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The Birth of Israel - BBC 2008
Part 1 youtube.com/watch?v=ICq9nhQxVY8
Part 2 youtube.com/watch?v=5MkzuMHAjMg
Part 3 youtube.com/watch?v=wR5UYezogFc
Part 4 youtube.com/watch?v=JOnRd48ADIA
Part 5 You Are Here
Part 6 youtube.com/watch?v=UQHlRKMfYHo
Part 7 youtube.com/watch?v=kJM4_P2QxDc
Part 8 youtube.com/watch?v=yElZR5vG9aY
Sixty years ago Israel established itself in the wake of the British Mandate of Palestine. For the Palestinians, expelled from their homes in the process, the Israeli War of Independence is still known as The Catastrophe (al-Nakba). Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East editor presents a look back at the creation of the state of Israel, examining the the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949, its impact on Arab/Israeli relations and the implications for the Middle East.
The Birth of Israel - BBC 2008
Part 1 youtube.com/watch?v=ICq9nhQxVY8
Part 2 youtube.com/watch?v=5MkzuMHAjMg
Part 3 youtube.com/watch?v=wR5UYezogFc
Part 4 youtube.com/watch?v=JOnRd48ADIA
Part 5 You Are Here
Part 6 youtube.com/watch?v=UQHlRKMfYHo
Part 7 youtube.com/watch?v=kJM4_P2QxDc
Part 8 youtube.com/watch?v=yElZR5vG9aY
Sixty years ago Israel established itself in the wake of the British Mandate of Palestine. For the Palestinians, expelled from their homes in the process, the Israeli War of Independence is still known as The Catastrophe (al-Nakba). Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East editor presents a look back at the creation of the state of Israel, examining the the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949, its impact on Arab/Israeli relations and the implications for the Middle East.
