The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

1998
The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

8.4 | en | Documentary

The main decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP6  1992-98
Apr. 19,1998
1992-98

A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in September 1993.

EP5  1987-1991
Apr. 12,1998
1987-1991

The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories.

EP4  1970-79
Apr. 05,1998
1970-79

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

EP3  1967-1982
Mar. 29,1998
1967-1982

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.

EP2  1967
Mar. 22,1998
1967

Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.

EP1  1948-56
Mar. 15,1998
1948-56

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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8.4 | en | Documentary
Synopsis

The main decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict.

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Cast

Tim Pigott-Smith

Director

Norma Percy

Producted By

Brian Lapping Associates ,

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