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The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs: Miniseries
March 14, 1998
6 Episodes
~49 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
6
1
1948-56
Mar 15, 1998
49 min
In 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. This episode recounts how the US, later Israel's greatest ally, came close to stopping the creation of the new state.
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2
1967
Mar 22, 1998
48 min
Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.
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3
1967-1982
Mar 29, 1998
48 min
The Palestinian story, beginning with Yasser Arafat's first secret crossing of the River Jordan to launch raids on Israel and ending with his exile to Tunis.
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4
1970-79
Apr 5, 1998
48 min
Israel was not prepared for the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. Ex-US president Jimmy Carter recalls how, in 1978, he managed to broker the Arab-Israel agreement
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5
1987-1991
Apr 12, 1998
48 min
The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories.
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6
1992-98
Apr 19, 1998
49 min
A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in September 1993.
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