when you look through the west bank, the tabernacle was for 369 year, e lan morway. throughout the west bank, it is known as judea, samaria, ezekiel chapter 38 known as the mountains. tell us about these digs. what is the significance of these archaeological finds? >> it seems like every archaeological discovery, finding out more about the bible that this is where much of the bible history was taking place where the jews settled for thousands of years. they just found a synagogue and a little base with a relief of a menorah on it. these were people that visited the 2nd temple back in the time of jesus. it is like they are uncovering more and more bible history. >> bible comes alive in the holy land. >> you are there. >> amazing place to be. it is like the stones are crying out affirming what we know the bible says. >> god speed to you as you return to the middle east. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, gary. >>> coming up next, how god transferred a new orleans gambler into a soul winner. here his amazing testimony that has tched millions around the world. >> now a

a halt last year when israel failed to renew a partial freeze on settlement construction in the west bank argues post there gives us a firsthand look at some of the stakes in the debate over settlements with a look at the old arab village of lift. this sort of the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel no need for the comeback i thought to be. my village. to see the hobson's the world through this rain also to remind me my father. got caught up among the cacti and fick trees but in one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated and like the hundreds of villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they really were heard shooting and south. side they will shoot you they begin with the whole caboodle hold to the hopi they will shoot you they were our another group inside the room in a corner and they did so as the brigade. us because one of seven hundred thousand palestinians

land confiscation there's a lot happening in the west bank and gaza there's a lot happening inside israel itself and the one nine hundred forty eight land there is dense now the arab residents of this israel are suffering from the abutted regime that they had now but what they what the international community can do is but ingrates into practice that means that they have to protect the civilians that they are suffering from everything now they have to to commit themselves to accountability they have to commit themselves to protection they have to do what they have to do legally and we are not asking something weird to do we are asking to be and to apply to apply international law to apply the hague convention to apply the geneva conventions. the so they also want to ask you as well very shortly later on tonight in fight israel to approve isn't it a bill that says that activists who pick it up boycott the country will face a civil lawsuit what do you think of that what is israel want to achieve achieve a way that you think can you please say it again there's a little bit later on tonight i

and the freeze settlement expansion west bank as part of. the u.s. failed to get the israeli government to keep to that commitment palestinians went to the security council and asked for a resolution condemning this really settlement fanchon west bank and knew it to us that resolution sure that showed the contradiction between u.s. policy and actually us policy and this current united nations does the same thing united states on paper supports a two state solution along the one hundred sixty seven lines of president obama. announced your name and then you bring that up sorry to interrupt you interesting that you bring that up because we do i remember the rift between the expos between the u.s. and israel earlier this year when president obama back to return to the six seven borders now are we seeing a shift of u.s. support away from israel. don't remember when president obama said was in fact a longstanding u.s. policy in the longstanding expectation of the international community that the ninety seven borders would be the not the final outc

now israel is continuing of course to focus on settlement building in the west bank is there or could there be a connection between israel's occupation there and these protests briefly. yes absolutely there is a strong connection while israel has been under building in tel aviv and haifa and all these major cities and israel is all have been overbuilding in the west bank for example fifteen percent according to the peace now report fifteen percent of israel public building budget have been going to building in the settlements in the west bank which only consist of four percent of israel population when you overspending three four times more than the population need in the west bank well under spending in israel proper that tells israel strategy and that tells you that the focus of the israeli government at the moment is more sustaining the occupation and more sustaining the settlements rather than caring for the majority of the population who actually oppose the police and opposed to patients and control proper so that the problem here though is a still many israelis have not been abl

. >> reporter: it's sunday morning in the west bank town of bethlehem. christians have gathered for worship at the ancient church of the nativity, which marks the traditional birthplace of jesus. local christians like john tawil say they feel a special tie to their faith. >> being a christian in bethlehem is something wonderful because it's the place where jesus was born. >> reporter: but the 2,000-year-old christian community here has been diminishing at an alarming rate. and some question whether christianity can ultimately survive in the land where it began. >> the places are important, but you need these places to come alive and you cannot do that without indigenous palestinian christians in the holy land. >> reporter: the overwhelming majority of christians here are arabs. they were among the hundreds of thousands displaced in 1948, when the state of israel was established, and in the wars that followed. for decades now, palestinian christians have continued to emigrate at disproportionately high rates, and their birth rates are much lower than thos

supports the pre nine hundred sixty seven borders before israel seized land in gaza and the west bank and calls are growing for the u.n. to stop people being silenced for more on this that we can now cross live to our correspondent policy here who is in tel aviv now paula first of all what does this new law mean a for israelis who sympathize with the palestinian cause. while the vote is cast late monday by a vote of ninety seven in favor and fifty eight against it is called the blue she could take the state of israel to boycotts and essentially what even owls is for any kind of safety net he says women based business suit for damages is rabies morning so boycotts and presupposes fines if the one that is not israelis he or she can also be prevented from bob from entering this country it also contains the israeli government from doing business with any kind of organization that initiate school complies with rules for boycotts now what is interesting is that the legal adviser for the knesset the israeli parliament is himself against this bill he has called it borderline illegal and this

supports the pre nine hundred sixty seven borders before israel sees land in gaza or the west bank calls to growing for the u.n. to stop people being silenced. if you are preventing me from expressing myself been to me from buying. whatever i want. and calling yourself. that democracy the democratic state in the middle east it's not perfect adjective for such a country. what what we need here is dated nations for example needs to activate its rule in accountability they netted nations needs to pay the international. league of arab states for example which is looking just for the palestinian refugees they're not intervening they have to start pushing and bush giving getting pressure and then it states on the big countries the capita countries to give their. pressure on israel to to move towards one state solution we don't have two state solution we don't want it the right to return is the biggest case the biggest question in the palestinian israeli clashes some of the areas being fought over since become a no man's land for both the palestinians who live there and the jewish settlers who

occupying palestinian territories including guards the west bank and east jerusalem in the six day war also driving a wedge and following a solution is the refusal to stop all withdraw jewish settlements on disputed lands his policy of his the one ancient arab village near jerusalem which its former inhabitants say stands as a painful memory to injustice. nestled in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling out community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel you. come back. and i. see the hard since the spring. my car there. among the cacti and fit trees but one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated unlike the hundreds of code villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so the only we heard shooting. and child. bride they will should do the whole little hold the little hoping they will do the. hour another plus inside the room in a corner and then the table so as to prove to. us he could was one of seven hundred

allows it to take legal action against his own citizens if they oppose jewish settlements in the west bank it covers israelis who boycott all petition against the occupation of palestinian territory and it coincides with the latest piece of terms by the international middle east quartet in washington russia the united states the u.n. and the e.u. have a tough job ahead of them now the u.n. is due to vote on recognizing palestine and televisa angry that its biggest ally the u.s. supports the pre-one nine hundred sixty seven borders before israel sees land in guards or in the west bank cause also growing to for the u.n. to stop people being silenced. if you are preventing me from expressing myself but then to me from buying whatever i want. and calling yourself. that democracy that democratic state in the middle east it's not perfect adjective for such a country. what what we need here as dated nations for example needs to activate its rules and accountability they netted nations needs to. the international. league of arab states for example which is looking just for the palestinian refugees

all right the listings were willing to give up seventy eight percent of the country and accept the west bank and gaza that the world accepted as not israeli occupied in one thousand nine hundred seventy. i spend all my life and go sheeting that agreement way before school started and when all school started between the lobby in the late president israel's prime minister of israel and prison our father the late president arafat i think the hope was absolutely there that this is the solution two states side by side on the holy land they're divided by the one nine hundred sixty seven borders and an opportunity for peace to allow the solution of that if you program of the pope unfortunately this process is facing great difficulty the president the president ruler of israel and his coalition do not want to give up the west bank and. i'm not really. under any pressure to do so neither internal or external pressure and that is what really makes it difficult to come up there's a solution out there that accepted by the international community there accepted by the roadmap they accepted by the arabs a

illegal criminal of the west bank gaza strip believed to be. there was pro palestinian campaigner back in talking to us from tel aviv joining many thanks indeed. and coming up in the program just before the anniversary of europe's worst massacres in the north east he travels to trip where people are still in search of justice. and that's later but now rebels in libya part of government forces on the road to tripoli they're now moving towards the key town obviously time after a six week long on parts but the capital still remains over one hundred fifty kilometers away the rebels say that progress has been slow lack of ammunition and nato support the alliance has been running low on workers in its push against gadhafi forces and asked germany nations and monday no europe from the group research on globalization says that nato members broke international norway supplying weapons to rebels in libya. definitely years via violating the nation's sanction as well as international law there's something called the a t t. t t v cannot supply arms to the r

washington hoping to jumpstart the stalled israeli palestinian peace talks even the projects criticism west bank settlements. or to the rest of the against the traditional. made allegations that is nothing more. to the u.s. . you're watching r.t. live from moscow welcome to the program. flags at half mast across russia as the country mourns the victims of its worst boat accident in three decades sixty five people have been officially confirmed dead dozens of bodies remain under water overloaded pleasure cruiser sank in the river republic of the start on sunday. say the chances of finding more survivors are remote. and public. commemoration services are indeed argue to begin tom a difficult day for the republican and a difficult day for the country but. where you are right now. well carrie behind me i'm sure you can see the amount of flowers that are starting to be laid against the riverboat station here in khazan which was to be the final point of the of this cruise of the ship the bull guard here is growing the number of flowers there is growing as is the number of people coming here to pay the

they said that they were intention was peaceful the plan was to spend a week particulate in the west bank visiting palestinian families and really giving them a message of hope and encouragement from the international community but of course the attention also needs to be on gaza where since two thousand and seven since her must came to power israel has imposed a hippy blockade and the latest word we hear from humanitarian organizations operating in gaza is that the situation is almost catastrophic we're hearing figures of as much as eighty percent of the population who do not have access to basic necessities the problem is that the israeli authorities heard about this fly tiller and already on thursday they issued the names of three hundred and forty two people that were not allowed to into this country and they gave those names to foreign airlines and warn them that if they bought those people here they would have the expense of the responsibility of sending them back to their home countries we know that two hundred people were stopped in european capitals but of the roughly a hundred w

on the west bank and true with the israelis as well now israel is dealing a heavy hand largely because of what happened roughly this time last year which is when we first the tiller tried to sell to gaza it had humanitarian aid on going and we all know it ended with nine turkish activists did we have seen a second freedom flotilla attempt at this stage the eight ships that are part of their fertility are stranded off the coast of greece athens has imposed a blanket ban preventing them from sailing to gaza so certainly a lot of attention in the international community trying to help the people of gaza and israel being very heavy handed very worried and very militant in its response. now we've got a chance for you to have your say what's been dubbed the fly you can tell us what you think about the story of a logging on to our website r t v dot com take part in the poll for live today we've been asking whether profile esteem activists will be able to convince israel to lift the blockade on gaza been changing a bit all night but roughly those figures have been saying the same so far almost

allows it to take legal action against its own citizens if they oppose jewish settlements in the west bank or polis leader explains. the ball was passed late monday by a vote of lucky statement in favor and fifty eight against it is called the bill to protect the state of israel through boycotts and essentially what it allows is for any kind of signal says when one based a business to suit for damages is rabies puling so boycotts a new presupposes fines if the cooling that is not an israeli he or she can also be prevented from barred from entering this country now what is interesting is that the legal advisor for the knesset the israeli parliament is himself against this bill he has called it borderline illegal and this is a sentiment that is echoed by human rights organizations and civil parliamentarians they say that it is anti democracy it is anti freedom of speech and people really should be allowed to call for boycotts of both the occupied territories and the system and the head of the peace now movement has said that the israeli government is trying to act to quote him as tool to pol

and the freeze israeli settlement expansion west bank as part of prior agreements u.s. media want to get the israeli government to commit atrocities going to the security council and ask for a resolution condemning israeli settlement. a new it's a good resolution to that showed the contradiction between the u.s. policy and actually. this current push of united nations big united states. supports the solution along the one hundred sixty seven lines president obama. announced. that when you bring that out sorry to interrupt it interesting that you bring that up because we do i remember the rift between exposed between the u.s. and israel earlier this year when president obama back to return to their accepted borders now are we seeing a shift of u.s. support away from israel. i don't remember there when president obama was in fact a longstanding u.s. policy in the longstanding expectation of the international community that the next seven borders would be the nice line not the final outcome but the baseline of negotiations between israel and the palestinians the israeli re

here and be here for this day and enjoy the the cultural activities of the palestinians or on the west bank and true with the israelis as well. the israeli authorities have been criticized for the near hysterical response to this whole operation in fact israeli media has been heavily criticizing the government saying that it's almost as if they preparing for a military operation and not for a protest i mean looking at this on the face of a poor begs the very simple question why is a group of peaceful activists cause such a stir. and added to that question is the irony that is radio authorities by sending some sixty seven hundred police and security officers to israel's being green airport to deal with these demonstrators israel is also only helping these activists bring attention to their plight which is essentially to draw the world's attention to the state of one and a half million gazans who are trapped in one of the most densely populated areas in the world now israel is dealing a heavy hand largely because of what happened roughly this time last year which is when the first fatality tr

on the west bank and true with the israelis that's where these radio florida keys have been criticized for the near hysterical response to this whole operation in fact israeli media has been heavily criticizing the government saying that it's almost as if they're preparing for a military operation and not for a protest by sending some six to seven hundred police and security officers to israel's been able to deal with these demonstrators israel is also only helping these activists bring attention to their plight which is essentially to draw the world's attention to the fate of one and a half million gazans who are trapped in one of the most densely populated areas in the world now israel is dealing a heavy hand largely because of what happened roughly this time last year which has been the first to tell it try to sell to gaza it has humanitarian aid i'm going to be you know it ended with nine turkish activists did we have seen a second freedom flotilla attempt at this stage the eight ships that are part of their fertility are stranded off the coast of greece athens has imposed a blanke

but that they commit massive ethnic cleansing in order to rid the west bank to rid all of the area between the jordan river and the mediterranean sea of non jews because this is part of their theology their eschatology according to the book of revelation and for apac a jewish organization a supposedly pro israel organization to be helping set up this conference to be appearing publicly at this conference is an indorsement of israel an exciting the whole west bank and then a divorce mitt. that's nick cleansing in my opinion i want to ask you a little bit more about something backing up something you said you know in the united states there's a separation of church and state i'm curious though a lot of the beliefs that seem to be driving this organization are very theological and there are politicians there that are speaking and that are on board and i want to play a little bit of an interview you did with former majority leader tom de lay who which i think is a little pretty illustrative let's play that we're brings you the christians united for israel well i was in on the ground fl

alright palestinians were willing to give up seventy eight percent of the country and accept the west bank and gaza but the world accepted as not israeli occupied in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven i spent all my life to go shaking better agreement way before school started and we also started between the lobby in the late is the israeli prime minister of israel and preside over for bill a prisoner i think the hope was absolutely there that this is the solution to states side by side on the holy land divided by the in sixty seven border and an opportunity for peace cloud the solution that if you problem of a problem unfortunately this. process is facing great difficulty the president the president ruler of israel and his coalition in most want to give up or spread. i'm not really. under any pressure to do so neither internal or external pressure and that is what really makes it difficult the parameters of the solution are there but accepted by the international community there accepted by the road back and accepted by the arabs and the muslims as well that once you have two states s

cindy fan is the dean of social sciences dominic king is the ceo of east west bank here in californiaand the ambassador who serve as liaison to china for director steven spielberg. let me start with you. we were talking a moment ago about my own feelings -- i talked about this earlier this week on a special, about a sense of hopefulness that one feels moving through china as contrasted by a sense of hopelessness that americans are feeling now given the economy, the recession, etc., etc. there was a poll we started earlier this week. just over half of all americans believe that our best days as a nation are behind us. those are not the views of all americans, but that is more than half. what do you make of that distinction, that juxtaposition? >> i think there is some truth to that. every time i go to china, i feel energized. first of all, there are so many people there. there is always something happening. but there is the fact that they have been joined triple digit economic growth -- double-digit economic growth for several decades. having said that, i think that, in a globalized wo

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difficulty the president the president ruler of israel and his coalition do not want to give up the west bank. and not really. under any pressure to do so neither internal or external pressure and that is what really makes it difficult the parameters of the solution are there but accepted by the international community there accepted by the road map they accepted by the arabs and muslims as well that once you have two states side by side with a share jerusalem which becomes the capital of the two states and an overall peace a arrangement fifty seven arab and muslim countries will recognize israel and will normalize the relations with israel but the present government of israel is not interested this is really the problem now why isn't this pressure forthcoming part of it has to do with the the history of the jewish people i mean israel in the final analysis has. tried to resolve an issue with the jews in europe in particular and in germany in specific where. persecuted in fact a genocide take place during world war two against them and therefore it is very difficult to put pressure on people

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daily life affects the pennies that the government spending the money the government spending in the west bank verses in israel i think you will see a real revolution in israel. more than a year has passed since the indian government announced the unprecedented rights to education act the law was aimed at stamping out of literacy in battling the country's economic divide the concept was to provide compulsory and free education for all children aged six to fourteen however as artie's discovered the form is facing tough challenges. it's dawn in india's capital city of new delhi an eight year old cushy just getting ready for school while there are nearly two hundred million elementary school children like coaching in india only half that number ever complete the eighth grade most end up leaving school to help their parents with domestic work or to get a job to bring in some extra money maybe but i haven't studied much that's why i want to educate my children after growing pressure to address the educational disparities in india the government passed an act making it mandatory for all children bet

it means giving up the right of return and giving all of jerusalem to israel and allowing these west bank settlements to continue so there's there are between a rock and a hard place they need a settlement but as long as they're following the israeli agenda or supporting the israeli agenda which has its own narrow. aims to gobble up more and more palestinian territory there can't be a resolution. hours before the middle east quartet convened in washington israel introduced a law that makes it a crime for its citizens to boycott jewish settlements in occupied palestinian territory nor has already been criticized for violating free speech and starting democracy. as the details of all this past late monday by a vote of ninety seven in favor and fifty eight against it is will be both to protect the state of israel to boycotts and essentially what you do now is for any kind of signal system one based business to suit for damages is rabies morning for boycotts a new presupposes fines if the queen is not an israeli he or she can also be prevented from barred from entering this country now what i

daily life affects the pennies that the government spending the money the government spending in the west bank verses in israel i think you will see a real revolution in israel. for coverage of our top stories available dot com and his wealth is on life right now and seeing. mining praying and nightline is just a moment on the ground we report on our online class. it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's party card sitting in the bedroom he's been sent to provide you security he's going to like that target a rass naysay that the. he is going to save the american missile defense program in europe if you screw since he is in full wrath helsing it's all called. libyan rebels have declared three days of mourning after their military commander to offer a pill to us was gunned down hours after rebel reportedly arrested him for his family's suspected ties to kind of conduct is raising in libya's foreign minister before he defected to the rebels at the beginning of the revolution the national transitional council blames the killing on guitar and supporters claims to have a rest the he

a halt last year when israel failed to renew a partial freeze on settlement construction in the west bank palestinians who consider that territory their own want admission of their state within the established one hundred sixty seven borders parties paula slive visited one old arab village which its former habitants say stands as a painful memory to justice. nestled in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel this you know i need. to come back and. my religion. to see the house is. also to remind. my choir there. among the cacti and fit trees but you know. hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated and like the hundreds of arab villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they only heard shooting. and. they will shoot through the whole the whole day with the hope that they will shoot . our mother took us inside the room in the corner and then the table so as to protect us her