U. S. Backed Israeli Occupation do you think that occupation is still on the minds of all the pilgrims that will be there celebrating this year well actually the wall speaks for itself the wall by itself is an occupation so when you look at when youre at the city you enter the city definitely there are of normal conditions however our persistence to conduct the celebration of christmas in the city of the nativity in the city of birth of peace it is yes a determination that we are there to celebrate christmas despite all the playing actions and despite all the american policy we have the right to live joy to live peace and this is what we express in our celebrations and through our message of peace not only to us for do not live. Be is but to the whole world this well you mention the war what exactly has happened to beverly arms christians over cern 86 percent. Of christians of have left and the wall is being blamed for that as well as illegal new orchid patients around bethlehem when w
Phones were all theho rage. [laughter] facebook was founded the world war ii memorial was dedicated, george w. Bush was reelected president. Major League Baseball retur to washington as the Washington Nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the Washington Nationals are in the world series. [applause] and David Rubenstein is back as we all know cofounder as well as chairman of the board or the boards of trustees of the jfk center for performing arts. The Smithsonian Institution and the council on Foreign Relations and we all know he is a engaged in many many many other philanthropic activities too numerous to mention. David coined the phrase patriotic philanthropy with generous financing of the restoration of the historical landmark including the Washington Monument the Lincoln Memorial the Us Marine Corps war memorial Washington Library and monticello in montpelier and the arlington house also purchasing copies like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation and
Important u. K. General election since the 2nd world war its also the 1st christmas election since 923 in all the head of Un Security Council discussions on the birthplace of jesus palestine occupied with angloamerican military support coming up in the show is israel trying to destroy the birthplace of jesus we asked the 1st female mayor of bethlehem where a boon about Israeli Occupation and accusations of the ethnic cleansing of christians from palestine. And fighting for justice in the middle east and one of britains most celebrated composers how it played on his Legendary Music for the snowman and composing for everyone from Princess Diana to the United Nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh met so soprano Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall possible coming up in todays going on the ground a 1st after tomorrows u. K. General election let alone the fallout from the u. S. Inspector generals report into obama corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions
Composers how it played on his Legendary Music for the snowman and composing for everyone from Princess Diana to the United Nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh met so soprano Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall also more coming up in todays going on the ground a 1st after tomorrows u. K. General election let alone the fallout from the u. S. Inspector generals report into obama corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions of people of the book all around the world look to bethlehem in palestine to celebrate the birth of jesus christ but is what is happening in bethlehem arguably just as political as the Major International stories we have covered on this program this year we can go now to bethlehem in palestine joining me is Beth Forman Vera and thanks so much vera for you coming on to if you could just paint as a picture of what beth them is like this year because obviously theres a wall theres the aida refugee camp banksy so tell the woman in black t
Past ten years and before that, he taught at the university of california davis and Boston University on topics ranging from the colonial period from the war of 1812 and beyond. In 1996 that went to the william coopers town to the establishment of the university of virginia, jefferson of course regarded the university of one of his signature achievements and ellen got interested in pursuing a book on the subject after coming across some correspondence in various ways which the revolution impacted society of politics in the early years of the country and the story of jeffersons attempts at educational reform through the founding of the university of virginia certainly fits the focus. But it also has particular relevance today in the context of command reform and controversy over the goals and funding for education. As recounted in the book, things didnt quite turn out as jefferson hoped for the university of virginia and envisions establishing the democratized system of education, one t