The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs(1998)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
First Air Date: 1998-05-10
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 7.5
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia, and the U.S. tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions, violence, and peace efforts from 1948 to 1998.
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Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
1948–56
Air Date: 1998-05-10
In 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. This episode recounts how the US, later Israel's greatest ally, came clo...
E02
1967
Air Date: 1998-05-17
Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.
E03
1967–1982
Air Date: 1998-05-24
The Palestinian story, beginning with Yasser Arafat's first secret crossing of the River Jordan to launch raids on Is...
E04
1970–79
Air Date: 1998-05-31
Israel was not prepared for the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. Ex-US president Jimmy Carter recalls how, in 1978, he...
E05
1987–1991
Air Date: 1998-06-07
The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palesti...
E06
1992–98
Air Date: 1998-06-14
A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel i...
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