 This program provides a historical perspective on one of the world’s most deeply rooted conflicts, covering the major events that have shaped the region, from the origins of Zionism in Europe in the 1890s to the historic peace agreement between Israel and the PLO in 1993. The program depicts Palestine’s position in the Ottoman Empire, the Balfour Declaration, the League of Nations Mandate under British authority, the United Nations partition plan, the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent invasions, annexations, and occupations which have gripped the world’s attention since. Featured in the program are David Ben-Gurion, Jamal Bey Husseini, Ahmed Shukeiry, Abba Eban, Yasir Arafat, George Habbash, and Yitzhak Shamir. A United Nations Production. (35 minutes)
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Item#: BVL6396
Copyright date: ©1993
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-0171-2
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Karl Marx and Marxism
The impact of Marx on the 20th century was all-pervasive and worldwide, costing tens of millions of lives where Communism was imposed, resulting in brutal wars to contain or expand it, and vastly improving the lives of workers where fear of Communism...(more details) |
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The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, from the sacking of Constantinople to the end of the 16th century, encompassed Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, Spain, and Turkey. This program examines the structure of this empire, from the family to religio...(more details) |
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The Living Martyr: Inside the Hezbollah
For militant followers of Islam, the highest honor is to be dubbed al-shahid al-hai-"the living martyr," one who has irrevocably committed himself to dying in a suicide attack against the organization's enemies. Why do boys and young men so readily e...(more details) |
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Israel: The First Forty Years
Showing Palestine under the British Protectorate and the arrival of Holocaust survivors in 1946, this program properly begins with David Ben-Gurion's proclamation of the state of Israel, and proceeds through the tumultuous first 40 years of the oldes...(more details) |
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The Suez Crisis: 1956
This documentary looks at the African side of the 1956 Arab-Israeli conflict-the British-French attempt to safeguard their economic interest in the Suez Canal. It explains the Anglo-French intervention of 1956, rapidly and forcefully put to an end by...(more details) |
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