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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0794054389722 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Pbs Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Pbs Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 21, 2000 Running Time: 300 minutes Studio: Pbs Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The conflict in the Middle East between Israel and its neighbors is given comprehensive treatment in this two-video set produced by PBS. Using archival footage and extensive interviews with participants, the production begins by explaining conditions in Palestine at the end of World War II and the crisis created by the exodus of European Jews who went to the Middle East after the Holocaust. The withdrawal of the British, who had controlled Palestine for decades, is detailed, as is the creation of the state of Israel. Much of the region's history is complex, with the local struggles being conducted at times as a part of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but these videos do an admirable job of explaining the complexities of the situation. The segment on the Six Day War, for example, is masterful, with the scenes shifting from Israel to Egypt to Washington to Moscow, the story developing before the viewer's eyes. The 50 Years War is often a tale of mistrust and betrayal, but this production strives to present a balanced view of history, and is not only impressive for its command of the facts but for its skillful and often dramatic presentation of history. --Robert J. McNamara Description: Leading statesmen, generals, terrorists and others who made the headlines in one of history's most bitter and enduring struggles tell the story of the Arab-Israeli conflict in The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs. Opening with the U.N decision to partition Palestine in 1947, the program charts the ensuing half-century of enmity, warfare, mediation and negotiation. Among the current and former heads of state and prime ministers interviewed or featured in the series are Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Shamir of Israel; King Hussein of Jordan; Yasir Arafat of the Palestine Authority; Hafez al-Assad of Syria; Jafaar Numeiry of Sudan; and U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush and Jimmy Carter. Also appearing are foreign ministers, defense ministers, commanders in the field, heads of intelligence and guerrilla leaders, as well as high-ranking officials in the United States and the former Soviet Union. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good but a bit dryThe documentary is a really good introduction through different sources but gets a bit dry towards the end. It actually led me to look for other ways to learn more about the conflict. I stumbled across a video game called Global Conflicts: Palestine that is really worth a try. Rating:  - Great movie but I received an "ILLEGAL COPY"Great movie, but I'm still dissapointed with the seller. I received my "copy" on time, kind of cheap for a $1.00 DVD+ disc Rating:  - Very objectiveThis is one of the best and most objective documentaries on the Arab-Israeli conflict. It covers the origins of this conflict since the days of the British mandate during which the mandate power failed to coerce coexistence of the two communities, the native Arabs and the growing Jewish one that was flooding into Palestine not only from oppressive Nazi Europe but also from other non-aligned countries around the world including Ottoman Arab states that prior to the creation of the state of Israel ... Read More Rating: - the greatest documentry series ever madeat first you think that the middle-east crisis is something that is happening far away in another country but when she this film you will release this unpleasent situation is like a suffering animal at second you think it doesn`t effects then it gives you an unpleasant correction it does effect us all and all it is great documentry. Rating: - The game known as the Middle EastAfter watching this DVD, I was amazed at how countries play war as though it were a game. Egypt, Israel, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon fight over land that the Jews took from the Palestinians. What I am curious about is, if Jews wanted to live in Israel so badly and felt it was their right to take the land, why did they willingly live in other countries prior to 1948. It does not really seem fair to the Palestinians to be kicked off the land they had occupied for several years. ... Read More |
