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Episode: “A Place of Peace”

Along the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Tom McCall reviews the Biblical significance of the area as well as its importance to the modern nation of Israel. We see interviews with Israelis and visitors from the pedestrian mall on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem.

Series: “This Is Israel”

Tired of waiting 20 years for CNN and the other networks to show Israel as the modern, beautiful country it really is, Zola and his crew decided to do it themselves. Viewers will be as surprised as our pilgrims to see that this much-criticized nation is at least the equal of our own and in some ways superior!

Transcript

Caption transcript for This Is Israel: “A Place of Peace” (10/12)

00:02 ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, TWOF THE WORLD FAMOUS SITES IN ISRAEL.
00:06 THE TRANQUIL SEA OF GALILEE AND THAT ALL-IMPORTANT CAPITOL, JERUSALEM.
00:14 [ music playing ]
00:50 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
00:51 WELCOME BACK TO OUR "THIS IS ISRAEL" SERIES.
00:54 THIS PROGRAM IS VERY IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY.
00:56 WE ARE GOING TO GO TO JERUSALEM AND FIRST TO THE SEA OF GALILEE.
01:00 NOW, THESE TWO PLACES ARE ON OUR BASIC TOUR OF ISRAEL.
01:05 OUR DELUXE TOUR, OUR SHORTEST TOUR VISITS THESE THOROUGHLY.
01:12 AND TAKING THE STORY OF CHRIST OR ANY OF THE BIBLE STORIES,
01:16 YOU PRIMARILY FIND THEM SET IN >> JERUSALEM OR IN GALILEE.
01:19 WELL, ON THE MAP, WE HAVE THE SEA OF GALILEE AND JERUSALEM RIGHT HERE.
01:28 AND OF COURSE, THE WEST BANK,
01:30 THIS YELLOW LINE, SO-CALLED WEST BANK,
01:33 THIS IS JUDEA AND SAMARIA REALLY.
01:36 AND JERUSALEM IS INLAND -- THE YELLOW LINE GOES TO JERUSALEM
01:40 TO LET THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM THEIR SIDE HAVE A SHOT AT THE >> CAPITOL.
01:45 NOW, THAT IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS.
01:47 IT WAS THE JEWISH CAPITOL 3000 YEARS AGO.
01:50 THE BIBLE DETAILS IT.
01:53 BUT IN ANY CASE, >> WE ARE GOING TO VISIT THE SEA OF GALILEE.
01:56 AND YOU KNOW, THE SEA IS MADE FROM WATER THAT COMES DOWN FROM MOUNT HERMON.
02:02 THERE'S A MOUNTAIN NORTH OVER THE BORDER WITH LEBANON WHERE
02:06 FRESH, COOL WATER COMES DOWN AND FILLS UP THE SEA.
02:10 AND THEN THE SEA EMPTIES IT INTO THE JORDAN RIVER AND IT GOES DOWN TO THE DEAD SEA.
02:15 AND YOU KNOW, IN A PREVIOUS PROGRAM,
02:17 I GAVE AN ANALOGY OF THE LORD'S CAREER AND THE WAY THAT WATER GOES.
02:21 AND I WANT TO JUST REPEAT THAT AND FILL IT IN A BIT.
02:25 THE WATER THAT COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN IS PURE AND WHITE,
02:28 IT IS THE SNOW ON MOUNT HERMON.
02:30 ON THE MAP IT IS >> WAY UP HERE AND FLOWS DOWN
02:35 THE NORTH JORDAN RIVER AND FILLS THE SEA OF GALILEE.
02:38 NOW, WHEN IT GETS TO THE >> SEA OF GALILEE IT IS FRESH.
02:42 AND THE SEA OF GALILEE IS ALIVE AND FISH ARE SWIMMING AND SO FORTH.
02:45 THAT IS THE LORD.
02:47 COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO THE EARTH, PURE WHITE AND ALIVE
02:50 AND STARTING HIS >> MINISTRY IN GALILEE.
02:53 THEN THE WATER PROCEEDS DOWN THE JORDAN RIVER AND GOES
02:57 SOUTHWARD TOWARD >>THE DEAD SEA DOWN HERE.
02:59 AS IT GOES DOWN IT PICKS UP PARTICLES OF EARTH, OF COURSE, LIKE ANY WATER WOULD.
03:04 AND THAT IS THE LORD GATHERING UP US, THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
03:08 FINALLY WE GO INTO THE DEAD SEA.
03:10 WE ALL DIE, THE LORD DIED, TOO,
03:12 BUT THE WATER OF THE DEAD SEA RISES UP BACK INTO HEAVEN WITH
03:17 EVAPORATION AND PREVAILING WINDS
03:19 TAKE IT NORTH AGAIN AND IT FALLS AGAIN ON MOUNT HERMON.
03:22 AND THAT WATER IS IN A FIXED CYCLE THAT CAN NEVER COME OUT
03:27 AND IT TELLS THE STORY OF OUR RESURRECTION TO HEAVEN AND OUR
03:31 RETURNING TO RULE WITH CHRIST HERE ON EARTH.
03:35 SO IF YOU FOLLOW THAT WATER, YOU CAN SEE THE CAREER OF OUR LORD.
03:39 NOW THE CITY OF TIBERIUS BECAME HOLY IN GALILEE WHEN JERUSALEM
03:44 WAS CONQUERED BY THE ROMANS.
03:45 THE TALMUD WAS WRITTEN THERE.
03:47 OUR MINISTRY THEOLOGIAN TOM McCALL STANDS BY THE WATER
03:51 AND TELLS US ABOUT THE SEA OF GALILEE.
04:00 THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN ALL OF THE WORLD.
04:03 WE ARE STANDING AT THE >>SHORE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE.
04:08 THE PLACE WHERE OUR LORD JESUS HAD MOST OF HIS MINISTRY DURING
04:11 THE THREE AND HALF YEARS THAT HE LABORED HERE UPON THE EARTH
04:15 AMONG HIS DISCIPLES >> AND WITH THE MANY CROWDS
04:18 THAT WERE HERE AROUND THE SEA OF GALILEE.
04:21 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SEA OF GALILEE AND THE MINISTRY OF THE LORD,
04:26 WE'RE REMINDED OF MARK 4:39.
04:32 WHEN JESUS STOOD UP IN THE SHIP, THE BOAT THAT WAS OUT THERE ON
04:41 THE SEA OF GALILEE DURING A VERY HEAVY STORM THAT SOMETIMES COMES UP ON THIS REMARKABLE LAKE.
04:57 SO THE ENTIRE LAKE WAS BECALMED >> BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, >> WHEN HE SPOKE PEACE.
05:05 IN A VERY REAL SENSE, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES IN OUR OWN HEARTS.
05:08 WHEN WE HAVE STORMS, WHEN THE NATION OF ISRAEL HAS TURMOIL,
05:19 IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES WHEN WE ARE BESET WITH ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS,
05:21 JESUS CAN COME AND SAY, "PEACE BE STILL."
05:22 AND WE DO INDEED HAVE PEACE.
05:25 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE LORD HAS WANTED TO BRING TO ISRAEL NATIONALLY AND PERSONALLY.
05:33 AND EVEN IN THE EARLY DAYS WHEN THE PRIESTHOOD WAS ESTABLISHED
05:37 IN THE DAYS OF MOSES, HE CALLED OUT THE TRIBE OF LEVI,
05:43 AND CALLED OUT THE CHIEF PRIESTS, THE HIGH PRIEST,
05:48 AND HE SAID THAT ON OCCASION, HE WAS TO BLESS THE PEOPLE WITH THE
05:52 FAMOUS AARONIC BLESSING.
06:33 SO IT IS THAT THE LORD BLESSES HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE, SHALOM.
06:38 LIKE HE BLESSED THE SEA OF GALILEE WITH PEACE.
06:43 LIKE HE DESIRES TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL WITH PEACE.
06:47 LIKE HE DESIRES TO BLESS ALL
06:49 OF THOSE WHO COME TO HIM WITH PEACE.
06:53 AND EVEN, YOU, WITH PEACE.
06:56 EVEN SO, SHALOM.
07:11 "THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, I SHALL GATHER YOU FROM THE
07:14 "PEOPLES AND ASSEMBLE YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE YOU HAVE
07:18 "BEEN SCATTERED AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAND OF ISRAEL,
07:22 "THE WILDERNESS AND >> DRY LAND SHALL BE GLAD.
07:25 "THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE.
07:29 "YOU SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD WHEN I BRING
07:32 "YOU INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL."
07:37 WELL, SEE ISRAEL FOR YOURSELF. THAT'S THE WAY TO SEE IT.
07:40 WE CAN SHOW YOU JUST SO MUCH WITH THESE TV CAMERAS.
07:43 OF COURSE, CNN AND THE NETWORKS CAN SHOW YOU MUCH MORE.
07:45 THEY HAVE MORE CAMERAS.
07:47 BUT THEY ONLY WANT TO SHOW TROUBLE SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE
07:49 ISRAEL UNLESS YOU SEE IT WITH A TOUR.
07:52 OURS OR SOMEBODY'S BUT ANYWAY GET OVER THERE IN THIS LIFE.
07:57 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
07:59 WELL, THE LAND IS PEACEFUL, ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF PEACE.
08:02 JERUSALEM IS A VERY PEACEFUL CITY.
08:03 COMPARED TO AMERICAN CITIES, IT IS LAUGHABLY MORE PEACEFUL.
08:07 I MEAN, YOU CAN TAKE A WALK AT MIDNIGHT AND IN MOST PLACES IN
08:11 THE CITY WALK ALONG AND MAKE A SPEECH IN THE STREET.
08:13 TRY SOME OF THAT >> IN AMERICAN CITIES.
08:16 IT REALLY IS, AS MUCH AS ITS >> REPUTATION FOR VIOLENCE,
08:20 IT IS JUST NOT TRUE.
08:24 IT JUST ISN'T.
08:26 I USED TO HAVE STATISTICS IN MY HEAD.
08:28 IN JERUSALEM, IN ONE YEAR THERE, WERE 10 PEOPLE KILLED IN VIOLENT ACTS.
08:34 AND THE SAME YEAR NEW YORK CITY HAD OVER 2000.
08:37 I MEAN, IT IS JUST CRAZY >> WHAT IS BEING DONE TO THEM.
08:43 YOU KNOW, KEN BERG WENT BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN JERUSALEM AND
08:46 THAT'S A PRETTY BUSY PLACE.
08:48 AND HE TALKED WITH ONE OF THE MAYOR'S SPOKESMEN ABOUT THAT CITY.
08:51 WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
08:52 BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ARE STANDING IN RIGHT NOW.
08:54 CAN YOU GIVE US HISTORY ABOUT THIS AREA?
08:57 YES, IT WAS A BUILDING DOWN BELOW CALLED
09:02 THE BUILDING OF THOSE WHO DARED.
09:08 THOSE WHO WERE NOT AFRAID.
09:12 THOSE WERE PEOPLE THAT CAME, YOU SEE, IN ANCIENT TIMES,
09:16 PEOPLE LIVED IN WALLED CITIES,
09:18 THIS WAS A SUBSTITUTE FOR INSURANCE AGENCY AND THEY WERE >> SECURE INSIDE THE WALLS.
09:23 AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO DARED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO TO COME
09:26 OUT OF THE WALLS AND LIVE IN THE WILDERNESS SURROUNDED BY
09:31 NOTHING WERE CONSIDERED TO BE VERY VALIANT.
09:35 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JERUSALEM REALLY STARTED IN THE BEGINNING
09:38 OF THE CENTURY WHEN ROADS AND MACHINES STARTED.
09:44 IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
09:45 I WILL SAY THERE WILL NEVER BE A 20th CENTURY ARCHAEOLOGY.
09:52 THERE WILL NEVER BE A 20th CENTURY ARCHAEOLOGY.
09:54 BECAUSE IN THE 21st OR 22nd CENTURY, HE CLEARS THE AREA.
10:00 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS -- >>AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF JERUSALEM
10:06 WAS CONSTRAINED BY THE WALLS.
10:08 IN EFFECT, PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THE WALLS AND ALLOWED HUNDREDS
10:12 OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO JERUSALEM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
10:16 OF ROADS AND CARS, ET CETERA.
10:18 AND NOW THE CITY OF 700,000 PEOPLE COULD NOT LIVE INSIDE THE WALLS.
10:21 THOSE PIONEERS >> BUILT THIS AREA.
10:23 THIS AREA WAS QUITE ABANDONED UNTIL 1967 AFTER WE LIBERATED
10:29 THE JEWISH QUARTER >> IN THE OLD CITY IN 1967,
10:33 WE ESTABLISHED THIS AS AN ARTIST COMMUNITY.
10:39 BUT VERY SOON IT >>BECAME ELEGANT SORT OF HOUSING.
10:42 IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE WALLS OF THE CITY.
10:44 IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE WESTERN WALL, THE REMNANT OF OUR TEMPLE.
10:48 IT BECAME VERY NICE TRAFFIC-FREE KIND OF COMMUNITY.
10:56 THAT MAKES US PROUD.
10:59 SO WHO LIVES IN THESE APARTMENT, THESE ARE HOUSES, CORRECT.
11:02 THESE ARE HOUSES, MOSTLY HOUSES.
11:05 AND PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT APARTMENTS.
11:08 WE HAVE PEOPLE, SOME OF THE LEADERS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE >> HAVE HOMES HERE.
11:12 SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
11:15 THAT ARE NOT THAT WEALTHY BUT THEY HAVE A WEALTHY PROPERTY.
11:20 IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME AMERICANS LIVE HERE.
11:24 AMERICANS ARE ALSO FREE TO COME HERE AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
11:29 WELL, THE FACT IS THAT AMERICANS CAN FREELY COME AND GO.
11:32 THAT JERUSALEM HAS A UNIQUENESS ABOUT IT AND A BECKONING OF
11:36 JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
11:39 THE WHOLE IDEA OF AMERICA, ESTABLISHING IN AMERICA WAS A
11:44 FREEDOM, THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
11:48 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THIS YEAR, THE PAST 30 YEARS,
11:54 EVERYBODY IS FREE TO COME TO JERUSALEM AND WORSHIP HIS OWN GOD OR HER OWN GOD.
12:00 AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST TIME THE JERUSALEM IS FREE.
12:04 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME JERUSALEM FULFILLED NOT ONLY THE
12:07 JEWISH DREAM, BUT >> ALSO THE AMERICAN DREAM.
12:09 I'M NOT CONSIDERING THE MEDIA OR THE SLANDER OF THE MEDIA AND THE
12:16 TAKING THINGS THAT ARE MINUSCULE AND AUGMENTING ITS SIZE TO UNBELIEVABLE PROPORTIONS.
12:23 THIS IS A CITY IN WHICH MY WIFE WALKS FREELY IN THE EVENING
12:26 AND THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
12:28 THIS IS A CITY WHERE >> MY CHILDREN WALK FREELY.
12:30 THIS IS A CITY WHERE ALL OF YOUR LISTENERS OR VIEWERS CAN
12:35 COME HERE AND BE WITH US AND CELEBRATE WITH US THE MILLENNIUM.
12:39 THIS IS A CITY THAT WE TRULY HOPE TO TURN INTO THE CITY OF PEACE.
12:44 AND FINALLY WHEN YOU COME IN THE CITY AND SEE THE QUIET SURROUNDINGS,
12:48 WHEN YOU SEE THE POLITICS-FREE JERUSALEM YOU FIND OUT THIS
12:54 IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE CITIES IN THE WORLD.
12:57 AND I HOPE THAT LOTS OF YOUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS WILL AVAIL
13:02 THEMSELVES OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND COME TO BE WITH US.
13:04 AS I LOOK AROUND, IT CERTAINLY IS A CITY OF PEACE.
13:07 THE STREETS ARE BEAUTIFUL, THE FLOWERS ARE OUT.
13:10 BUT THIS IS NOT THE PICTURE LIKE YOU SAID FROM THE MEDIA.
13:12 I GUESS, THIS IS THE REASON THAT MANY AMERICANS THINK OF THIS
13:15 LOCATION AS SOMETHING THAT'S A DANGEROUS AREA TO COME TO.
13:18 WELL, IF YOU TAKE AN AVERAGE AMERICAN CITY,
13:25 WITH 700,000 INHABITANTS, YOU HAVE MORE VIOLENT DEATHS A YEAR,
13:34 10 TIMES MORE THAN WE HAVE HERE IN JERUSALEM, INCLUDING TERRORISM.
13:39 I DON'T WANT TO COMPARE IT TO ANY PARTICULAR CITY.
13:43 BUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JERUSALEM, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
13:48 NUMBER OF MURDERS THAT DOESN'T REACH THE NUMBER OF MY FINGERS.
13:51 WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JERUSALEM, WE TALK ABOUT, YES,
13:55 THERE HAVE BEEN THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT DIED IN THE
13:58 PAST 50 YEARS IN ALL KINDS OF TERRORISM ATTACKS.
14:03 I DON'T WANT TO LET THE TERRORIST WIN AND THEY DO NOT
14:07 DETER ME AND SOMETIMES WHEN I WALK IN THE STREETS
14:10 OF NEW YORK OR STREETS OF >> DALLAS, TEXAS OR STREETS >>OF LOS ANGELES,
14:14 I FEEL MORE THREATENED THAN IF I WALK IN JERUSALEM.
14:17 BELIEVE YOU ME, YOU CAN WALK WITH ME ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT
14:23 AND YOU WILL SEE THE PEACE.
14:26 AND IT WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THE
14:28 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE.
14:31 NOT ONLY ABOUT THE URGENT THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING AND THAT WE ALL DO DAY AFTER DAY.
14:44 I MAY BE REMISS IN CONSTANTLY
14:45 MENTIONING CNN AS A CRITIC OF ISRAEL.
14:48 I GIVE CREDIT TO >> THE OTHER NETWORKS,
14:52 I MEAN, MIKE WALLACE OF CBS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST VICIOUS CRITICS OF ISRAEL.
14:58 TED KOPPEL ON ABC AND PETER JENNINGS IS TERRIBLE.
15:03 AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SINGLE OUT CNN.
15:05 BBC IN GREAT BRITAIN >> DESERVES FULL CREDIT FOR >>CONSTANTLY BERATING THE PLACE.
15:09 AND THE WRITTEN PRESS.
15:11 I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SELLS.
15:13 THAT'S ALL THE PRESS CARES ABOUT IS MAKING A PROFIT.
15:16 LET'S GET THIS RIGHT, IT IS NOT A PUBLIC SERVICE.
15:18 IT IS A LIKE A STORE, IT'S A PROFIT-MAKING BUSINESS.
15:21 AND FOR SOME REASON, ISRAEL SELLS.
15:23 IT IS LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT IS LIKE JACKIE KENNEDY USED
15:26 TO SELL IN THE TABLOIDS.
15:27 FOR 20 YEARS, WE HAD TO READ JACKIE KENNEDY STORIES AND NOW,
15:30 WE HAVE TO READ ISRAEL STORIES.
15:32 AND I HOPE THEY GET THEIR ATTENTION ON SOMEBODY ELSE FOR A WHILE.
15:35 AS FAR AS IT BEING PEACEFUL, MY GOODNESS, DURING THE TIME
15:39 WHEN THE SCUDS WERE FALLING ON TEL AVIV, WHEN SADDAM HUSSEIN
15:42 WAS SHELLING THIS NATION -- IT WASN'T EVEN PART OF THAT WAR,
15:46 IT WAS TOTALLY INNOCENT OF ANY PART OF IT --
15:49 SHELLING THEM, I DID A SURVEY OF HOW LIKELY YOU
15:55 WERE TO BE INJURED BY A BALLISTIC PROJECTILE
15:58 IN THE STREETS OF DALLAS AND IN >> THE STREET WAS TEL AVIV.
16:01 I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU, YOU WERE 20 TIMES MORE LIKELY
16:04 TO BE SHOT IN DALLAS, THAN TO BE HIT BY ONE OF THOSE MISSILES.
16:07 I MEAN, EVEN AT THE WORST TIME, AT WAR TIME IT IS MORE PEACEFUL THAN THIS CITY IS.
16:12 THERE IS A FAMOUS WALKING MALL IN THE MIDDLE OF JERUSALEM
16:17 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WAR AND PEACE THERE.
16:20 AND I REFER TO BEN YEHUDA STREET.
16:22 ALL OF OUR TOURS VISIT IT.
16:24 IT IS AN OPEN-AIR MALL SIMILAR TO A SHOPPING CENTER BUT OUT IN THE STREET.
16:29 THEY PAVED OVER A STREET.
16:31 AND WE GO THERE AND WE ASK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHERE THERE
16:35 IS TWO ISRAELIS, THERE IS THREE OPINIONS.
16:37 WE ASKED SOME OF THOSE OPINIONS.
16:39 WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO ISRAEL?
16:41 HAVE YOU ENJOYED BEING HERE?
16:43 OH, THIS IS OUR FOURTH TIME TO COME AND TWO YEARS AGO
16:47 WHEN SOMEBODY TOLD US IN AMERICA >> THAT IT MAY NOT BE SAFE,
16:53 THE FIRST YEAR, THEY SAID THE SAME THING,
16:55 I SAID TO THE PERSON WHO WAS BRINGING US OVER, "IS IT REALLY SAFE?"
16:59 AND SHE SAID, "ELIZABETH, IT IS THE SAFEST PLACE YOU COULD EVER BE."
17:04 SHE SAID, "THE STREETS OF CHICAGO AND NEW YORK ARE WORSE
17:07 "THAN THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL."
17:09 THE IMAGE WE GET IN THE UNITED STATES IS THAT OF BOMBS,
17:14 DUSTY ROADS, DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE CASE HERE?
17:18 NOT AT ALL.
17:21 I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH DEVELOPED.
17:22 AS A MATTER OF FACT, >> I THINK IT HAS DEVELOPED
17:24 A LOT IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE.
17:25 SO DEFINITELY NOT.
17:28 SO IS THIS A GOOD PLACE TO COME FOR A VACATION.
17:31 DEFINITELY, THAT'S WHY I AM HERE ACTUALLY.
17:34 WHAT IS YOUR OVERALL FEELINGS OF ISRAEL?
17:35 IS IT A SAFE PLACE TO BE?
17:37 IT IS A REAL SAFE PLACE.
17:38 MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT LAST NIGHT AT 11, WALKING AROUND
17:41 AT THE HILTON AND WE ARE MORE COMFORTABLE HERE AND FEEL ALMOST
17:44 MORE COMFORTABLE THAN WE DO IN ANY DOWNTOWN MAJOR CITY IN THE U.S.
17:47 DO YOU THINK THE PICTURE THAT'S PAINTED OF ISRAEL
17:50 IN THE UNITED STATES IS AN ACCURATE ONE?
17:51 IT'S NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE,
17:55 WHEN I TOLD MY FRIENDS I WAS COMING TO ISRAEL,
17:57 THEY WOULD SAY, "WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY?
17:59 "AREN'T YOU AFRAID?"
18:02 AND I WOULD JUST TELL THEM, "WELL, NO, I FEEL MORE SAFE IN
18:06 "ISRAEL THAN I DO IN MANY PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES."
18:10 WE'RE HERE AS A GROUP, YES, SPIRITUALLY AND ALSO ON A VACATION.
18:15 WHAT'S BEEN THE OVERVIEW OF ISRAEL?
18:17 IS IT A SAFE PLACE TO BE?
18:19 IT IS MY FIRST VISIT, >>MY WIFE'S SECOND.
18:22 YES, I THINK SO
18:23 I HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SAY TO ME,
18:25 "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO ISRAEL."
18:27 BUT I FEEL SAFE.
18:29 I AM NOT AFRAID AT ALL TO GET OUT ON THE STREETS.
18:32 I AM JUST AS SAFE HERE AS I WOULD BE IN ANY PART OF EUROPE
18:35 AND MUCH SAFER THAN BEING SOMEWHERE IN ASIA
18:39 THIS IS A LAND WHERE JUST THE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
18:42 OF OUR FAITH HAPPENED AND SO TO BE HERE AND CLOSE
18:46 TO THOSE PLACES IS TO TOUCH A PART OF OUR STORY AND YEAH,
18:49 I THINK IT IS SPIRITUALLY SIGNIFICANT TO MAKE A >> PILGRIMAGE HERE.
18:52 IF YOU FEEL DRAWN TO ISRAEL, IF YOU FEEL DRAWN TO COME TO JERUSALEM,
18:58 IT CERTAINLY IS NOT ANYTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
19:02 NOT ANYTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
19:04 ALTHOUGH THE MEDIA SEEMS TO HAVE A PROBLEM COVERING THE POSITIVE
19:07 THINGS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL, WE FIND IT A JOY TO BRING YOU THE GOOD NEWS.
19:12 I TALKED TO CLARENCE WAGNER >> ABOUT BRIDGES FOR PEACE.
19:14 CLARENCE, TELL ME ABOUT THE >> MINISTRY FOR BRIDGES FOR >>PEACE.
19:19 WELL, BRIDGES FOR PEACE IS AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
19:21 THAT WAS FOUNDED RIGHT HERE IN JERUSALEM.
19:24 AND OUR WORK IS TRYING TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHRISTIANS
19:28 AND JEWS AND REACH OUT TO OUR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS TO HELP THEM
19:31 UNDERSTAND ABOUT ISRAEL, ABOUT THE JEWISH ROOTS OF CHRISTIANITY
19:38 AND IN TURN BRING BACK INTO ISRAEL THEIR LOVE AND CONCERN
19:40 AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLESS THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
19:43 AND WE DO THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS HERE IN THE COUNTRY.
19:46 OVER YOUR SHOULDER, I SEE A SCENE SO DIFFERENT.
19:47 I SEE BLACK PEOPLE.
19:49 RIGHT.
19:50 THEY ARE FROM ETHIOPIA.
19:54 ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
19:57 THEY COME IN AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE BY THE THOUSANDS.
20:04 15,400 IN ONE AIRLIFT ALONE, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
20:08 THEY WERE STARVING IN ETHIOPIA.
20:09 AND WHAT HAPPENED THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT TOLD THEM THEY COULD
20:14 COME OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE AIRPORT AND LEAVE TO GO TO ISRAEL.
20:19 AND AT THE LAST MINUTE, CHANGED THEIR MIND.
20:21 AND OVER 15,000 OF THESE >>ETHIOPIAN JEWS CAMPED OUT AROUND
20:25 THE TARMAC OF THE AIRPORT.
20:27 WE PROVIDE FOR >> THEM BRAND NEW BLANKETS.
20:29 THINGS FOR THEIR KITCHEN, POTS AND PANS AND CUTTING BOARDS.
20:33 WE DISTRIBUTE ONE TON OF FOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY.
20:35 WE HAVE CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE GLEANING FIELDS AND BUY
20:40 AN AWFUL LOT FROM >> FACTORIES AND SUPPLIERS.
20:43 AND BRING IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE, TO COMMUNITY CENTERS AND ALSO >> THEY COME TO US.
20:49 YOU ARE ESTABLISHED IN JERUSALEM WHERE THE ORTHODOX ARE,
20:53 THE CENTER OF WORLD JUDAISM AND OF COURSE,
20:55 YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION,
20:57 WHAT IS THE RESPONSE OF THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY?
20:59 THE RESPONSE IS QUITE WARM FROM ALL RANKS.
21:03 BRIDGES FOR PEACE HAS STEPPED IN AND HELPED IN AREAS WHERE OTHER
21:06 GROUPS HAVEN'T HELPED EVEN IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES.
21:10 WE STARTED A PROGRAM BECAUSE PROPHECY SAID THAT IN THE
21:12 END DAYS GENTILES WOULD COME AND BE REPAIRERS OF THE BREACHES OF THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM.
21:17 AND JUST LIKE NEHEMIAH CAME BACK
21:18 AND REBUILT THE WALLS IN THE CITY AND SO ON, WE SENT OUR
21:22 CHRISTIAN WORK CREWS TO OTHER RELIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS
21:25 WHERE CHRISTIANS WEREN'T WELCOME BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN EUROPE.
21:29 AND THERE WE FOUND ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.
21:32 ONE MAN, WE SAW HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER.
21:34 AND THE STORY OF HOW POOR THE >> POOR REALLY ARE.
21:37 SOME OF THESE OLD PEOPLE.
21:39 SO WE WENT AND FOUND HIM.
21:41 AND AN ISRAELI WHO WORKS WITH US, SPOKE WITH HIM IN HEBREW
21:44 TOLD HIM WHAT WE DID, THAT WE HELP POOR PEOPLE.
21:46 AND YOU KNOW, THIS VERY POOR OLD MAN STOOD UP AND TOOK A LITTLE
21:49 CORN OUT OF HIS POCKET AND SAID, "IF YOU HELP POOR PEOPLE,
21:52 "I WANT TO HELP."
21:54 AND WE SAID, "NO, WE COME TO HELP YOU."
21:56 AND THE REPAIRS CREW GOT STARTED WITH HIM.
22:00 AND FIXED HIS HOUSE FROM >>TOP TO BOTTOM.
22:02 PUT WINDOWS AND DOORS AND PLASTER AND PAINTING AND WIRING
22:04 AND FIXED THE LEAKY ROOF HE HAD AND WAS DRAINING OVER HIS BED.
22:08 AND WE HAVE DONE THIS IN 250 HOMES IN THE POOR RELIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD.
22:15 BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, THE >> RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY HAS SEEN
22:19 MAYBE NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE NOT LIKE THOSE OF THE PAST,
22:22 THOSE OF EUROPE WHO HATED US AND PERSECUTED US AND KILLED US.
22:25 MAYBE THESE CHRISTIANS AREN'T SO BAD.
22:27 WE HOPE THAT THEY SEE THE JESUS WE BELIEVE IN
22:30 AND THE MESSIAH WE WORSHIP IS WHO MOTIVATES US TO COME AND
22:33 BRING THIS LOVE TO THEM.
22:45 [ music playing ]
23:28 WELL, ISRAEL IS A PLACE OF PEACE EVEN NOW.
23:30 BUT ESPECIALLY IT WILL BE WHEN SHAR SHALOM RETURNS, >>THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
23:36 SHAR SHALOM.
23:38 ZECHARIAH 14:16 POINTS OUT.
23:40 YOU KNOW, THE MOST PEACEFUL FESTIVAL IS THE
23:43 FEAST OF TABERNACLES THE >> THANKSGIVING DAY OF ISRAEL.
24:00 SO FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, >> I'M TELLING YOU NOW,
24:01 YOU ARE GOING TO >>BE LIVING IN JERUSALEM.
24:03 FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, YOU WILL SEE THE PEOPLE
24:06 OF ALL NATIONS COMING UP AND CELEBRATING THIS WONDERFUL
24:09 AND PEACEFUL FEAST IN A WONDERFUL AND PEACEFUL CITY.
24:13 BUT, UNTIL HE COMES, JERUSALEM IS, SAID ZECHARIAH, TO BE A BURDENSOME STONE.
24:20 SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE TRY TO HANDLE AND CUT THEMSELVES WITH.
24:24 HIS IMAGES ARE COMPELLING.
24:26 HE IS THE GREAT PROPHET OF THE END TIMES.
24:29 BIBLE READERS ARE WELL AWARE OF >> WHAT THE TIMES ARE LIKE
24:35 AND WHAT THE LORD WARNED US ABOUT AS SIGNS
24:38 AND THE TRIBULATION AND HOW THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN JERUSALEM
24:42 REALLY DOVETAIL WITH PROPHECY.
24:44 BIBLE READERS ARE AWARE OF IT.
24:46 THE MUSLIMS ARE NOT AWARE OF IT.
24:48 THE POPE IS NOT AWARE OF IT.
24:50 YOU JUST HAVE TO READ THE SCRIPTURES AND TAKE THEM
24:52 SERIOUSLY TO UNDERSTAND.
24:54 THE MUSLIMS PRETEND >> TO MAKE PEACE.
24:57 THE POPE PRETENDS TO BELIEVE THE MUSLIMS' PRETENSE >> OF MAKING PEACE.
25:01 AND ON IT GOES.
25:02 BUT THERE IS NO PEACE.
25:04 AS THE SCRIPTURE SAID.
25:06 "PEACE, PEACE, WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE.
25:08 "MEN WILL SAY PEACE AND SAFETY AND SUDDEN DESTRUCTION WILL COME UPON THEM."
25:13 THAT'S ALL PART OF THE TIMES UNTIL THE LORD HIMSELF RETURNS.
25:20 AS TO WHETHER IT >>IS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO VISIT,
25:23 I GET THIS QUESTION >> ALL OF THE TIME.
25:25 OH, LISTEN, IF I CAN GET OUT OF DALLAS AND GET TO JERUSALEM,
25:28 THEN I CAN SLEEP.
25:29 LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
25:31 IT'S NOT THAT DALLAS IS SO DANGEROUS,
25:33 BUT JERUSALEM IS >> FAR LESS DANGEROUS
25:35 AND ISRAEL IN GENERAL IS FAR LESS DANGEROUS THAN AMERICA.
25:39 THEIR TERRORISM WHICH WE TALK ABOUT AS SOME KIND OF EVENT IS >> SO PUNY.
25:45 I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT.
25:46 I TOLD IT BEFORE.
25:48 THIS BOMB THAT WENT OFF.
25:50 A FELLA TRIED TO BOMB SOME PEOPLE IN TEL AVIV.
25:54 I TOOK A SURVEY.
25:55 "HOW MANY WERE KILLED," I SAID AFTER THE NETWORKS ON TELEVISION
25:59 AND ALL OF THE PRINT MEDIA AND EVERYBODY REPORTED THIS THING
26:01 DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.
26:03 AND I TOOK A >> SURVEY AMONG MY FRIENDS.
26:05 "DID YOU HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THE TEL AVIV BOMBING?"
26:07 "OH, YES."
26:09 "HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED >> THERE, DO YOU REMEMBER?"
26:11 WELL, I GOT ESTIMATES OF 200, 500, EVEN A 1000.
26:15 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASUALTIES THERE -- ONE.
26:20 WHAT THEY ARE CALLING BOMBS ARE LIKE FIRECRACKERS.
26:22 AND THE BOMBERS AREN'T VERY GOOD AT IT.
26:24 NOT LIKE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
26:26 NOT LIKE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
26:28 I AM AFRAID THE WORLD TERRORISM THAT WE HAVE
26:30 AND SKIP OVER IN >> FAVOR OF THEIRS IS FAR WORSE.
26:36 IT REALLY IS.
26:37 BUT THAT'S WHY WE MADE THESE PROGRAMS.
26:39 THIS SERIES.
26:40 "THIS IS ISRAEL," IS TO TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY IS, SO YOU DON'T
26:42 HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE NETWORKS AND CNN AND THE PRESS BECAUSE
26:46 THEY ARE JUST NOT TELLING YOU WHAT IT IS.
26:48 SO WE WENT TO >> THE EXPENSE AND TROUBLE.
26:50 I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SERIES SO FAR.
26:54 AND WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE >> TONIGHT ALL 12 PROGRAMS.
26:56 THEY ARE FINISHED ON TAPE.
26:58 GET THIS WHOLE SERIES.
27:00 IT IS WELL WORTH HAVING.
27:02 LISTEN, BUY A SEPARATE COPY
27:03 AND SEND IT TO EACH NETWORK.
27:04 IT WILL HELP US
27:06 AND SURE WILL HELP THEM.
27:07 AT LEAST, THEY CAN SIT DOWN
27:09 AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
27:10 AS IF THEY DON'T KNOW.
27:12 BUT CALL THEIR ATTENTION TO IT.
27:14 ALSO GET OUR LEVITT LETTER AND CATALOG.
27:17 THOSE THINGS ARE FREE.
27:19 YOU KNOW, WE PRINT A MONTHLY LETTER.
27:20 AND IN A PERSONAL LETTER ALSO
27:23 COMES ALONG DURING THE MONTH.
27:26 AND YOU KEEP UP WITH OUR MINISTRY.
27:28 OUR CATALOG SHOWS ALL OF THE OFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON
27:30 ALL OF THE PROGRAMS >> FROMHE BEGINNING.
27:31 AND REMBER THE GIS FUNDSFOS.
27:34 THAT'S HOW WE REALLY DO THESE THINGS.
27:36 AND SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM.
27:38 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

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Dr. Thomas S. McCall, Th.D.
- Obituary
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A Place of Peace

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Episode 10 of 12 in series

Production Code: 710

Type: Episode

Play Time: 28:32

Year: 2000

Series code: VTI

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Host: Zola Levitt, Ken Berg, Dr. Thomas McCall

Guests: Zvi Ravif, Clarence Wagner

Air dates: 2000-Jun-25, 2005-Feb-27

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