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Mr. Ibrahim Abu el-Hawa,
who lives on
the Mount of Olives
in Jerusalem is
a living symbol of peace
and friendship.
Peace be upon you.
You are most welcome.
You are most welcome.
You are here on the top
of the Mount of Olives,
in a special holy mountain
which has received
a lot of love,
this mountain,
from thousands
of thousands of years.
And that the holy mountain,
the story from the time
of all the prophets,
and the story about
Moses and Jesus
and Muhammad,
Peace Be Upon Him.
Jerusalem Peacemakers
is a network of interfaith
peace-builders,
both Israeli
and Palestinian, who
have been individually
promoting peace
in their communities.
I always like
to go to the streets,
to the middle of the city,
to look and talk to,
and bother everyone
on the street, especially
the tourist, when they’re
really looking in the map,
looking for place to find
the church or street.
I love to bother
those people.
Because I told them,
this map don't help you,
you must share with
the heart of the country,
with the people, you
can receive more fast
and help and support,
we are not dangerous.
Ibrahim comes from
a long line of community
fathers who have lived
on the Mount of Olives
since 1,300 years ago.
You see all those tanks
on the roof
and the black tanks.
In every home here this
has saved a lot of money
on people because
that’s from God,
from the sun.
It can be heated water
through 24 hours.
As you see, most of those
building what you see
it’s my family’s.
My family’s so strong
and big in this mountain
and that’s the life
how we live here.
Most of the buildings
have one family,
the father and mother
and the children
and the grandchildren.
Really amazing.
There’s no separation,
and people don’t
move much.
Most of the families
live together
in the same building.
The Mount of Olives
has always been a place
welcoming travelers.
As a child growing up
in this place of time-
honored hospitality,
Ibrahim watched
his parents welcoming
Christians, Muslims,
and Jews to their home.
Many books have been
written about his
family’s open house.
Ibrahim’s father,
the community leader,
worked as a guard
for the Russian church.
Ibrahim recalls,
“As a boy I was meeting
and talking to many
people from around
the world. People
give me a lot of energy.”
I really studied love
as a child. In that time,
after 1948,
people don’t have much,
and there’s no sugar.
You want to drink tea.
And the nun gave me
a lot of love.
The nun gave me
a lot of love with
a piece of candy, sweet,
to put in my mouth,
and carry a cup of tea
to drink it.
I really appreciate that.
The same thing,
God give me a golden key
through my parents,
mother and father.
My father didn’t have
much but he’s rich in giving.
He’d been giving me
one kilo of sugar,
quarter kilo of coffee,
mix it together and go to
the children to the street,
give them something,
some sweet.
Always, I found
something in my pocket
to give to the children,
to the babies and all that.
I learned in this way
of really big, deep love
through my life
and that's what
I am carrying today.
Ibrahim and
his loving wife
have continued to keep
his home as a guest house
for international visitors.
When we are here
as a kids, we really
meet a lot of friends,
through this life.
We never know about
color or Christianity
or Muslims or the Jews.
We are all brother
and sister in this world.
And that’s how I studied
in my life,
to receive a golden key
to keep this house open.
The golden key
for Ibrahim Abu el-Hawa
is simply the principle
taught by all religions:
treating everyone with love.
He “received”
the golden key
from his father,
who had left a legacy of
his own as a peacemaker.
When we return,
we’ll hear about
Ibrahim’s father’s
remarkable story.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master Television.
We are all one.
Because we are
all the seeds of Abraham,
here, and we are the
seeds of Adam and Eve.
My belief: there is no
separation in this world.
We must live here together.
Welcome back to
Enlightening Entertainment.
Ibrahim Abu el-Hawa
has a natural gift of
melting people’s hearts
and opening their minds.
Ibrahim is an ambassador
for the Holy Land,
and an heir to his parents’
example of generosity.
The following is a true
story about Ibrahim’s
peacemaking father.
There is a guy,
he’s a religious man,
he is a musician
and he is a special rabbi.
His name is
Shlomokarabakh.
Shlomokarabakh,
I don't know how he find
my father's name.
In 1976, they started
building that village,
and they had a problem
between the village,
between the Jewish rabbi
and the Arab village.
And they came
and talked to my father.
And my father said
to Shlomokarabakh,
he told him:
“You need only love.”
He said: “What's love?
How many kilos or
how many tons of love
I can give my neighbors,
my cousins?”
He told him: “Easy.”
He told him how, he said:
“Most of your group
are coming here to this
country working as a
volunteer in this country,
and each one coming
with their hand bag,”
he told them, “let him to
bring another handbag
with him. Let him
to bring some toys,
some gifts,
some school materials
for the children of your
cousin, your neighbors,
the Arab village.”
And that means
the golden key,
what the rabbi received
from my father.
And he started to bring
all the materials
for the children,
for the kids in the village.
The kids in the village
started waiting for
the plant on the ground
to bring tomatoes
or cucumber or squash to
carry to the Jewish village.
As I know, at that time,
he came and talked
to my father. He told him,
“Abu Ibrahim?”
He said, “What?”
“Really you gave me
your golden key,
to use it in love.”
When the soldiers
came to him, he told them:
“Any problem?” He said:
“No. I want to live
with my cousins,
with my brothers, forever.
I want to give them love.”
And really he used that
kind of key, key with love,
to help his cousins.
And he’d been coming,
told my father: “You are
not Mother Theresa,
you are Father Theresa!
And we need you, a lot of
people like you here.”
I studied from my father,
to do that kind of job,
to love everyone, and
that's really my job today.
To love you and to
love everyone, and thank
everyone who brings
support to this land.
What I am doing today
is not something easy,
to have this open home,
and always, thank God,
I have enough to put food
on the table.
And who needs that job?
I can go work
in the kitchen somewhere
in this age.
But I don't want to do it.
I want to give to the needy,
help the people.
And really, I love it!
You know. I love it so much.
And that’s the key,
why you are here.
You are here from that love,
what my parents taught
me to welcome everyone.
There are only a few
simple rules at Ibrahim’s
ten-bedroom house,
such as no smoking
and no alcohol
on the premises.
Literally thousands of
people from all corners
of the globe have found
a haven here.
Ibrahim strives to keep
in touch with them all.
Besides running
the open house,
when Ibrahim sees
people in need, he does
everything in his ability
to arrange support.
He brings clothes or food,
helpers or whatever is
needed in each situation,
through collaborating
with his friends.
Christian Friends of
Israel, they support
every immigrant
coming to the land,
to welcome them here
and help them with
the clothes and some food,
eye glasses
and some healthcare.
I receive from that office
monthly, at least,
one ton of clothes to give
to the Bedouins who live
in the desert, the needy.
I just go and I feel
like a raining from the sky.
When you see
the children smiling,
laughing, because
I go with some juice,
or candy, or sweets
or something like that.
The sky’s been laughing
and smiling.
Peace be upon you.
Upon you too.
How are you?
Thanks Allah.
They are using clothes
here for the children.
And we brought it here
once and they give it to
the children one by one.
I’ve been coming here
many, many years
through all those years.
We can see how rich
we are when we’re
talking to one another
about the needs
of the others, and really
that I feel always,
as the best gift of God,
what I reach in my life.
His outreach to others
and towards the ideals
of peace, justice,
and dignity has not
gone unnoticed.
Over the years,
peace-oriented people
and groups sought after
the joyful philanthropist
who lived
on the Mount of Olives.
God makes my way, and
I feel my name is growing
bigger, all the time.
And I feel all the time,
people hear about me!
And I look who I am?
How do they know me?
And people when they
give me a call,
“Who gave you my name?
Who are you?” They say,
“We want to come
to meet with you,
visit with you.”
Richard Gere came here
a few times,
and every time I’ve been
running with him.
Really so beautiful,
as a man really
interested in God.
Then through
my first visit to India,
I’ve been with a special
man called Ravi Shankar,
in Bangalore,
I’ve been on a stage
with this kind of dress,
in front of over
a million and a quarter,
to stay in the stage.
Who I am? A small guy
with a small heart,
but I reached the world.
You have to understand,
I flew around the world,
I am not citizen
of any country,
I never carry a passport,
I have a travel document
which I travel with,
to the world, and
the world welcomes me.
Indeed,
as Ibrahim Abu el-Hawa
gave so freely of himself,
the world returns
each gesture manifold.
I'm not allowed to do
any mistake in my life,
because I want to stay
as the way who I am.
I want to be just
only Ibrahim, a man
living for love and gift.
I really love
to welcome everyone.
And come always and
send your family to me.
Thank you.
You have our heartfelt
love and appreciation,
Jerusalem’s Peacemaker
Mr. Ibrahim
Abu el-Hawa.
Thank you for showing us,
through the life you lead,
that it is the greatest
blessing and joy to give.
May Allah bless you
and the kind people
of the Holy Land.
Thank you for your
company today
on Enlightening
Entertainment.
Coming up next is
Words of Wisdom,
after Noteworthy News.
May the joy and caring
in your heart
expand evermore.
For more information
about Ibrahim Abu
el-Hawa and the
Jerusalem Peacemakers,
please visit
Whenever any chance
or any circumstance
or any time you feel
that you're ready to die
for somebody else –
that is when you’ve got it.
You’ve got the total of it.
Even you sacrifice yourself,
you don't mind your life,
for your kids, for your wife,
your mother, your father,
even your dog.
At that moment,
you're in total connection
with your love.
A happy father of five,
Felisiano Puleanga
was a devoted husband,
filial son,
and loving brother.
Felisiano was loved
by us. And he spoilt
his children;
with anything they need,
he tried his best to give.
We all love him.
Demonstrating
a noble and selfless love,
Felisiano Puleanga
courageously gave
his life to save his son
and niece
from drowning at sea.
Thank you,
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
We all appreciate
the Award you gave us
and all you gave me
to read. Thank you.
We all love you
and thank you
for sending us this.
Please tune in
to Supreme Master
Television
on Saturday, June 19
for the Shining World
Hero Award series
for this heartfelt story
of a father’s
unconditional love.