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>> you could almost believe for a minute or two that some kind of peace, some kind of reconciliation, meeting of the minds, sanity, is possible after you visit moshda. it's a restaurant in what looks like an idyllic village in the hills about 20 minutes from jerusalem. it feels like an alternate universe for a number of reasons. >> she is jewish. and yakub is muslim. they're partners, co-owners, and also married. they're unsurprisingly friends of yota. together, they grow and raise much of what's used in their kitchen. their food reflects both their different backgrounds and their

The gates to the old city. these walls are pretty ancient. people say they go back to king david. as history progressed, they built up the wall. so the top bed is the newest. >> and by newest you mean -- >> up to about the ottoman time. the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and they conquered us. i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he is the widely known respected chef and co-author of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided into two until 1967 when there was the famous six-day war. >> yep. >> and the hall that we're traveling in now, wal...

Up the walls so that the top there is the newest bit. >> by newest, you mean -- >> up to about the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and they conquered us. i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he's the widely known respected chef and coauthor of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided in two until 1967 where there was the famous six-day war, and the whole we're traveling in is east jerusalem, the palestinian part. that belonged to jordan. so now it's under israeli control. very controversial because for the jews, for the israelis, the city...

And annexed east jerusalem. in 2003, israel began construction on a wall along the green line representing the israeli-palestinian border. the wall now stretches 450 miles. when completed, it will span 700 miles. 85% of it in palestinian territory. on one hand, there's no doubt that the number of suicide bombings fell drastically. on the other, there's this. you cross from jerusalem into the west bank. also called judea, sumaria, also called palestine. since 1967, half a million settlers have moved here, all in contravention of international law. many in contravention of israeli law. though it...

Course, and a very sophisticated, very urbane cuisine. >> i guess the first question would be, in your lifetime, will you be able to visit yahba? [ speaking foreign language ]. >> she says she hopes she can. she also hopes she can go to jerusalem as well. so she's optimistic. [ speaking foreign language ]. she's saying -- first she said you're not allowing us to. then corrected and said the israelis aren't allowing us. >> go, go. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> this is a normal tone of voice. not upset, by the way. this is how we talk. we yell. >> what's he saying? >> give me a permit. if th...