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Turkey that he's jailed several thousand people after the failed coup d'etat in two thousand and sixteen and they also criticize the role of tookie place in the turkish syrian border region especially in the syrian town of off. and they say that no one is fighting about war down there and that he is also a part of this civil war that is raging in syria ok and now we're expecting at least ten thousand people protesting out on the streets say what organizations are going to be involved in these demonstrations. so that what we're seeing right now here is rather the small beginning and say the ear...

Sins, trying to overthrow his father. this is amazing. so, how'd they build this? >> well, as you can see, this was built out of solid bedrock about 2,000 years ago. >> so, jesus would have seen this? >> yeah, jesus would have seen this prior to his crucifixion. for hundreds of years now, people believed this was absalom's tomb, and what do they do? they stone it. muslims, christians, and jews, pilgrims as they come by here -- for hundreds of years, this has been a jerusalem tradition. >> but zias is sure the stone-throwers had it wrong. his proof? inscriptions that suggest it's not absalom bu...

Holiest site. rachel was the beloved wife of jacob, the third patriarch. she died in childbirth. muslims also revere bethlehem. the believe the prophet muhammad stopped here, escorted by the angel gabriel, on his midnight ride to jerusalem to visit the birthplace of jesus. ♪ and, of course, for christians, bethlehem, the city of king david, is the birthplace of jesus christ. >> you can see how it attracts people from all over the world, 'cause this is the birth of the savior, not just of an important historical figure. >> father jerome murphy-o'connor has served in israel for 40 years. armed...

Form the child. >> john dominic crossing believes the motives were nots document of jesus' life and worw as history but to make him ake meaningful in the world of competing theology..>> >> when matthew is going to have jesus give his sermon on the mount he's going to model him on moses even as he is being born, so as moses is almost killed by the evil pharaoh, jesus is going to be almost killed by the evil herod. >> the number one message from roman imperial theology was that the emperor was divine, and that the emperor had a divine life to rule. note of the ses symbols caesar used throughout ...

Well-known site in jerusalem absalom's tomb. he was a son of king david and is infamous for, among other sins, trying to overthrow his father. this is amazing. so how did they build this? >> you know, as you can see, this was built out of solid bedrock about 2,000 years ago. >> so jesus would have seen this? >> yes, jesus would have seen this prior to his crucifixion. so hundreds of years now, people believe this was absalom's tomb, what do they do? they stone it. muslims, christians and jews, for hundreds of years this has been a tradition. >> but he is sure the stone throwers had it wrong. h...