Starts right now. For you to understand the battle in bethel have you first have to understand the significance of this holy city. At christmas time the thoughts of people everywhere go back to the little town of bethlehem or jesus was born. Were glad tidings first were heard. While the shepherds watched their flocks. 2000 years ago the virgin mary and joseph arrived here, there is no room for them in the end so they went to a manger. Right behind me. Where the baby jesus was born. Here in bethlehem. Its the beginning of christianity here in the state of israel. The manger was actually in a cave. Which became a shrine and in the year 330 a. D. , the First ChristianRoman Emperor constantine built a church above it. We were invited in for an exclusive look. Hey hello. How are you. Thank you so much for having us. Youre going to show us the church today . Yes the church of nativity. Were gonna walk by the main entrance of the church which goes back six centuries and used to be that big but then it got made smaller that its hard to go in, during the 12th century and it was made much smaller at this level going back to the 16th century. The entrance got to be known as the door of humility during the ottoman empire. It was meant to ensure that those entering the basilica first dismounted their horses. But the small passageway has ensured humility by forcing visitors to bal before and visiting the site. Were god became man. Alright lets check it out. This is the greek part of the charge the main part of the church and its over the cave. This was built of the fourth century and the second section the one you see today is from 540 a. D. Suffer the most part continuously open that entire time . Its one of the longest continuous churches in the world. Yes. Eventually the cave was in large for the onslaught of christians in his silver manger was installed. Most of the original design was destroyed in 529 a. D. During the samaritan rebellion. The church of the nativity, three different denominations control. The armenians, the greeks, and the catholics. Each day for the catholic church, at 12 noon there is a procession down to the cave. The manger scene the birthplace of jesus. So you can see, day by day, every single day at the same time, catholics and the greeks are honoring this holy place. The birthplace of jesus christ. Right now we are going into the main entrance of the manger. In the cave. This is the main entrance that dates back to the sixth century. On the right side there is an altar. This altar is the altar of birth, and below the altar we have the symbol of the star this is the. To mark the very spot where jesus was born. And this has a 14point silver stars which marks the 14 generations in the bible. In the house in the line of david. Because the he had also not been born at that time. So if you take all this away, youd see a humble manger scene, mary and joseph and the animals. Exactly so this is a stable in the cave. Because the caves uses stable. And then it was turned into a chapel. The greek ordered it, the roman catholics do it. And his been controlled over the years by many different christians and muslim armies, crusaders, everyone revered this place. Its universally known as the birthplace. The Church Nativity in bethlehem where the story of christmas began. When behold there came wise men from the east to jerusalem, and mary brought forth her first son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in the manger. This is a place where the baby was laid into the manger. Said thats the place where she gave birth. This is where the manger was . Yes. The church of the nativity for centuries the world shrine for the celebration of christmas. At christmas there is no more significance than this place. Every year on december 24 at midnight, at this exact spot here were Midnight Mass for christians around the world come here to worship. Today this site in bethlehem is controlled by the Palestinian Authority. The number of christians here is dwindling. Every day of the year, including Christmas Eve and christmas day, here in manger square, the shadow of the Church Nativity, the mosque of omar blass the call to prayer, five times a day with two speakers. Straight at the church of the nativity. Friday afternoon prayers in case theres any question whether this is a christian or muslim city. The answers right here today. The majority population here in bethlehem by far. In many ways, this square in the center of bethlehem, and one of its top tourist destinations is the defining symbol for the historical divide between christianity and islam. Flanking the square are the Fourth Century Church of the nativity and the Adjoining Church of saint catholic. Housing a franciscan monastery. At the opposite end is the mosque of foam are. Completed in 1860 in name for the second, omar ben qatar. Since the formation the modern state of israel in 1948, manger square has often been the stage for key conflicts played out. Define crucial moments in its history. From the sixday war in 1967, to a fiveweek siege at the Church Nativity by palestinian and islamic in 2002 which began in manger square. As the violence second aid raged the operation defensive shield and entered bethlehem to capture suspected palestinian terrorists. Dozens fled to manger square and entered the church. The Israeli Government claimed that over 200 monks and visitors were held hostage by the gunman. And this really Defense Forces moved in and surrounded them. The siege lasted 39 days until a deal was eventually met the hostages are released and they surrendered. The squares best known however, for the manger that its named after. 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Poligrip and polident. Fixed. Fresh. And just between us. Located about 6 miles south of jerusalem, bethlehem is best known for being the birthplace of jesus christ. But the history bethlehem goes back much further. First inhabited more than 3000 years ago by the canaanites, it sits in the land that would come to be known as judea. According to the old testament, its where david was born and eventually crowned king of the israelites. This land was divided among the various kingdoms, king david was years ago. A united the entire nation of israel, and placed jerusalem as its capital when the jews were exiled by the romans. Over the centuries were bethel and is been ruled by the romans, muslims, and the crusading christian army. The city was destroyed and rebuilt many times. But the jewish people always seeking to return. It was under airbill from the muslim conquest in the year 637 until the christian crusades of 1099. And again as part of the ottoman empire. In the 16th century until the end of world war i. After the ottomans surrendered near it became part is the mandate of palestine. British troops escorting them from their threatened quarters to place of safety under military protection. The british were tasked with the establishing a jewish home. Will granting both the jewish and the arab communities the rights to run their own internal affairs. It did not go well. Judea, but islam has held palestine for more than a thousand years. Hence the clash, an arab rate of terror with fighting, sniping, and wrecking files a petition. To divide palestine between the arabs and the jews. The british mandate government was not able to succeed. And in 1947, the Un General Assembly adopted a resolution to permanently partition the area. The resolution was adopted. On may 14, 1948 the state of israel was established. History was made as a jewish state of israel was born. For the First Time Since the roman legion destroyed jerusalem and the year 70 a. D. , the jewish people have a nation of their own. Did not last long. Immediately the arab neighbors attacks. The Egyptian Army pushed into palestine the moment the british mandate ended and the jewish state began. The 1948 arabisraeli war left bethlehem over and under jordanian rule along with much of israel. All the aerial countries invaded and they created. [inaudible] they failed but they succeeded in part. They managed to occupy some of the territory that had been set aside by the league of nations for the jewish state. And they occupied that territory for 19 years. That territory went by the historic name judeo and samaria. Although is not an official border, a socalled green line became the demarcation between israel and the large area controlled by the jordanians. Its always known as jude dame, the west bank is when the dirt data gave into their occupation. In 1967 israel managed to liberated and taken back. In june of 1967, israel fought the sixth day war against neighboring egypt, jordan, and syria. The brief but bloodied battle is one of the most consequential wars in middle east history. By the end of the week, judeo and samaria, including bethlehem, was back under israeli control. [applause] in the mid 1990s israeli Prime Minister and palestinian leaders signed a series of agreements called the oslos which cause for their withdrawal of israeli troops from six cities in about 450 towns. And the establishment of a Palestinian Government and police force. We created the palestinian order, a government for the palestinians was divided into three sections. So the area c was a low but more than half of it. All the jews and some palestinians. Thats the area which the agua reports gave israel complete jurisdiction. Areas a and b are on the palestinian civil jurisdiction. Also in gaza. So an area see you have all the jewish communities. A small manure pal students. Area amb are already there is not a single jew. And wordsmith landfall . Area a. Huge red signs were in israeli and hebrew, arabic and english that entering its forbidden. Dangerous to their lives, and illegal under israeli law. Crossing from one area into another is like crossing from one country to another. And many palestinians are unable to do it all. So we are in bethlehem right now going through a checkpoint to go through israel into jerusalem. Its heavily fortified they checked the vehicles,. [inaudible] checkpoints. Inspections this is what happens when a palestinian was to go from palestinian territory into israel. They have to have all their papers inspected. Just as in a Foreign National entering any other place. The Security System intensified after september 2001 israeli Prime Minister ariel sharon visited the temple. At hotly contested holy site claim both muslim and jews. Visit spark palestinian riots and lead to what was called the second uprising. Violence and terror tax increase. As a result israel began building a massive security barrier. This wall separates his israeli controlled territory in the city of bethlehem a largely muslim town. This area a palestinians control the other side area see where the israelis control. Its a. Of great controversy. Its safe from terror attacks, pulsating and sarah believe they put them in a prison wall them off with occupation and not enough opportunity to be part of the country. Checkpoints are only imposed on secure areas. For the second, for postale sydney and the authorities they turn up in cafes and buses. You could go from one place to another without interruption. The wall is crucial. Israels formal nestled National Security devised advisor. In 2002 before he retook the samaria, we had 122 casualties in israel which had been murdered by the west bank in one month. 1600. [inaudible] and that is because we lost control in those areas. And we understood, we cannot all the palestinians come into israel. Walltowall terrorists were coming in every day. The wall save lives. Not surprisingly, palestinians see it differently. With National Security we could avoid it. I dont how you can say checkpoints are not for security if theres no threat for israelis. If there is no threats for violence. Then there would not be a checkpoint. But there are checkpoints. There is more. [inaudible] when you say theres no more security threatening the country because theres a wall of their checkpoints. No no no the wall did not give. [inaudible] s suicide bombings almost immediately stopped. Anybody wants to get to into israel can get into israel. Hundreds of thousands of workers sneak into israel to work every day. So the wall is not doing any good. Just on the bethlehem side of the wall, the Waldorf Hotel the chief hotel was built as a protest of the wallet with a palestinians considered occupation. Hotel manager belted in 2017 with the secretive street artist whose art can be found on both the wall and in the hotel. The idea this hotel is to highlight issues for the separation wall. It highlights the issue of the occupation. We are not free. So we try to do here is to educate the visitors that come to bethlehem about our life. Im about to check it out. It is amazing. This president ial suite was designed it is one, is chained, broken hearts as well as this water tank was his byproduct. So the whole aqua here the whole set up, the beautiful room, the nice things, is the worse view in the world. Youve made the best of the worst view in the world. Most of them really dont know anything about us. What they see of us is exactly what you americans here in the news about us. Which is not the truth. Through the hotel we are trying to change that reality. What do you say to israelis who say well, without this terrorism would come to where we live . I dont think the wall has anything to do a security, the wall is to control the people of palestine. We live in an open air prison. They can control the movement of almost 250,000 people. So this is how we live. What is the right state look like for you. No israel at all . With support. [inaudible] where palestinians and traders can live together. It palestinians and traders need to learn how to live together. To the wall work . If you look at the results, today we have 1 that we had in 2 lets be honest, quitting smoking is freaking hard. Like quitting every monday hard. Quitting feels so big. So, try making it smaller. And youll be surprised at how easily starting small. Can lead to something big. Start stopping with nicorette male anchor . An update on the cat who captured our hearts. Female anchor how often should you clean your fridge . Stay tuned to find out. Male anchor beats the odds at the box office to become a rare nonfranchise hit. You can give help and hope to those in need. Yang and Washington Artist ailment. Now back to fox nation special. Down the ancient alleyways of the old city is a coffee shop. Lets call it starbucks inspired. After making my iced coffee, the only one in to chat about life in bethlehem. If you want truth, we live in big jail. Nothing we dont see anything, also nothing change. When you say jail, what you mean you cant move . We live in big jail we cannot move out. You must have. Whose fall is the present and your mind . We dont have, i want my my children like you we are human beings. [inaudible] but really we want its not just what we want. [inaudible] neighboring bethlehem is the Palestinian Christian town that is literally divided by the wall. When you come to the city and they shot at the jewish neighborhood. Between the houses of the christians they were using christians as human shields. Today begala is divided in three areas. Ab and c. Christians who live on area c are much more secure that christians who live in the same town on a. So right there in one town christians are treated very different. Yes. Were going down the hill ways these are under different control. You can see some of the wall snaking over in downtown bethlehem. For christians here at sperry complex. Christians are a minority in greater bethlehem. Most christians have been pushed out. The Muslim Population in the christian population often clash. So its not uncommon to hear shall we say unkind sediments expressed by one toward the other. Onetime sediment is one thing, but for christians to be effectively pushed out of bethlehem, something more in unkind words. Absolutely. What youll hear 22 narratives paired what you will hear from the palestinian. Of view is that christians fled because of history. And thats actually shifting the blame. So whats happened is that christians here have found it increasingly difficult to live, to do business. The way things are done here legally with the police and the supports they are subject to the Palestinian Authority. And that is becoming increasingly difficult. So the Palestinian Authority and the muslims are using that to squeeze out the christians . I dont think thats fair but has more to do the ideology. To get christians who disagree with that to talk on camera . No. Weve had trouble. Yes and you will continue to do so. I talked with some very good friends here, and they will not talk on camera. Its basically makes life too difficult. In fact we had multiple interviews set up with chriss Business Owners in bethlehem, all backed out in the last minute. Even when we offered to disguise their identity. Why cant christians under the Palestinian Authority speak out . They can speak, but im not sure they will tell the truth. There being quite because they will be persecuted. They are not going say i am in danger. Because they are in danger from the islamist. People who are in danger dont say so. Professor is a Palestinian Christian who teaches at bethlehem university. He disputes his narrative. The steps that we have seen, the christian population is dramatically plummeted. To under 10 today. Was pushing christians and muslims out. It is different than pointing a gun and say everybody leave. When you have economic pressures, those who live with out to leave more. Are you worried that his christian moved out, they were a majority and now they are small minority that because of poor Economic Conditions that is further ground for radicalism . Some palestinians are terrorists some israelis are also terrorist. Many, there are so many, many. If you want to solve your problems, how do you solve a problem when you have 30 million palestinians in the world . Some of them half million do you think they will forget chime shaq magenta . I hate cartridges not magenta not magenta. Im not going back to the store. 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Christians who promote that jesus is a son of david, a jew, and a messiah, and seriously worship him, they are the ones who have a problem. So was jesus a jew or palestinian . If you studied all religion they want to kill jesus, he is palestinian. But for christians its noted time and time again that in the new testament that jesus was a jew. He went to the holy temple. Et cetera he worshiped at the holy temple with his father and mother. Its been. The jews tried to kill him. Do you believe juices was a jew or palestinian . The word jew comes in the set 30s 30 century. That was after jesus. This is judaic, jesus was not jew day because he was not from judeo. He was from nazareth, 2000 years ago was a geographic location. So if you asked me if jesus is a jew by geographic designation, the answer is no. Because he is nazareth. And he is a jew by religion . That depends how you define that religion only in the third century did that get known as judaism as a religion. We have been hearing this idea that jesus was a palestinian. Thats not true. Thats not true. You cannot find anywhere for this in the bible. He was a jew. We all understand. No one can deny that. How can you deny the birth of jesus from the virgin mary . The virgin mary was from nazareth. And her father and family were known as jewish people. So why did they deny it . Politics, they love to play politics. You can say whatever you are disabled that does not mean your rights. Ar dont tear up a piazza with an italian work of art. Do seek out an open road. And definitely. Dont do this. See everything you should never do with an alfa romeo. Then experience everything you should on the road now. Ive always loved and im still going for my best, even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. So if theres a better treatment than warfarin, ill go for that. Eliquis. Eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. 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So how many years of even doing this . 17 years. How do people respond when you set im going to be a tattoo artist in bethlehem. Welt when i start everybody was against me. Your family. Yes my family religious leaders. Is forbidden judaism right . Yes. See mexico as a christian, not for bedroom, but this is not a majority christian town right now. We are a 1 now. 1 . Wow. We have heard 8 , 10 , youre saying closer to 1 . Why is that . Situations. Situation . I understand you have to be careful, but is that economics, religious, is it political . Is it all them . I dont know what to say but now is a little bit better than other years. They once an open country. Thats why they go. But you plan on staying in bethlehem . I am singing bethlehem because i have four kids we cannot leave because they have schools, our lives are here. If we go away, or leave, who is going to stay here . But you worry if all the christian goes than there wont any christians in bethlehem. Yes the situation is that. Christians that make the government issues. What if you like tattoo is something they want to get . Its the holy land. When they come here they want to cross. Some people think about getting the cross. The tattoo im getting here is jesus in hebrew. What is it like for you to live so close to the birthplace of jesus . Does this still impact you . Its a very special, very special. I think god every day that i am here. So you just think overall its a tough environment . I love most things i love everybody. I dont have a problem. Uterus with the ability to do your job and remember this holy place . Yes. We want to live. In peace. Bingo, that right there. Thank you very much. It is real and authentic of bethlehem tattoo. And as good as anything that ever got in the states i will tell you one of the products i helped develop at 3m was a more secure diaper closure. There were babies involved. And they werent saying much. 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In addition to these weapons fighters have an arsenal of rockets and they set fire to southern israel on a monthly and sometimes weekly basis. When you think about the situation that might happen in the future, if we had muslim control on the westpac bank, and if he is elected. Rockets, missiles, we dont have control. Today we are more powerful. With gods willing we will teach them a hard lesson and any conflict imposed on us and our people. We cannot feel her security in the future with the assumption that the palestinians will do the job. Leaders in israel would say they would want to live peacefully with the arabs, muslims, christians, everybody. But especially when it comes to this how do you coexist with a group that seeks your destruction . s was founded in 1958, we have had over a hundred years of resistance against them and they have committed hundred of massacres and tens of thousands of people. My. Is you need to stop trying to pin radicalism on one group and forget that there is extremism and radicalism on another group. And so in bethlehem time moves forward, but like here, it can still be timeless. As the people here go about their daily lives, their lives are shaved by international politics, contract to bowl religious beliefs, and 3000 years of complicated religion. And under the surface, the battle for bethlehem continues. Pete welcome to modern warriors, im your host pete hegseth. Thanks for joining us. This is night ive been looking forward to for a long time. Sitting next to me are the best of the best our country has to offer. Four accomplished special operators and patriot who put their life on the line to defend your great country. Two states youre live in. Youre either at war or getting ready to back. Lieutenant colonel scott mann, four tours of afghanistan under his belt. He specialized in high Impact Missions all over the world with iraq, peru, panama and