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Episode: “The Heart of Israel”

The founder of Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund, David Rubin, provides his perspective on peace and coexistence between Jews and Arabs living side by side in Israel.

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Caption transcript for “The Heart of Israel”

00:16 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
00:23 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK,
00:27 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
00:42 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
00:44 I'M MYLES WEISS
00:46 AND I'M KATHARINE WEISS
00:47 AND WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR SHOW TODAY.
00:50 MYLES I'M EXCITED
00:52 WE'RE GOING TO BE SHOWING DAVID RUBEN A FRIEND OF OURS IN THE HEARTLAND OF ISRAEL.
00:56 AND DID YOU KNOW THAT ISRAEL IS THE SIZE OF NEW JERSEY?
01:00 IT'S ONE OF THE SMALLEST PLACES ON THE EARTH
01:04 BUT IT'S SO DISPUTED BECAUSE IT'S GOD'S PROMISED LAND.
01:06 RIGHT...
01:07 AND LISTEN TO THE PROMISE...
01:09 THIS IS GENESIS 17:8.
01:10 GOD SPEAKS TO ABRAHAM AND SAYS,
01:23 WELL WE ARE SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW.
01:25 ACCORDING TO THE PROPHETS
01:26 AMOS 9:15 SAYS,
01:28 "I WILL PLANT YOU IN THE LAND NEVER TO BE UPROOTED AGAIN.
01:30 IT'S THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND
01:35 AND OF GOD'S COVENANT PLAN FOR ISRAEL.
01:37 THE WEST BANK IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DEFINED IN THIS SHOW
01:41 AND PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME "WHAT IS THE WEST BANK?"
01:44 WELL IT'S NOT A BANK.
01:45 IT'S ACTUALLY THE HEART OF ISRAEL
01:48 AND DAVID'S GOING TO BE VERY CLEAR. >>IT IS.
01:50 WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH DAVID RUBEN FOR YEARS
01:52 TAKING GROUPS UP TO SHILOH TO MEET WITH HIM.
01:54 HE WAS A VICTIM OF TERROR AND HIS SON WAS AS WELL.
01:57 AND THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL WORK UP THERE
01:59 WITH A THERAPY CENTER FOR CHILDREN, VICTIMS OF TERROR.
02:03 SO WE MET WITH DAVID AND WE ASKED HIM,
02:05 "PLEASE DAVID DEFINE THE WEST BANK FOR US."
02:11 THE TERM "WEST BANK"
02:12 IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR
02:13 TO THE TERM "PALESTINE"
02:15 BECAUSE PALESTINE
02:16 IS A FICTIONAL TERM
02:18 THAT WAS CREATED BY THE ROMAN CONQUERORS A LITTLE BIT UNDER 2,000 YEARS AGO.
02:23 THEY HAD CONQUERED THE LAND OF ISRAEL,
02:27 DRIVEN MOST OF THE JEWS FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL
02:30 AND AS PART OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF ERASING THE PRESENCE OF ISRAEL FROM ITS LAND
02:37 THEY WIPED OFF THE NAMES "ISRAEL"AND "JUDEA" FROM THE MAP,
02:43 THEY RENAMED THE LAND OF ISRAEL "PALESTINA"...
02:48 AND THAT'S THE ROMANS.
02:51 THEY RENAMED THE LAND OF ISRAEL "PALAESTINA"
02:53 TAKING THAT WORD GIVEN A ROMAN DERIVATIVE OF THE WORD "PHILISTINES"
02:58 WHO WERE OF COURSE THE ARCH ENEMIES OF ISRAEL.
03:00 SO THE NAME "PALAESTINA"
03:04 EVOLVED OVER THE HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO FOLLOW...
03:07 THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED...
03:09 EVOLVED INTO "PALESTINE"
03:12 AND PEOPLE CALLED IT PALESTINE.
03:15 THE JEWS AROUND THE WORLD STILL PRAYED TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL...
03:19 THEY STILL PRAYED FACING THE LAND OF ISRAEL FOR 2,000 YEARS....
03:23 3 TIMES A DAY OR MORE WE WOULD PRAY TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
03:28 BUT IN COMMON SPEECH IT WAS KNOWN AS PALESTINE
03:33 BUT THERE WAS NO INDIGENOUS "PALESTINIAN PEOPLE".
03:37 IN FACT MY FATHER-IN-LAW WHO GREW UP AND WAS BORN IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
03:42 AND LIVED HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD THERE
03:45 HE WAS REFERRED TO AS "A PALESTINIAN".
03:48 HE SAYS HE AND HIS FAMILY...
03:50 THEY WERE PALESTINIANS...
03:52 IF YOU SPOKE OF A PALESTINIAN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT A JEW.
03:55 AND IT'S ONLY AFTER...
04:00 OKAY THE STATE OF ISRAEL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1948...
04:04 1967 WE HAD THE MIRACULOUS SIX DAY WAR...
04:07 AND THE SIX DAY WAR IN SIX DAYS
04:11 AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY WE RESTED BECAUSE THE SEVENTH DAY WAS THE JEWISH SABBATH...
04:15 AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE SIX DAYS?
04:18 WE RE-CAPTURED THE BIBLICAL HEARTLAND OF ISRAEL...
04:21 RE-CAPTURED JUDEA...
04:22 WE RE-CAPTURED SAMARIA...
04:24 RE-CAPTURED OLD JERUSALEM...
04:27 WE RE-CAPTURED THE GOLAN HEIGHTS,
04:29 THE SINAI DESERT, GAZA...
04:31 AND ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN SIX DAYS
04:34 AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY WE RESTED.
04:36 NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE TERMS OF THE WEST BANK?
04:40 THAT AREA THAT WE RE-CAPTURED, JUDEA AND SAMARIA, HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE "WEST BANK".
04:47 WHY DID THEY GIVE IT THE NAME "THE WEST BANK"?
04:49 THE SAME REASON THE ROMANS GAVE THE LAND OF ISRAEL THE NAME PALESTINE...
04:54 TO WIPE OFF THE PRESENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL FROM ITS LAND.
04:58 BUT IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BIBLE...
05:00 IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR HISTORY BOOKS
05:02 YOU WILL NOT SEE THE TERM "WEST BANK"...
05:05 THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE.
05:07 I LIVE IN SAMARIA.
05:09 SOUTH OF SAMARIA IS JERUSALEM AND JUDEA.
05:13 THAT IS THE BIBLICAL "HEARTLAND OF ISRAEL".
05:19 DAVID RUBEN IS SUCH A GREAT SPOKESMAN FOR THE SO-CALLED "WEST BANK"
05:22 BECAUSE HE REALLY CAN UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE HE LIVES THERE
05:25 AND INTERPRET FOR US BIBLICALLY WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.
05:28 ANOTHER GREAT SPOKESMAN IS DAVID HAIVRI.
05:31 WE MET WITH HIM UP ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
05:33 WHERE HE SPOKE TO US ABOUT THESE SAME ISSUES FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW.
05:37 ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HE BRINGS TO US
05:39 IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CHRISTIANS ARE COMING TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH PEOPLE
05:44 IN THE REBUILDING AND PLANTING VINEYARDS ON THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL.
05:48 AMOS 9:15 TELLS US THAT WE WOULD PLANT VINEYARDS AGAIN.
05:52 IN FACT, CHRISTIANS ARE COMING
05:54 AND HELPING DAVID HAIVRI AND HIS PEOPLE BUILD THE VINEYARDS ON THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL.
06:00 SO LET'S GO TO MY INTERVIEW WITH DAVID HAIVRI.
06:11 DAVID WE'RE STANDING HERE
06:13 WHERE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HISTORY HAVE TAKEN PLACE FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
06:16 WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US TO BE HERE RIGHT ON THE WAY OF THE PATRIARCHS?
06:19 MYLES THIS IS
06:21 VERY INSPIRATIONAL.
06:22 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
06:24 ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD
06:26 THAT'S MORE INSPIRATIONAL
06:27 THAN THE PLACE THAT WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW...
06:29 HERE WITH THE TEMPLE MOUNT BEHIND US...
06:31 THE CITY OF DAVID JUST BELOW US.
06:33 THIS IS THE CENTER OF ISRAEL
06:35 AND IT'S THE CENTER OF THE WORLD.
06:37 ACCORDING TO OUR BELIEF
06:38 JERUSALEM IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD...
06:40 THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL...
06:41 THE CAPITAL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
06:43 AND IT DOESN'T STOP HERE,
06:45 IF WE KEEP GOING FROM THIS AREA...
06:47 WE COME TO YOUR HOME DON'T WE?
06:48 THE ROAD OF OUR FATHERS...
06:51 ROAD NUMBER 60
06:53 WHICH TAKES US FROM SHECHEM IN THE NORTH
06:56 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BEERSHEVA IN THE SOUTH
06:58 PASSING BY ALL OF THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE...
07:02 ALL OF THE STORIES OF OUR FATHERS ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
07:06 ALL OCCURRED ALONG THIS ROAD.
07:08 JOSEPH THE SON OF JACOB...
07:10 JACOB SENDS JOSEPH OUT TO SEEK OUT HIS BROTHERS WHO ARE MINDING THE FLOCKS
07:15 AND HE GOES TO THIS VALLEY OF DOTHAN.
07:18 THAT'S WHERE HE WAS ABDUCTED BY HIS BROTHERS
07:20 AND THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES IN THE BIBLE
07:22 THAT WE READ ABOUT OUR FATHERS REVOLVING AROUND THESE AREAS
07:26 AND IT IS A GREAT INSPIRATION LIVING HERE...
07:31 LIVING ON THESE MOUNTAINS...
07:32 ON THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL.
07:34 I NOTICE THE PROPHET SAID THAT WE WOULD BE PLANTED BACK HERE NEVER TO BE UPROOTED AGAIN
07:39 AND YET THERE ARE MANY THREATS
07:41 AGAINST YOU LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
07:44 THAT IS THE TRUTH.
07:45 I REPRESENT THE SHOMRON LIASON OFFICE
07:47 THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE SAMARIA
07:49 AND IT IS IRONIC THAT ALL OF THE ARROWS FACED AGAINST ISRAEL IN THE WORLD,
07:55 ALL OF THE PROPAGANDA,
07:56 ALL OF THE HATE FOCUSED ON ISRAEL IN UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
08:00 ALL TALK ABOUT ISRAEL'S CONTROL OF THIS AREA...
08:04 THE AREA THAT THEY CALL THE WEST BANK
08:06 IS JUDEA AND SAMARIA...
08:07 IS THE HEARTLAND OF ISRAEL...
08:09 IS THE CORE.
08:10 THIS AREA...
08:11 IT'S SO IRONIC THAT THIS AREA
08:13 THAT'S THE MAIN CLAIM OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL,
08:16 THAT IS THE SAME PLACE THAT THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
08:19 ARE TRYING TO PRESSURE ISRAEL TO REMOVE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM
08:23 AND TO GIVE OVER TO OTHER PEOPLE.
08:26 I READ YOUR ARTICLE RECENTLY...
08:27 "WHAT WEST BANK?"
08:28 EXPLAIN HOW THAT TERM CAME INTO BEING.
08:30 WELL THE TERM "THE WEST BANK"...
08:32 AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT THAT OUT
08:34 BECAUSE THE TERM IS USED SO WIDELY.
08:37 YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING -
08:39 IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY WHAT THEIR OPINION IS ABOUT PORTUGAL
08:42 OR WHAT THEIR OPINION IS OF KAZAKHSTAN
08:46 PEOPLE WILL SAY
08:47 "WHAT? WHERE? WHERE IS THAT?"
08:49 BUT IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY WHAT THEIR OPINION ABOUT ISRAEL
08:52 YOU'LL FIND THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT ISRAEL
08:54 AND HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THE WEST BANK.
08:56 WHAT IS THE WEST BANK?
08:58 WHERE DID THAT TERM COME ABOUT?
09:00 IT'S USED SO OFTEN...
09:01 YOU HEAR ABOUT IT SO OFTEN
09:03 THAT PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT THE WEST BANK HAS SOME KIND OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE.
09:07 BUT THE FACT IS
09:08 THAT THE WEST BANK ONLY CAME ABOUT IN 1948
09:11 IN ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
09:14 WHEN ISRAEL'S NEIGHBORS ALL INVADED THE NEWLY FOUNDED STATE OF ISRAEL
09:18 AND TRIED PUSHING THE JEWS INTO THE SEA.
09:22 THE ARMY OF JORDAN CROSSED OVER JORDAN'S BORDER
09:25 THE JORDAN RIVER.
09:27 THE COUNTRY OF JORDAN IS NAMED FOR THE RIVER WHICH IS ITS WESTERN BORDER.
09:31 THEIR ARMY CROSSED OVER THAT RIVER,
09:33 OCCUPIED AN AREA WEST OF THE RIVER THE WEST BANK
09:37 AND THAT'S WHEN THE TERM CAME ABOUT.
09:39 THE TERM "THE WEST BANK" IS ONLY AS OLD AS THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
09:44 SO WHEN OUR AUDIENCE IF THEY'RE BIBLE READERS
09:47 AND THEY SEE OR HEAR ON THE RADIO OR TELEVISION "WESTBANK"
09:50 THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY THINK JUDEA AND SAMARIA THE PLACE OF THE BIBLE,
09:54 THE HEARTLAND AS YOU SAY.
09:56 THAT IS THE TRUTH.
09:57 THE WEST BANK IS A POLITICAL TERM FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
10:00 THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN CALLED JUDEA AND SAMARIA.
10:03 BEFORE IT WAS CALLED "THE WEST BANK"
10:05 ALL OF THOSE OLD MAPS
10:06 YOU'LL SEE THE MARKINGS ON THE MAP.
10:08 YOU HAVE GALIL (GALILEE),
10:10 YOU HAVE NEGEV
10:11 AND YOU HAVE JUDEA AND SAMARIA.
10:13 WHAT'S THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE AND THREAT TO THE COMMUNITIES?
10:17 I LOVE THAT THEY...
10:19 I SAY THAT IRONICALLY...
10:20 I LOVE THAT THEY USE THE TERM "SETTLEMENTS".
10:21 I'VE SEEN THESE COMMUNITIES
10:22 THEY'RE GORGEOUS COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE
10:24 LIVING IN A THRIVING, WONDERFUL WAY
10:27 AND THEY'RE CALLED "SETTLEMENTS".
10:28 TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
10:29 WHAT'S THE CURRENT THREAT?
10:31 TODAY 10 PER CENT OF ISRAEL'S JEWISH POPULATION LIVES IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA
10:35 ALSO KNOWN AS THE WEST BANK.
10:37 THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA
10:39 ARE CALLED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY "SETTLEMENTS".
10:42 SO IN ISRAEL IN THE AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE WEST BANK
10:47 THE AREAS THAT ISRAEL WAS ESTABLISHED IN BEFORE THE SIX DAY WAR IN 1967
10:53 COMMUNITIES ARE CALLED "TOWNS", "VILLAGES", "MOSHAV", "KIBBUTZ"
10:58 BUT THE SAME TYPE OF COMMUNITIES
11:00 IF THEY'RE OVER THE GREEN LINE
11:02 IF THEY'RE IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA
11:04 THEY'RE CALLED "SETTLEMENTS".
11:05 10 PERCENT OF ISRAEL'S POPULATION LIVES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
11:08 I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THAT.
11:09 I'VE LIVED THERE WITH MY WIFE MALI
11:11 AND OUR EIGHT CHILDREN FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS
11:14 AND WE HAVE A HOME ALONG WITH 200 OTHER FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE IN KFAR TAPUAH
11:20 AND THAT'S THE AVERAGE TYPE OF COMMUNITY...
11:22 TAPUAH...SHILO...ELON MOREH...
11:27 COMMUNITIES WITH 150...200...300 FAMILIES.
11:31 THOSE ARE THE AVERAGE TYPE OF SETTLEMENTS
11:34 OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA.
11:36 AND THEY'RE JUST COMMUNITIES LIKE COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE ELSE.
11:39 IT'S REALLY A MISNOMER
11:41 JUST LIKE "THE WEST BANK" IS A MISNOMER
11:43 "SETTLEMENTS" IS A MISNOMER.
11:44 WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO DO IS THEY NEED TO COME AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES.
11:47 PEOPLE CARE ABOUT ISRAEL.
11:49 PEOPLE WISH TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL AND TO PROTECT ISRAEL.
11:53 RECENTLY WE HAD A VISIT OF AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN,
11:57 CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS WHO CAME TO VISIT AND TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT,
12:01 PEOPLE LIKE LOUIE GOHMERT FROM DALLAS WHO VISITED US
12:05 AND I TOOK HIM OUT TO HAR BRACHA.
12:07 HAR BRACHA IS ON MOUNT GERIZIM
12:09 THE MOUNT OF BLESSING IN THE BIBLE.
12:11 AND WE STOOD IN THE VINEYARDS OF HAR BRACHA WHICH IS AN AMAZING PHENOMENON IN ITSELF.
12:16 IF WE HAVE TIME WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT.
12:18 WE STOOD IN THE VINEYARDS OF HAR BRACHA WHICH IS 850 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
12:26 WE LOOKED TO THE WEST AND WE COULD SEE THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA,
12:29 WE COULD SEE THE CITY OF TEL AVIV.
12:31 WE TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED TO THE EAST AND WE COULD SEE THE MOUNTAINS OF MOAB OF JORDAN.
12:35 WE'RE STANDING IN ONE PLACE
12:37 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO BORDERS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
12:40 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE REALIZE HOW NARROW ISRAEL IS.
12:45 THERE'S ONLY 70 KILOMETERS FROM THE JORDAN RIVER TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA...
12:50 70 KILOMETERS...
12:51 THAT'S LESS THAN 50 MILES...
12:53 THAT'S ALL.
12:54 AND THE WEST BANK TO SAMARIA IS 55 KILOMETERS OF THOSE 70.
12:59 WE WANT OUR VIEWERS TO STAND WITH ISRAEL
13:04 TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
13:05 WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA
13:07 AND SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO OUR VIEWERS
13:11 SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW FROM YOUR HEART HOW THEY CAN STAND WITH ISRAEL AT THIS TIME.
13:16 THIS IS AN AMAZING PHENOMENON.
13:19 THE RETURN OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL
13:21 IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PRAYED FOR, FOR 2,000 YEARS SINCE WE WERE FORCED OFF OF THIS LAND.
13:26 JEWISH PEOPLE IN EVERY COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD FACE JERUSALEM...
13:30 FACE THIS HOLY MOUNTAIN THAT'S BEHIND US
13:32 AND PRAY TO RETURN
13:34 AND REBUILD JERUSALEM
13:35 AND TO REBUILD THE JEWISH COUNTRY.
13:37 YOU NEED TO STAND WITH ISRAEL
13:39 AND YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL.
13:41 YOU NEED TO STAND UP WHEN PEOPLE SAY TERMS LIKE "WEST BANK" AND "SETTLEMENTS".
13:44 YOU NEED TO CORRECT THEM AND YOU NEED TO SAY "NO, THAT IS JUDEA AND SAMARIA..."
13:48 "THAT'S THE HEARTLAND OF ISRAEL..."
13:50 "THAT'S WHERE THE JEWISH PEOPLE BELONG".
13:52 AND WE ARE GLAD
13:54 AND I AM GLAD THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THIS GENERATION...
13:57 TO BE HERE...
13:58 TO LIVE HERE WITH MY WIFE...
13:59 WITH MY CHILDREN...
14:01 TO RAISE MY CHILDREN IN THIS LAND
14:03 AND TO RECONNECT TO OUR HERITAGE TO OUR LAND
14:06 AND TO GOD THROUGH BEING HERE.
14:17 THE BIBLE LANDS...
14:19 YOU'VE READ ABOUT THEM...
14:20 NOW ENCOUNTER THEM FOR YOURSELF.
14:23 WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS AT THE JORDAN...
14:25 GALILEE...
14:27 JERUSALEM.
14:28 JOURNEY IN THE SHADOW OF PAUL TO ATHENS...
14:31 CORINTH...
14:32 EPHESUS.
14:33 JOIN MYLES AND KATHARINE WEISS ON A TOUR OF THE BIBLE LANDS
14:38 AND WITNESS THE WORD COME TO LIFE AS NEVER BEFORE.
14:42 CALL 1-800-WONDERS
14:49 I LOVE ISRAEL AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO.
14:52 WE'D LOVE YOU TO COME WITH US ON A TOUR AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SITES THAT...
14:57 REALLY, THE SCRIPTURE COMES ALIVE THERE
15:00 AND THE LORD WALKED THERE.
15:03 IT'S A TRIP OF A LIFETIME.
15:05 YOU CAN CALL 1-800-WONDERS AND TALK TO TRACIE OUR TOUR MANAGER
15:09 AND YOU CAN EVEN GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT IT THERE.
15:13 I LOVE THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO RECENTLY ON THE TOURS
15:16 IS BRING SOCIAL MEDIA INTO THE TOURS.
15:19 IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN!
15:20 WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH YOU WHILE WE'RE ON THE SITES AND IN THE LAND.
15:25 WE HAD SOME GREAT MOMENTS OF UPLOADING PICTURES AND SITES
15:29 ON FACEBOOK AND FOLLOWING US ON TWITTER
15:32 YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE TOURS
15:35 BUT YOU REALLY WANT TO COME WITH US,
15:36 THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE THAT.
15:38 ONE OF THE GREAT WAYS TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
15:42 IS TO RECEIVE OUR FREE NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
15:46 IT'S FULL OF UP TO THE MINUTE NEWS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST,
15:48 NEWS ABOUT ISRAEL,
15:50 THE REAL STORIES THAT ARE GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES...
15:53 THINGS THAT YOU WILL NOT HEAR ON THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
15:56 AND OUR OFFER THIS WEEK...
15:58 IS THE "AGE OF TERROR".
16:01 THIS IS A TEACHING THAT ZOLA DID BEFORE HE GRADUATED TO HEAVEN
16:05 AND IT REALLY DOES EXPLAIN THE FORCES THAT ARE VYING FOR POWER OVER ISRAEL AND IN THE WEST
16:10 AND REALLY HOW GOD'S GOING TO BRING A SOLUTION
16:13 WHICH IS OF COURSE IS HIMSELF AS HE PREPARES HIS RETURN.
16:17 I LOVE HOW OUR OFFERS HELP US CONTINUE AIRING THIS MESSAGE
16:23 AND CONTINUE TO GIVE US THE MESSAGE THAT'S COMING FROM THE HEART OF ISRAEL.
16:27 IT'S TRUE.
16:28 THE NEWSLETTER IS FREE TO YOU
16:30 BUT IT COSTS US MONEY TO PUBLISH IT AND TO CREATE IT AND TO GET THE WRITERS GATHERED, ETC
16:34 SO ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD HELP SUPPORT US IS GREATLY APPRECIATED
16:38 BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP GOING
16:39 ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
16:42 NOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO DO ON THIS LAST TRIP TO ISRAEL WAS GO TO HEBRON,
16:47 THE MOST DISPUTED CITY IN ISRAEL BECAUSE IT IS WHERE THE PATRIARCHS ARE BURIED.
16:53 SO OF COURSE THE HISTORICAL REVISIONISTS ARE TRYING TO SAY THE JEWS WERE NEVER THERE.
16:58 WELL WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH AND SPEAK WITH
17:02 THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN HEBRON.
17:05 SO LET'S GO TO THAT INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW.
17:08 DAVID YOU ARE A SPOKESMAN FOR HEBRON.
17:10 YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU ALSO LOVE TO BRING GROUPS HERE.
17:13 TELL ME WHY.
17:15 THIS IS A MAIN ATTRACTION
17:16 AND IF YOU DON'T COME HERE
17:17 WHERE DO YOU GO?
17:18 WE HAD LAST YEAR
17:19 ALMOST 700,000 PEOPLE
17:21 THAT CAME TO VISIT HERE
17:22 ON THIS SIDE WITH US.
17:23 THIS IS THE SECOND HOLIEST SITE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN ALL OF ISRAEL.
17:27 AND YOU KNOW FOR 700 YEARS IT WAS OFF LIMITS TO ANYBODY THAT WASN'T MUSLIM.
17:31 AND TODAY WE'RE HERE TO INSURE THAT ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY
17:35 FROM ANY RELIGION FROM ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT WANTS TO VISIT HERE
17:38 SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS HOLY SITE.
17:40 AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE
17:43 AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S AN OBLIGATION TO BRING PEOPLE HERE.
17:46 PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.
17:47 THAT STAND HERE AND THEY LOOK AT IT
17:48 AND THEY SAY "WOW!"
17:49 SO FINALLY THE WORLD IS MAKING A CONNECTION
17:51 BETWEEN THE BOOK THAT THEY READ IF THEY'RE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
17:55 AND THE REALITY OF THE JEWISH PRESENCE HERE IN THIS LAND.
17:57 PEOPLE MAKING THE CONNECTION...
18:00 LOOK THE WORD "HEBRON" MEANS "CONNECTION";
18:03 IT MEANS "CHABAR" , "TO JOIN TOGETHER AND CONNECT".
18:06 SO PEOPLE THAT COME HERE AND SEE AND PARTAKE...
18:08 THEY BECOME THE LINKS IN THIS CHAIN THAT'S 4,000 YEARS OLD.
18:15 ARE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD MAKING THE CONNECTION?
18:18 WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
18:20 I APPRECIATE THAT.
18:21 WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING IN AMERICA.
18:23 DAVID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL OF AMERICA.
18:26 IF THERE'S A COMMUNICATION YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE,
18:28 WHAT DO YOU FEEL AMERICA NEEDS TO HEAR AT THIS TIME?
18:33 WELL FIRST OF ALL I INVITE ANYBODY WHO'S IN ISRAEL
18:35 TO COME VISIT US HERE FIRST AND FOREMOST
18:38 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH PROPAGANDA THAT RUNS AROUND
18:40 AND SO MANY LIES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PRESS
18:43 AND THAT YOU'LL READ ON THE INTERNET.
18:44 UNTIL YOU SEE IT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IT.
18:47 SO FIRST, COME AND VISIT.
18:48 IN TERMS OF ISRAEL TODAY KNOW THAT OUR GOAL...
18:51 MY GOAL HERE AS A JEW IN HEBRON AND LIVING IN ISRAEL...
18:55 I THINK THE GOAL OF MOST ISRAELIS IS TO LIVE IN PEACE.
18:58 WE REALLY DO WANT PEACE.
19:00 BUT WE WANT A PEACE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO EXIST IN OUR LAND,
19:03 TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE FREELY
19:05 AND TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE SAFELY AS PEOPLE LIVE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
19:08 THAT'S ARE ONLY GOAL.
19:09 TODAY THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ERASE US.
19:11 THEY WANT TO BLACKEN THE WORD "ISRAEL" ON THE MAP,
19:13 PUSH THE "DELETE" BUTTON AND HAVE US DISAPPEAR.
19:16 AND WE HAVE TO INSURE TODAY THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
19:18 WE HAVE TO INSURE THAT FOR OURSELVES
19:20 BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO INSURE IT'S FOR YOU
19:23 BECAUSE ISRAEL IS THE BEGINNING AT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG...OKAY?
19:27 IF TERRORISM IS ALLOWED TO USE ITS AGGRESSION TO BE VICTORIOUS HERE
19:34 THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO RUN RAMPANT ALL OVER THE WORLD
19:37 AND IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO AFFECT US,
19:39 IT'S GOING TO AFFECT EVEN THE UNITED STATES,
19:41 IT'S GOING TO AFFECT EUROPEANS...
19:43 IT WILL MAKE 9/11 LOOK LIKE A CHILD'S GAME.
19:45 THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH AHMADINEJAD IN IRAN IS JUST THE BEGINNING
19:49 BECAUSE AS FAR AS HE'S CONCERNED WE'RE ALL THE SAME...
19:52 MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO HIM IF I'M A JEW IN HEBRON
19:55 OR IF IT'S A CHRISTIAN
19:57 OR ANYBODY ELSE LIVING IN NEW YORK OR WASHINGTON OR LOS ANGELES.
19:59 AND IF HE HAS THE WEAPONS TO DESTROY US
20:02 HE'S GOING TO DEVELOP WEAPONS TO DESTROY YOU TOO.
20:04 IF WE STOP HIM NOW THEN HE'LL NEVER REACH YOU.
20:07 WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
20:08 WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR ONE GOAL...
20:10 TO BE ABLE TO LIVE FREELY
20:12 AND WITH REAL TRUTH
20:14 AND REAL FREEDOM
20:15 AND REAL JUSTICE
20:16 FOR ALL PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
21:01 THAT WAS ACTUAL FOOTAGE FROM HEBRON.
21:04 AND OUR INTERVIEW THERE WAS SO THRILLING FOR ME TO BE THERE MYLES
21:07 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS ARE.
21:10 YES, WE'VE BEEN TO ISRAEL SO MANY TIMES BUT THAT WAS OUR FIRST TIME IN HEBRON.
21:14 IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.
21:15 WELL ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT COMES FROM RACHEL LIPKIN.
21:20 AVI AND RACHEL ARE GREAT SPOKESMEN AND TEACHERS ABOUT THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
21:25 RACHEL LIPKIN IS AN EGYPTIAN BORN JEW
21:29 WHO INTERPRETS THE ARAB MEDIA FOR THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
21:32 SHE'S GOT A VERY HARD JOB.
21:34 SHE REALLY NEEDS OUR PRAYERS.
21:36 AND KATHARINE WAS ABLE TO INTERVIEW HER ABOUT THE CURRENT EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
21:41 SO LET'S GO TO KATHARINE'S INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL LIPKIN.
21:46 RACHEL WE HEAR IN AMERICA THAT "ARAB SPRING" IS WONDERFUL
21:49 THAT IT'S BRINGING DEMOCRACY TO EGYPT
21:51 AND DEMOCRACY WHEREVER IT GOES.
21:53 BUT YOU HAVE YOUR PULSE ON THE REAL FACTS BEHIND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
21:58 CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?
21:59 IN SYRIA FOR INSTANCE...
22:01 EXACTLY...DEMOCRACY WILL
22:02 NEVER BE IN THE ARAB COUNTRY
22:05 WITH THE MUSLIM RELIGION...
22:07 AND THEY SAID IT...
22:08 AND THEY SAID IT LIKE THIS...
22:10 "DEMOCRACY ON OUR DEAD BODY".
22:13 NOW FOR GETTING TO THE DEMOCRACY AND THE MIDDLE EAST,
22:18 MUBARAK WAS THE MIDDLE...
22:21 IS BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND NOT DEMOCRACY.
22:24 AND AFTER HIM EGYPT AND THE ARAB WORLD WOULD BE FALLING APART
22:30 BECAUSE THE MUSLIM DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO RULE...
22:33 HOW TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH THE WEST.
22:36 AND THIS IS THE END OF IT...
22:39 ...BECAUSE DEMOCRACY IS BUILT ON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES
22:42 EXACTLY...AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT
22:45 AND THAT'S WHY THE ALL MIDDLE EAST WILL BE DESTROYED
22:48 UNLESS TURKEY WHO IS NOW THE LEADER IN THE MIDDLE EAST...
22:55 BECAUSE NO LEADER...
22:56 ARAB LEADER...
22:58 WHO IS STRONG NOW THOSE DAYS AND WITH THE HELP OF THE WHITE HOUSE,
23:03 ERDOGAN THE TURKEY PRIME MINISTER...
23:08 TURKEY WILL BE THE FIRST COUNTRY
23:11 WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF SYRIA AND LEBANON IN THE SAME TIME BEING AGAINST THE SHIHADS
23:20 AND THAT'S WHY THE TURK ALSO START[ED] SITTING WITH THE IRANIANS...
23:26 TALK ABOUT THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS...
23:28 AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS HELPING THIS TURK TO SPEAK TO THE IRANIANS
23:35 THAT THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WILL TALK ABOUT
23:43 THAT THE IRANIAN STOP WITH THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPON.
23:47 IT'S NOT...
23:49 TURKEY IS GOING TO BE AGAINST IRAN AND AGAINST THE SHIHADS IN LEBANON AND ALSO IN SYRIA.
23:55 IT'S A MATTER OF TIME
23:57 AND ASSAD, THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT ARE MAKING...HE LAUGH...
24:04 HE SITTING WITH KOFI ANNAN AND YOU SEE HIS CONTINU[ING] TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS.
24:10 THEN THE ARAB LEAGUE MET [IN] THOSE DAYS AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE HOW TO DEAL WITH SYRIA
24:18 BECAUSE NOW SYRIA THINK[S] THAT IF THEY ATTACK SYRIA THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST WOULD BE ON FIRE.
24:26 AND I SAY THIS IS ONLY A MATTER OF FEAR.
24:31 IRAN IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING IF SYRIA WOULD BE FALLING APART.
24:37 AND I THINK THAT THE TURKISH COUNTRY WILL BE REALLY TAKING OVER THE MIDDLE EAST...
24:45 VERY SLOWLY...SLOWLY...
24:47 BUT IT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE IS NO LEADER IN THE ARAB COUNTRY...
24:51 ISN'T ANYMORE.
24:52 SO THE CHRISTIANS WERE EXPELLED FROM LEBANON.
24:56 THEY WILL BE EXPELLED BECAUSE THEY KNOW EXACTLY THAT THE SUNNIS...
25:02 THEY DON'T' WANT THE CHRISTIAN
25:04 AND THEY DON'T WANT EVEN THE DRUZE.
25:07 AND THEY WILL BE GOING ALL OVER
25:10 ESPECIALLY TO ISRAEL
25:11 AND THE SYRIAN ALSO.
25:14 BAHAR AL-ASSAD WILL FALL DOWN...
25:18 ALL THE CHRISTIANS WILL FLEE BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN WAS WITH BAHAR AL-ASSAD ALL THE TIME
25:26 BUT IF HE FALL[S] DOWN I DON'T SEE THAT THE CHRISTIAN WILL BE ANYWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
25:36 IT WAS A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO INTERVIEW RACHEL.
25:38 YOU KNOW SHE HAS SUCH A CHALLENGING JOB TO DECIPHER THE NEWS.
25:43 THE LANGUAGE BARRIER WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT
25:46 AND SHE MEANT TO SAY THAT CHRISTIANS WEREN'T GOING TO FLEE...
25:48 THEY'RE GOING TO FLEE TO ISRAEL.
25:50 SHE DID SAY THAT AFTER OUR INTERVIEW.
25:52 THAT'S REALLY TRUE BECAUSE CHRISTIANS AND ISRAELI ARABS HAVE MORE RIGHTS IN ISRAEL
25:57 THAN ANYWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
25:58 IT'S A DEMOCRACY...
26:00 IT'S THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
26:02 AND THAT NEEDS TO BE SHOUTED ABOUT.
26:04 YES IT DOES AND IT'S SO AMAZING, SO IRONIC THAT ISRAEL GETS THE BAD PRESS
26:09 AND YET THAT IS THE SAFEST HAVEN FOR WHOEVER...
26:13 FOR ARABS, JEWS AND CHRISTIANS
26:15 YEP...EVERYONE.
26:17 SO WE'RE REALLY LIVING IN THE DAY THAT THE PROPHET SPOKE OF...JEREMIAH 16...
26:22 SPEAKS OF GOD DEFINING HIMSELF NO LONGER AS THE GOD WHO BROUGHT US UP OUT OF EGYPT
26:27 BUT AS THE GOD WHO BROUGHT US FROM THE NORTH, THE SOUTH, THE EAST AND THE WEST.
26:31 WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH THE RUSSIAN ALYIAH
26:33 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREDIBLE ALYIAH FROM THE WEST, THE SEFORIM.
26:37 MORE AND MORE WE'RE GOING TO SEE JEWISH PEOPLE RETURNING TO OUR HOMELAND
26:41 BECAUSE GOD IS PREPARING US TO SAY,
26:44 "BARUCH HABA B'SHEM ADONAI"...
26:46 "BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD".
26:49 THE DAY IS SOON APPROACHING.
26:51 RIGHT...OUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NIGH.
26:53 SO AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING
26:55 WE WANT TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE...
26:58 SHAL'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
27:00 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

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Production Code: 1228

Type: Episode

Play Time: 28:29

Year: 2012

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Host: Myles Weiss, Katharine Weiss

Guests: David Rubin, David Ha’ivri, David Wilder, Rachael Lipkin

Air dates: 2012-Sep-09

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