>> just strengthening the existing jewish communities in judea and samaria so that -- >> in the west> yes. >> reporter: the settler population has grown more than 200% since 2000. the israeli government encourages these moves, paying for the military to guard them and funding public services like buses and schools. >> we can take a little tour? >> sure. >> reporter: neighbor judith segalov took us around karnei shomron. >> do you have friends or family who don't agree with you living in a settlement? >> for sure. some of them won't come visit. here's our sushi shop. >> reporter: she moved here seven years ago from detroit. she was able to afford a bigger house here than she would have on the other side of the green line. >> across the street is our mall. we've got an ice cream shop. >> reporter: just up the road, segalov says she's excited by plans to expand the settlement on this hilltop. she believes israeli presence offers security. >> but it's also a contested place, a place considered an occupied territory. >> by some. >> by the international community. >> well, they're going to

up land that god gave them the title deed to, , whethr it's the land of israel, and that includes judeaamaria. and i don't want to hear the secretary of state for a present give a lecture to israel in the midst of defending themselves against unwarranted, provocative rocket attacks and somehow say both sides need to settle down. again, my wife and i were in israel last august when hamas was firing rockets out of gaza, aiming specifically, intentionally for civilian targets because they wanted to bring as much carnage as was possible to the innocence of israel. and my blood boiled because i was there when john kerry gave a press conference in which he called for both sides to tamp down the violence. and it wanted to say, mr. kerry, maybe you should come and see what i'm seeing. because what i'm seeing is at this. hamas is putting children and unarmed women in front of their weaponry. the israelis are putting their weaponry in front of the children and the women trying to protect them. there is not an equivalency here. this is not saying this. this is not about both sides trying to someho

she was a jewish woman from judea , a jewish woman from judea, travelling for a census whose husbandgotten to go on booking.com. her name wasn't mariam. that's an arabization of the name, which is a whole peninsula. over at the time, she would have been called miriam. by would have been called miriam. by the way, bethlehem was a jewish city. it's also the birthplace of david, and only a thousand years later and more due to colonisation, did it become an arab christian city. in 1950 it was nearly 90% christian. now it's about 10% christian. now it's about 10% christian. what happened to all your fellow christians? bear, in fact, the only growing population of christians in the entire middle east is where, y