Off The Bookshelf US -VHS The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs New & Used The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs Books CDS DVD's Nusic Electronics

Search VHS - select a category

Buy The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs online at Discounted New and Used prices. Delivered to your door with Off-The-Bookshelf.

The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
starring: Will Lyman
directed by: Dai Richards, David Ash

Used Price: $9.25

Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780625938
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0780625935
Label: Pbs Home Video
Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Pbs Home Video
Release Date: November 21, 2000
Running Time: 300 minutes
Studio: Pbs Home Video
Sales Rank: 11465

Related Items:

Against All Odds - Israel Survives: The Complete First Season

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The conflict in the Middle East between Israel and its neighbors is given comprehensive treatment in this two-video set produced by PBS. Using archival footage and extensive interviews with participants, the production begins by explaining conditions in Palestine at the end of World War II and the crisis created by the exodus of European Jews who went to the Middle East after the Holocaust. The withdrawal of the British, who had controlled Palestine for decades, is detailed, as is the creation of the state of Israel. Much of the region's history is complex, with the local struggles being conducted at times as a part of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but these videos do an admirable job of explaining the complexities of the situation. The segment on the Six Day War, for example, is masterful, with the scenes shifting from Israel to Egypt to Washington to Moscow, the story developing before the viewer's eyes. The 50 Years War is often a tale of mistrust and betrayal, but this production strives to present a balanced view of history, and is not only impressive for its command of the facts but for its skillful and often dramatic presentation of history. --Robert J. McNamara

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Headlines In One Of History's
"Leading statesmen, generals, terrorists and others who made the HEADLINES IN ONE OF HISTORY'S most bitter and enduring struggles tell the story of the Arab-Israeli conflict in The 50 Years War: Israel And The Arabs....."
[from the back cover of the video case]

Rating:

- Good but a bit dry
The documentary is a really good introduction through different sources but gets a bit dry towards the end. It actually led me to look for other ways to learn more about the conflict. I stumbled across a video game called Global Conflicts: Palestine that is really worth a try.

Rating:

- Great movie but I received an "ILLEGAL COPY"
Great movie, but I'm still dissapointed with the seller.

I received my "copy" on time, kind of cheap for a $1.00 DVD+ disc

Rating:

- Very objective
This is one of the best and most objective documentaries on the Arab-Israeli conflict. It covers the origins of this conflict since the days of the British mandate during which the mandate power failed to coerce coexistence of the two communities, the native Arabs and the growing Jewish one that was flooding into Palestine not only from oppressive Nazi Europe but also from other non-aligned countries around the world including Ottoman Arab states that prior to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, did not show any significant hostility toward their Jewish communities.
The British mandate came to an end on May 15, 1948 when David Ben Guerion - Israel's first president - announced the creation of the state. This announcement made the armies of five surrounding Arab countries namely ... Read More

Rating:

- the greatest documentry series ever made
at first you think that the middle-east crisis is something that is happening far away in another country but when she this film you will release this unpleasent situation is like a suffering animal at second you think it doesn`t effects then it gives you an unpleasant correction it does effect us all and all it is great documentry.

VHS : The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs