but the syriacs are still wary.uthorities, politicians, and neighbors have broken too many agreements with them. on sunday morning, ergun calls the faithful to worship. this former abbey is more than 1500 years old. the people of der qube say their prayers and sing in the same language jesus christ once spoke. now they wonder if they have any future in turkey. eyup: we don't know what tomorrow will bring -- if we'll be driven out of here, or if we can stay and work our land. nothing is certain. but we're not going to give up hope. reporter: ergun plans to marry soon, and he'd like to build a house -- here in his village der qube, with sole ownership of his ancestral land. michelle: while turkey's syriac community are desperate to keep their ancient traditions and symbols alive as a way of holding on to their identity, people in kiev are hoping to do away with reminders of the past and look to the future. in the wake of the 2014 maidan uprising, which saw the overthrow of ukraine's pro-russian president, there has be

palestinian workers he is he was said to be a thirty seven year old man from the nearby village of beit syriac and he had a work permit we understand and during the course of the lining up to get into the settlement he rouse suspicions according to israeli police he was challenged by which point he drew a. hand weapon a pistol from inside his clothing and opened fire three israeli security forces members were shot dead a fourth security guard understood to be a resident of the settlement was injured and the target himself was shot and killed what's been the reaction from the israeli government to this. well the israeli president's rivlin has called this a cruel act of terror the deputy foreign minister has called this a palestinian welcome for jason green black the u.s. envoy who just arrived yesterday for his latest round of talks with both sides she was saying that this demonstrates the inability of israel to try to seek peace with the palestinians at times when attacks like this are being carried out how mass on the other hand has welcomed this as showing the centrality of jerusalem which i