ugliness too, because it means that people believe that they must possess it absolutely. the palestinian/israeli conflict that we are experiencing today, you ve seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. for the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. for christians, this is the place where jesus was crucified. for muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the night journey. people who are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. no other individual changed the landscape in the way herod the great did. saladin was determined to take on the christians and throw them out of jerusalem. at a time of ottoman/islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. the main case of the arabs is against the british government policy in palestine. we are the only people in the world homeless and stateless. for israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. and of course
that people believe that they must possess it absolutely. the palestinian/israeli conflict that we are experiencing today, you ve seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. for the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. for christians, this is the place where jesus was crucified. for muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the night journey. people who are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. no other individual changed the landscape in the way herod the great did. saladin was determined to take on the christians and throw them out of jerusalem. at a time of ottoman/islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. the main case of the arabs is against the british government policy in palestine. we are the only people in the world homeless and stateless. for israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. and of course for the palestinians, it s a gr
experiencing today, you ve seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. for the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. for christians, this is the place where jesus was crucified. for muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the night journey. people who are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. no other individual changed the landscape in the way that herod the great did. saladin was determined to take on the christians and throw them out of jerusalem. at a time of ottoman/islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. the main case of the arabs is against the british government policy in palestine. we are the only people in the world homeless and stateless. for israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. and of course for the palestinians, it s a great disaster. the history of jerusalem, a very complicated story. and if you don t know it in its
ahead on cnn news room. it s not going to be good. we re going in a wrong direction. vaccine hesitancies fuelling the surge in cases and hospitalizations across the united states. making it even more urgent to get more americans to get the shot. a changing mood in japan. the olympics spark optimism despite months of coronavirus restrictions. we re live in tokyo for you this hour with the latest details. and china plays the blame game during a diplomatic visit by a top u.s . diplomat. happy monday. now the united states seeing a sharp rise in new infections. the delta variant spreads and vaccination rates fall. less than half of americans are fully vaccinated. in the reach herd immunity. it s at least 70% of the population need vaccines. the majority of u.s. more than 50% new incovid infections last week. in a sea of dark red. top health expert dr. fauci said the most pressing need now is to get shots in arms. take a listen. look historically at the model that ha
the conflict we are experiencing today, you see it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. for the jews, where solomon built the holy temple. fo for muslims, where muhammad made the journey. no other individual changed the landscape in the way herod the great did. at a time of islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. fo for israeli, the past is never dead. if there is a city in the world to which it applies, is jerusalem. over a thousand years have passed since the time of herod. by 1187 ad, the world is a different place. the jewish people have driven from jerusalem and now living in exile across europe and africa. as two new religions dominate the middle east. christianity has its beginning as the break away movement within judaism. this center figure is a jew. jesus is the person who begins to talk about different ways of practicing the faith. islam started. when the prophet of muhammad emerged. gradually he built it himself, a