Seasons & Episodes
EP 1
1948–56
In 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. This episode recounts how the US, later Israel's greatest ally, came close
EP 2
1967
Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.
EP 3
1967–1982
The Palestinian story, beginning with Yasser Arafat's first secret crossing of the River Jordan to launch raids on Israe
EP 4
1970–79
Israel was not prepared for the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. Ex-US president Jimmy Carter recalls how, in 1978, he ma
EP 5
1987–1991
The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinia
EP 6
1992–98
A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in S
Popular Cast
Tim Pigott-Smith
Self - Narrator (voice)
King Hussein of Jordan
Self
Yasser Arafat
Self
Shimon Peres
Self - Israel's Prime Minister
Hafez al-Assad
Self - Syrian President (archive footage)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Self - Egyptian President (archive footage)
Moshe Dayan
Self - IDF
Anwar Sadat
Self - Free Officers Movement
Yizhak Rabin
Self - Israeli Defence Minister
Abba Eban
Self - Israel's Foreign Minister
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