
Tim Pigott-Smith
Self - Narrator (voice)

TV SERIES
Decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia, and the U.S. tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions, violence, and peace efforts from 1948 to 1998.

Self - Narrator (voice)

Self

Self

Self - Israel's Prime Minister

Self - Syrian President (archive footage)

Self - Egyptian President (archive footage)

Self - IDF

Self - Free Officers Movement

Self - Israeli Defence Minister

Self - Israel's Foreign Minister
Self - Sharett's Aide
Self - State Department, USA
David Ash (Director) • Dai Richards (Director) • Michael Simkin (Director)
2021Series
2009Series
1973Series
2009Series
2007Series
2018Series
2025Series
2017Series
2023Series
2017Series
1990Series
01In 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.
02Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.
03The 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.
04Israel 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.
05The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories.
06A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in September 1993.