Okay. So, many times, when you hear news
about this area in Israel and the Palestinian territories,
you hear the word "settlement" thrown around quite often.
Settlements are places that are inhabited by Jews
in the Palestinian territories.
So, to give an illustration of how settlements look like,
it's right over there.
The nice, organized tall buildings
one next to the other.
And you see also a distinction in the architecture,
the modern architecture of the settlements,
while everyone else has, more or less,
a traditional architecture of house building and all that.
This is my cousin, Nasrine,
Nasrine Julie Saad.
- I love you Rhoda. - I love you too.
I love you too, Sergio, but I love Rhoda a lot.
(Rhoda) Babe, you're gonna have difficulty.
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Since we are here in Bethlehem,
Sergio and I thought about coming to visit Rachel's Tomb
because it's here.
And now that we are here,
our taxi driver brought us here,
apparently, we cannot come in from the Palestinian side.
It is surrounded by those huge walls
and a couple of iron gates.
And they keep them closed all year,
except for two days a year,
where they open it for a certain holiday,
Rachel's Day or Rachel's Birthday, something like that,
and then they open it
and they allow people to come in and visit it.
It's too bad we can't come in,
but this is where it is.
(Sergio) Driving here is not what we quite expected.
I kept thinking:
If they only knew that I am an Israel Jew,
I might get in real trouble,
so I took my Florida driving license with me
just in case.
But to our surprise,
the taxi driver kept on saying how content he is to live here.
Work, cars, houses,
money, life, friends.
We have this notion
that we think this area is in complete poverty,
and that's what you expect to see
when you come here.
But what we've found out from our many walks here,
that it's actually the opposite,
at least in this area and this suburb of Bethlehem.
It is actually very beautiful.
I would say it's even more beautiful than Nazareth.
They have beautiful buildings
and beautiful houses made out of not cheap stone.
They have mansions that you would expect to see
like on Malibu, even nicer.
Look at this one behind me. It's gorgeous!
You don't find places like that.
I'm very pleasantly surprised
to see that people actually have a good life.
And we've asked a few people, and they say:
Yeah, we have a good life.
(Sergio) And not only that life is good here,
but also, the children on the streets
were listening to Israeli music in Hebrew.
And that is something the news will not show you,
will they?
And when we kept on asking the same questions to many people,
we heard the same answers: Life is good here.
And if there was any common difficulty
for the people living here,
is that they cannot go to Jerusalem without a permit,
which is difficult to obtain.
However, to say that there was no tension would be a lie.
And a lot of it had to do
with the way children are brought up and raised.
For the three days that we've been here,
we've seen this parade of cars drive by every day
beeping loudly with shouts and Palestinian flags
reminding the people that the rebellion force is rising.
But let's leave politics aside for now,
and explore the beautiful old city of Bethlehem.
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We are in Bethlehem's marketplace.
A lot of people come here to see,
shop, and bargain for... stuff.
And a lot of souvenirs for sure.
So let's go and see.
How much is this?
(salesman) This is for 25.
(Rhoda) No, just a regular purse.
(boy) Welcome.
Such a little salesman!
Do you think these priestly garments
will look good on me?
(chanting)
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(man on recording) (non-English speech)
(Sergio) What is that?
They record their voices about the sales that they have.
They say: Everything is for 10. Everything is for 10.
Kid's toys are for 10. This for 10. This for 10.
So, instead of them saying that all day
and exhaust their voices,
they just record their voices.
(man on recording) (non-English speech)
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(Rhoda) So, the woman in the store was bargaining.
She says to the store owner:
How much are you gonna charge me?
And he says: 20. And she's like: 20, hmm?
Okay. But to Taiseer, you give much less.
And he's like: Who's Taiseer? Oh, Taiseer.
What is your relationship with him? Are you his wife?
And she's like: Well, of course!
And he's like: no really. What is your relationship?
I'm his wife! You would give him less.
I know you would give him less.
(laughing) It was hilarious!
He wants to give us for free.
No leave it. Don't pay.
No. I just want two of these.
A gift from us. Please take it.
Thank you.
Okay. This is a very cool fruit.
It's a kind of plum.
We call it "the eye of the cow" because of its shape.
Cows actually have pretty eyes.
It's "the eye of the cow" fruit.
These are the biggest watermelons I've ever seen.
10 shekels.
(Sergio) So, we've got Starbucks in Bethlehem.
You wanna see it?
Let's see if it's the real deal.
Do you guys have Frappuccinos?
- Everything.
- (Rhoda) Iced coffee?
So we're having a...
(Frappuccino machine noise)
(loudly) we are having a Frappuccino in Bethlehem
in a Starbucks that is called Starbucks of Bethlehem.
According to the owner,
this is the only holy Starbucks in the world.
Oh! That is the real deal.
Even better. That is good. You gotta try it.
So, according to the archaeological evidence,
this chicken dates all the way back to...
Wow!
This is a chicken shawarma.
Delicious. Salty.
Spicy. A little spicy.
It's got salads inside. This shawarma spice.
And it looks like it was a grilled pan
like squeezed and grilled through
with a very thin, nice laffa bread.
I've never seen it done like this before.
Incredible!
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