The whole world as well you mentioned the wall what exactly has happened to beverly arms christians i understand 86 percent. Of christians of have left the wall is being blamed for that as well as illegal knew or could patients around bethlehem when we talk about the christian presence in palestine and in general and the christian presence in bethlehem in particular the political situation since the 1967 enhanced and then forced and encouraged the degrees of the christian presence and migration of christians from bethlehem in specific many of the christian bethlehem ites before 967 immigrated seeking the Job Opportunities seeking better conditions other parts of the world including latin america the u. S. The moment israel. Its consensus all who were not inside lost their national id number thus. The continuing political factors coming from the 1st intifada the 2nd intifada and the war mainly the war encouraged many of the Young Palestinian families to immigrate so we are talking about
And harmless little of the sporting kidding the Boston Celtics be the Toronto Raptors a spoiling the reigning n. B. A. Champ his 1st Christmas Day game at home. Techies president says that his country cannot handle another flood of refugees from the war in syria or egypt says 80000. 00 syrians are heading towards the Turkish Border to escape it live syrias last rebel held province is on the daily attack by russian backed Syrian Government forces the m 5 highway runs through the area and is the main road out of the town of march ill know a month and escape politics at a standstill as tens of thousands fled north the market town now a ghost is now ghost town as Government Forces close in on the wants a sling rebel held region now a crumbling shell streets are empty and houses destroyed mohammed does an taqiyya on turkeys border with syria. Theres no letup in the miles. Serious loss to the rebel held strong. Tens of thousands of rushing to its the Turkish Border scrambling to escape the a
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 Christian Roman 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 b
Has found itself in the headlines after 12 year old pupils were asked to imagine they were the parents of a victim of the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack they were then asked to write an essay responding to the viewpoint that altera should be forgiven some parents were outraged i think this is simon is absolutely disgusting for all sorts of Different Reasons it seems to me to be brainwashing begins i have not let my daughter attend school today until i can find out more about what the school is teaching our children. The school has since apologized and cancelled the assignment we discussed the issues raised with political commentator and new York Observer calmness under walker and chief executive of the Ramadan Foundation u. K. Ahmed shafik. For a victims family to be able to have the compassion to forgive is a very personal decision but to try to change the narrative somehow the altera should be forgiven i actually think its really dangerous the idea that terrorists can be rehabil
Years. Up next, historians discuss. S. Diplomatic and peace hey plan to open a museum. We are in the thick of the cold war now, 60s, late 50s. And there was some, not so much signs, but conversations happening to exchange culture and understand each other better between the United States and the soviet union. And so, in 1959, there was this big exchange of National Exhibition. They sent their National Exhibition to new york city in 1959. Here is the exhibition booklet. As you can see on the cover, they featured sputnik. What message were they trying to send . The exhibition covered sputnik and covered of course, soviet industry, agriculture, and cultural arts. Eisenhower flew from washington for a preview tour in a lastminute decision. He and the russian delegation toured the show. All jovial despite the size of the crowd. The show is a counterpart of an american exhibition to be opened in moscow next month by mr. Nixon. Full scale models of sputnik are among the things russia is proud