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The birth of Israel [videorecording]

Contributor(s): Publication details: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : BBC Active, 2006.Description: 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.9404 BIR 2006
Production credits:
  • Producer/director Toby Sculthorp
Narrated by Jeremy Bowen.Summary: "May 14th 1948: Prime Minister David ben Gurion announced the establishment of the state of Israel in the portion of Palestine which the UN had allocated for a Jewish state. Within twenty four hours the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Syria attack. What follows is the first of many bloody wars between Israel and the Arabs, a bitter struggle which has dominated the region for the past sixty years and which continues to threaten global security. Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East Editor travels to Israel and the neighbouring countries involved in the conflict to take a fresh look at the events leading to the foundation of the state of Israel and the legacy."--container.
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Producer/director Toby Sculthorp

Narrated by Jeremy Bowen.

"May 14th 1948: Prime Minister David ben Gurion announced the establishment of the state of Israel in the portion of Palestine which the UN had allocated for a Jewish state. Within twenty four hours the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Syria attack. What follows is the first of many bloody wars between Israel and the Arabs, a bitter struggle which has dominated the region for the past sixty years and which continues to threaten global security. Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East Editor travels to Israel and the neighbouring countries involved in the conflict to take a fresh look at the events leading to the foundation of the state of Israel and the legacy."--container.

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