Tim Pigott-Smith
Self - Narrator (voice)
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1998
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
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Episode 149 min1998-05-10
1948–56
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.
Episode 248 min1998-05-17
1967
Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.
Episode 348 min1998-05-24
1967–1982
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.
Episode 448 min1998-05-31
1970–79
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.
Episode 548 min1998-06-07
1987–1991
The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories.
Episode 649 min1998-06-14
1992–98
A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in September 1993.
Season Cast
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Cast
King Hussein of Jordan
Self
Yasser Arafat
Self
Shimon Peres
Self - Israel's Prime Minister
Hafez al-Assad
Self - Syrian President (archive footage)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Self - Egyptian President (archive footage)
Moshe Dayan
Self - IDF
Anwar Sadat
Self - Free Officers Movement
Yizhak Rabin
Self - Israeli Defence Minister
Abba Eban
Self - Israel's Foreign Minister
Gideon Rafael
Self - Sharett's Aide
Joseph Sisco
Self - State Department, USA
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