The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
Add To my ShowsOverview: First of a six-part series in which 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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Episodes
| Season | Episode | Name | Aired | Runtime | Overview | Watched |
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| 1 | 1 | Programme 1: 1948-56 Details | 1998-03-15 | 50 mins | Fifty years ago, the state of Israel was proclaimed in what had once been British-ruled Palestine. This episode recounts how the US, later Israel's greatest ally, came close to stopping the creation of the new state. | Mark as Watched |
| 1 | 2 | Programme 2: 1967 Details | 1998-03-22 | 49 mins | Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967. | Mark as Watched |
| 1 | 3 | Programme 3: 1967-1982 Details | 1998-03-29 | 49 mins | 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. | Mark as Watched |
| 1 | 4 | Programme 4: 1970-79 Details | 1998-04-05 | 49 mins | 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. | Mark as Watched |
| 1 | 5 | Programme 5: 1987-1991 Details | 1998-04-12 | 49 mins | The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories. | Mark as Watched |
| 1 | 6 | Programme 6: 1992-98 Details | 1998-04-19 | 50 mins | A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in September 1993. | Mark as Watched |
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Narrator (voice)
Played by: Will Lyman