The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs

Season 1

6 episodes · May 10, 1998

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  • S1E1

    1948–56

    May 10, 199849m

    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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  • S1E2

    1967

    May 17, 199848m

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

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  • S1E3

    1967–1982

    May 24, 199848m

    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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  • S1E4

    1970–79

    May 31, 199848m

    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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  • S1E5

    1987–1991

    Jun 7, 199848m

    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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  • S1E6

    1992–98

    Jun 14, 199849m

    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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