The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1999)
DVD, 300 minutes
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Filmed in Israel, the Palestinian autonomous areas, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the U.S., and Russia
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Munazzamat al-Tahr¯ir al-Filast¯in¯iyah -- HistoryIsrael -- History
Arab-Israeli conflict
Documentary television programs
Historical television programs
Plot outline
Begins with the 1947 U.N. decision to partition Palestine and charts the ensuing half-century of enmity, warfare, mediation and negotiations. Includes interviews and news clips of heads of state and other military and intelligence leaders. Episodes on the first disc cover Israel's struggle for statehood, including the victories against Arab armies in 1948 and 1967, and the history of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The concluding program looks at the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Camp David peace accord in 1978, the start of the Palestinian "Intifada" uprising in 1987, the Oslo agreement in 1993, and the current attempts to consolidate a shaky reconciliation.
Cast
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Shimon Peres
- Yitzhak Shamir
- King Hussein
- Yasir Arafat
- Hafez al-Assad
- Jafaar Numeiry
- Bill Clinton
- George Bush
- Jimmy Carter