7.6/1019 votes#1 - Birth of a State
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/24/2018
In 1896, Theodor Herzl, an Austro-Hungarian journalist worried about the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe, published The State of the Jews, a book in which he advocated the foundation of a Jewish national home. Palestine, the destination definitively chosen by the Zionist movement in 1905, saw the first waves of immigrants arrive. They founded the first kibbutzim and cultivated the land they had bought from the Arabs. Initially peaceful, relations between the two communities became strained when the Palestinians realized that their territory was slipping away from them.
Director: William Karel, Blanche Finger
Writer: Blanche Finger, William Karel
7.4/1018 votes#2 - From War to War
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/1/2018
In the aftermath of the 1948 war, the priority for the new state was to welcome Jewish immigrants from all over the world. European Jews who had survived the World War II were succeeded by Sephardim, whose integration proved more difficult. In 1956, the crisis provoked by Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal revealed the permanent tension between Israel and its Arab neighbors while Palestinian nationalism developed.
Director: William Karel, Blanche Finger
Writer: Blanche Finger, William Karel
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November 1947. The United Nations votes the partition plan for Palestine. For some, it is a dream becoming reality; for others, it is the beginning...
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics
Network:ARTE
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Birth of a State" is the best rated episode of "Israel: A Twice Promised Land" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by William Karel, Blanche Finger and written by Blanche Finger, William Karel, it aired on 4/24/2018. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "From War to War".