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>> michal: yes. anthony: oh man, thats good. i just had this incredibly delicious meal, completely oblivious to the fact that its entirely vegetarian. if any of the vegetarian restaurants in new york served food that tasted anywhere near this i would be, i would actually >> yotam: go there. >> anthony: well, i mean im -- id consider it. and this? michal: fresh zucchini with mint. >> yotam: and apricots. the little sweet apricots we have. >> anthony: now, all of this food is really intensely deli...

Take this woman and want to make a montage of photos with her carrying a gun to say this is the hero who liberated the palestine? sorry, this is not true! this woman was killed in her house. you go today and ask the palestinians, who is the great hero? you ask these kids, who will they recognize? they will recognize a young man from gaza who is an arab idol named muhammad asef. a singer who sings. he became more famous than abu mazin and arafat and everybody else. this is another image of palest...

>> anthony: its right there for all to see, and it feels like something out of a science fiction film. this is the wall. from the other side, or inside this place for instance, the aida refugee camp in the district of bethlehem, it doesnt feel like anything other than what it is. a prison. abbed: abbasur is the founder of the al rawad childrens theater center. so we are at the north entrance of bethlehem and heading to ida refugee camp. >> anthony: so this has been here since 1950? abbed: yes. i...

They come here and they feel like oh my god, i am walking in the steps of muhammad, david, or --or jesus. >> anthony: its like jesus was here. i -- i feel like i should be more, something. >> yotam: a little bit more pious. >> anthony: a little bit? well, its too late for me. oh great, you can get your own crown of thorns. >> yotam:yeah. >> anthony: in answer to the question, what would jesus wear? oh no, no, no, no. thats just wrong. dont miss it! its the kay black friday event. save up to 60% ...

Came back here and i started using theater as one of the most amazing, powerful, civilized and non-violent means to express yourself. tell your story. to be truthful. and this is for me, the ability to build the peace within and to hopefully help them to think that they can grow up and change the world and create miracles without need to carry a gun and shoot everybody else or explode themselves or burn themselves but to stay alive. >> anthony: abbed takes me to the camps martyrs quarter. to be ...

Back to king david and then as history progressed, they built up the walls so that the top bit is the -- is the newest bit. >> anthony: and by newest you mean -- >> yotam: i mean up to the ottoman time which the turks left here about- you know about 150 years ago and the brits came and they conquered us. i wasnt here. >> anthony: born here, now cooking in london, yotam ottolenghi is the widely known, respected chef and coauthor of the book, "jerusalem." >> yotam: basically this city was divided ...

Be here. >> amind: i know most of them and most of them theyre happy that were here. because actually we gave them prosperity for the last 45 years and then when the plo came they lost it. >> anthony: im guessing a lot of people would disagree with that statement. >> amind: we work with high tech security, radars and cameras. >> anthony: so, from the high ground you can see anybody walking at night. you could see from pretty far out? >> amind: definitely. >> anthony: and could you identify them ...

>> anthony: im curious what everyone thinks. will, in your lifetime, i guess the first question will be "in your lifetime, will you be able to visit yafa?" [ speaks arabic ] laila: she says, you know, she hopes she can. she hopes she can go to jerusalem as well. [ speaks arabic ] laila: so shes optimistic, yeah. [ speaks arabic ] anthony: what about --? laila: he saying that, first he said youre not allowing us to and then he said -- then he self corrected and said the israeli arent allowing us ...

>> anthony: where did you grow up? >> jakob: michal atanya, near the beach. >> anthony: near the beach. not, not the neighborhood. >> jakob: but we met in the neighborhood. in . and we were together in hotel. >> anthony: how did that go down with the families? >> jakob: wonderful now. now, wonderful. >> anthony: now good. >> jakob: yes. very good. >> anthony: at the beginning not so much. >> jakob: started it yes, with the questions versus the answers, and start to understand that we love each o...

That time, you ever go to anybodys house, sit down and eat? >> amichai: not there, but in other villages. >> anthony: ever sat down at a muslim table? >> amichai: muslim table. >> anthony: your host and everybody else. >> amichai: coffee. >> anthony: but not here? >> amichai: no because i dont as a religious jew, i eat only kosher. so they respect that so they dont offer me. >> anthony: so i gotta ask you about something that troubled me coming up. the first house before you come up the drive to...