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| Israel: A Nation is Born |
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| DVD - Our Price: $74.95 |  | | Moreshet Israel | | Total Length: 270 minutes - 5 Disc Set | | Product # VID177 | | Shipping weight: 8.8 oz | | | | |
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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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