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EXPRESSING IN WORDS HER
WONDERFUL IDEAS.
>> Ashley: SOMETIMES, MULTIPLE
SYLLABLE WORDS GIVE ME A
PROBLEM.
LIKE "AUSTRALIA."
SOMETIMES I GET MY A's AND MY
U's MIXED UP, SO I'VE KIND OF
LEARNED TO CUT OFF THE TOP OF AN
"A" FOR A "U."
DEPARTMENT.
>> Webb: OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO
WRITE IT HERE?
I AM HELPING HER GET INTO HER
MEMORY THE ORDER OF LETTS IN A
WORD SHE REALLY WANTS TO USE.
>> D-E-
>> Webb: "P."
>> Ashley: "P."
>> SOME OF THE GREATS WHO HAVE
DONE VERY POORLY IN SCHOOL WERE
DYSLEXICS.
THEY FIND MEANING IN THE WORLD
THROUGH WHAT THEY SEE AND DO,
NOT THROUGH WORDS.
LIKE WALT DISNEY, WHO ALSO WAS A
VERY POOR STUDENT.
WE NEED TO HELP THESE BRIGHT
PEOPLE MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO
SOCIETY.
>> Ellerbee: BEFORE THERE WAS AN
UNDERSTANDING AND TEST FOR
DYSLEXIA, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAD IT
WERE THOUGHT OF AS STUPID,
FLUNKED OUT OF SCHOOL AND GREW
UP TO TAKE JOBS WHERE THEY DID
NOT HAVE TO READ OR WRITE.
>> Ashley: "YES, THEY ALWA
MISS ME WHEN..."
WE HAVE TO READ 20 MINUTES A DAY
FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS,
AND THEN WE GET A CERTIFICATE
FOR PIZZA HUT.
>> Man: WOULD YOU LIKE PEPPERONI
OR CHEESE?
>> Ashley: PEPPERONI, PLEASE.
AND WE GET A MINIATURE-SIZE
PIZZA JUST FOR US.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF COOL
BECAUSE YOU, LIKE, GET TO HAVE A
REALLY NICE REWARD IF IT HELPS
YOU... IT MAKES YOU READ.
>> ASHLEY'S VERY BRIGHT AND
CREATIVE, SHE'S A LOT OF FUN TO
BE AROUND.
BY HELPING HER READ OR LEARN
SOMETHING ABOUT A NEW ANIMAL IS
THE BEST PART ABOUT IT.
>> I USED TO GET, LIKE, REALLY
TENSE.
AND I USED TO, LIKE, TENSE UP
LIKE THIS AND GET, LIKE, ALL
ANGRY.
"I CAN'T READ, THAT'S WHY.
AND I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO READ."
I FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT THE
READING AND HOW I'M APPROACHING
IT.
>> KARA MARLOWE IS FROM ,AIL,
ARIZONA, AND SHE MAY HAVE A
HOARD OF GOLD HIDDEN IN HER
BACKYARD.
THAT'S BECAUSE COLOSSAL CAVE IS
IN HER BACKYARD, AND LEGEND HAS
IT "THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR
HILLS."
EVEN IF THERE N'T ANY GOLD
HIDDENHERE, THERE ARE
STALACTITES, STALAGMITES AND
FLOWSTONES.
HERE NOW, A TOUR 363 STEPS DOWN
INTO KARA'S BACKYARD.
>> ( rock and roll playing )?a■
>> I'M LINDA ELLERBEE.
WHAT FOLLOWS IS A PROGRAM ABOUT
THE MIDDLE EAST.
SINCE ENTIRE NATIONS CANNOT
AGREE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON THERE,
IT'S UNLIKELY THAT EVERYBODY
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM WILL AGREE
WITH WHAT IS SAID DURING IT.
AND THAT'S OKAY.
WE'VE TRIED TO BE FAIR.
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT IN THIS
WORLD THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE
ANSWER TO A QUESTION.
AND CERTAINLY MORE THAN ONE SIDE
TO AN ARGUMENT.
OR MORE THAN ONE TRUTH TO A
STORY.
HOWEVER WE ALSO BELIEVE IT'S
IMPORTANT TO GIVE KIDS A CHANCE
TO TALK ABOUT THE WORLD-- TO
DISAGREE, PERHAPS TO LEARN FROM
ONE ANOTHER.
AND, PERHAPS, FOR US TO LEARN
FROM THEM.
( man shouting )
>> Ellerbee: CAN PEOPLE WHO HATE
EACH OTHER LIVE TOGETHER?
TODAY, KIDS TALK ABOUT THE
MIDDLE EAST.
[Captioning sponsored by
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
and by NICKELODEON]
>> Announcer: THIS IS A NICK
NEWS SPECIAL EDITION-- "PEACE
ON EARTH."
NOW, FROM NEW YORK, HERE IS
LINDA ELLERBEE.
>> Linda Ellerbee: THIS PROGRAM
IS ABOUT A PLACE THAT MAKES
HEADLINES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT'S FAR FROM HERE, BUT WHAT
HAPPENS THERE AFFECTS OUR LIVES
BECAUSE OUR STORY IS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO LIVE
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY
HATE YOU.
SO THIS PROGRAM MIGHT BE ABOUT
YOUR CITY, BUT IT'S NOT.
THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THE MIDDLE EAST IS A TERM WE USE
TO REFER TO AN AREA OF SOUTHWEST
ASIA AND NORTHEAST AFRICA.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, OUR PROGRAM
IS ABOUT A SMALL COUNTRY THERE.
THE ARABS CALL IT PALESTINE, THE
JEWS CALL IT ISRAEL.
BOTH CALL IT HOME AND THAT'S THE
PROBLEM.
WE WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE OF THE
HISTORY OF THE PLACE, BUT LET'S
BEGIN WITH TODAY ON THE WEST
BANK OF THE JORDAN RIVER.
OUR CHARACTERS ARE NOORA, A
PALESTINIAN ARAB AND ARYE, AN
ISRAELI JEW.
>> Girl: THE ISRAELIS BELIEVE
THAT IT'S THEIR LAND AND WE
BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD LIVE IN
OUR OWN LAND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT
ANYBODY MOVING US AROUND.
>> Boy: THE ARABS CLAIM THIS
STATE IS THEIRS.
THEY SAY THEY WERE HERE FIRST,
WE SAY WE WERE HERE FIRST.
THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS THE LAND
OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND WE
BELIEVE IN THAT FROM OUR TORAH.
IT'S LIKE THE ARABS BELIEVE IN
IT FROM THEIR KORAN.
>> Girl: THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE
IF I'M NOT IN MY OWN COUNTRY,
AND THAT'S NOT TRUE 'CAUSE I AM
IN MY OWN COUNTRY.
MY NAME IS NOORA TREISH, I'M
12 YEARS OLD AND I'M A
PALESTINIAN.
I LIVE IN EL BIREH, WHICH IS A
PALESTINIAN CITY AND IT'S IN THE
WEST BANK
RIGHT BEHIND US WE CAN SEE THE
BET EL SETTLEMENT.
>> Boy: THERE'S A FENCE BETWEEN
US.
MY NAME IS ARYE DOUBLER.
I AM 12 YEARS OLD, ALMOST 13.
I LIVE IN BET EL WHICH IS IN THE
WEST BANK OF ISRAEL.
>> Ellerbee: IF IT SOUNDS
COMPLICATED, IT IS.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON
THE WEST BANK OF THE JORDAN
RIVER ARE PALESTINIAN, LIKE
NOORA.
BUT THERE IS NO COUNTRY CALLED
PALESTINE.
THIS LAND IS CONTROLLED BY
ISRAEL.
PALESTINIANS LIVE HERE UNDER
ISRAELI LAW.
NOT A HAPPY SITUATION FOR EITHER
SIDE.
THREE YEARS AGO THINGS LOOKED
BETTER.
THE PRIME MINISTER, YITZHAK
RABIN, AND THE LEADER OF THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, YASSER
ARAFAT, SIGNED A PAPER SAYING
THEY WANTED TO FIND A WAY FOR
ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO
LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE, AND THAT
ISRAEL WOULD WORK TOWARD
ALLOWING THE PALESTINIANS TO
RULE THEMSELVES.
BUT AN ISRAELI WHO DID NOT WANT
TO SHARE LAND WITH THE
PALESTINIANS KILLED ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER RABIN.
THE WORLD WAS SHOCKED THAT ONE
JEW WOULD KILL ANOTHER FOR
TRYING TO ACHIEVE PEACE.
>> Arye: I DIDN'T AGREE WITH
WHAT RABIN SAID, BUT WHEN I
UNDERSTOOD THAT A JEWISH MAN HAD
SHOT HIM, THEN I FELT, UH, SAD.
>> Noora: I FELT THAT MAYBE THE
PEACE PROCESS WILL BREAK DOWN OR
SOMETHING AND LET US BE RULED BY
ISRAELIS ONCE AGAIN.
>> Ellerbee: PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
ELECTED A NEW PRIME MINISTER.
THEY CHOSE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU,
WHO ALSO SAYS HE WANTS
PEACE WITH THE PALESTINIANS, BUT
ON DIFFERENT TERMS.
FOR INSTANCE, HE WANTS MORE
ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN JERUSALEM.
TROUBLE IS, JERUSALEM IS A HOLY
CITY TO JEWS AND ARABS AND
CHRISTIANS.
SO, WHEN NETANYAHU, SAYING HE
WANTED TO INCREASE TOURISM,
OPENED A TUNNEL UNDER THE TEMPLE
MOUNT, WHICH IS AN ANCIENT
JEWISH HOLY PLACE, HE ANGERED
NOT JUST PALESTINIANS BUT ARABS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
YOU SEE, THIS TUNNEL ALSO RUNS
NEAR THE AL AKSA MOSQUE, WHICH
IS AN ANCIENT ARAB HOLY PLACE.
RIOTS BROKE OUT BETWEEN ISRAELI
JEWS AND PALESTINIAN ARABS.
>> Arye: I AM AFRAID... NOT OF
LIVING HERE.
WE'RE ALWAYS IN A SITUATIONS
WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY
ALERT.
>> Ellerbee: PRESIDENT CLINTON
RECENTLY INVITED NETANYAHU AND
ARAFAT TO THE U.S. TO TALK.
NOTHING WAS ACCOMPLISHED EXCEPT
THEY AGREED TO TALK AGAIN IN THE
FUTURE.
MEANWHILE, MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE
BOTH SIDES ARE PREPARING FOR
WAR.
>> Arye: I THINK THAT THE
ISRAELI JEWS AND THE ARABS HAVE
TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES.
I DON'T HATE THEM, BUT I DON'T
THINK WE CAN REALLY GET ALONG.
>> Noora: I THINK IF EVERYBODY
WANTS PEACE IT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT
EVERYBODY WANTS.
>> OKAY, NOW WE'VE
JUST WATCHED THIS STORY AND
NOORA, WE SAW YOU IN THIS STORY.
AND ARYE, WE SAW YOU IN THIS
STORY AND THE TWO OF YOU HAVE
NEVER MET UNTIL NOW.
AND I THINK THE REST OF US WOULD
LIKE VERY MUCH FOR THE TWO OF
YOU TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
GOING ON IN YOUR PART OF THE
WORLD.
AMANDA, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> BY BEING HERE DO YOU FEEL IN
ANY WAY CONNECTED?
>> Arye: UM, NOT REALLY A
CONNECTION, BUT JUST THAT WE'RE
BOTH HERE TOGETHER FROM
DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND