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Israel:
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DVD - Our Price: $74.95 |
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Moreshet Israel |
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Total Length: 270 minutes -
5 Disc Set |
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Product # VID177 |
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Shipping weight: 8.8
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ISRAEL: A Nation is Born
is a five-part video series presented by
former Israeli Foreign Minister ABBA EBAN. It chronicles his
recollections of, and his part in, the creation of the State of
Israel. The series tells the story of the events leading to the
establishment of the State of Israel in 1948; the subsequent
conflicts, including the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur
War; the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty; and the events of the last
decade. |
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PART
1:
Portrays the rise of Zionism and
President Truman's mounting pressure
for a Jewish State following the
Holocaust and continued post-war
European Jewish plight. It moves
through the struggle for
independence, providing a stunning
insight into events of the time. |
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PART
2: Opens
with the proclamation of Israeli
Statehood on May 14, 1948 and
follows the invasion of the newborn
State by its Arab neighbors, the
seize and fall of Jerusalem and the
initial peace process. This part
covers the flood of immigrants
returning to their traditional
homeland and the development of the
State of Israel in the early 1950's. |
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PART 3:
Abba Eban explains how Israel ended
its isolation, culminating in the
combined Anglo-French-Israeli Sinai
Champaign of 1956. He then reveals
his personal involvement in the plan
to bring Adolf Eichmann to trial in
Israel. This part concludes with
Nasser plotting a maritime blockade
and invasion of Israel, as United
Nations forces leave the area. A
first hand insight into events of
the time is given in interviews with
President Nixon. |
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PART 4:
Starts with events surrounding the
Six Day War of 1967. Eban, now
Foreign Minister, attempts to create
an international maritime force to
break Nasser's blockade of the
straits of Tirhan and prevent an
invasion. When this fails, the
Israeli government is forced to face
the threat alone. The ensuing Six
Day War changed Israel beyond the
scope of anyone's imagination. Eban
leads diplomatic efforts at the
United Nations resulting in
resolution 242 and tells how
post-war attempts to achieve peace
failed and a long term war of
attrition ensued. |
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PART 5:
Opens with the 1973 surprise attack
by Egypt and Syria, which came to be
known as the Yom Kippur War. It
contains interviews with Egyptian
leaders about their preparations for
war and with President Nixon and
Henry Kissinger about their
involvement in the airlift and the
nuclear alert. This part also covers
the Camp David Accord, leading to
the peace treaty between Israel and
Egypt, the 1982 invasion of Lebanon
and the Intifada. Abba Eban
describes his personal
communications with King Hussein and
other Arab leaders and outlines the
beginning of a new peace process
through the Madrid Conference and
beyond. |
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ABBA EBAN
grew up in
England. He moved to
Palestine during the second
World War and was involved
in the creation of the State
of Israel. In 1948 he was
appointed Israel's
representative to the United
Nations, and from 1950 was
also ambassador to the
United States. He was
elected a Labor member of
the Knesset in 1959. In 1960
he became Israel's Minister
of Education and Culture and
in 1963 Deputy Prime
Minister. He was Foreign
minister from 1966 until
1974. He has written
numerous books. |
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