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The main decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict.
BBC Four
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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.
Mar 15, 1998
Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.
Mar 22, 1998
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.
Mar 29, 1998
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
Apr 5, 1998
The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories.
Apr 12, 1998
A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in September 1993.
Apr 19, 1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
