. palestinians not only deny the past, they poison the present.d americans. they pay monthly salaries to the families of murderers, like the family of the terrorist who killed a wonderful young american, stabbed to death while visiting israel. this is the source of the conflict, the persistent palestinian refusal to recognise any boundary, persistent rejection. that is why we don't have peace. that has to change. i wanted to change not only have i not abandoned these prerequisites, they have become even more important because of the rising tide of fanaticism that has swept the middle east and has also infected palestinian society. i want this to change. i want these prerequisites reinstated. but if anyone believes that i, as prime minister of israel, responsible for the security of my country, would walk into a palestinian terrorist state that seeks the destruction of my country, they are gravely mistaken. the prerequisites of peace, recognition of the jewish state and israel's security needs, west ofjordan, they remain pertinent. we have to look

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state no connection to settlements and peg as think about this no matter how many jews want to be in judeak should be allowed to live where they want this shouldn't be one line and arab line, if comes into existence i think threatened if it does the jews can live where they choose should be self-determination why is presence obstacle to peace he abbas saying only if we kick every last jew out israel can have 1.5 million citizens not one jew why count them as racism. >> hamas you referenced him a couple times there is any deal that can be made with hamas, hamas and gaza predictive value vis-a-vis what a might happen in west bank do you think they are take over west bank same way in gaza. >> i don't think all polls show that is what is going to happen abbas is not particular, hamas would destroy him in election, and he is so afraid of hamas he hasn't visited west bank in like a decade. so he is not really a leader he rules by fiat through fear, suppresses freedom of speech uses monday given to him in international aid to fund terrorists, he is not solution to peace the real solution, of cour