Season 1

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  7.6/109 votes

  1948-56

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/1998

  In 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. This episode recounts how the US, later Israel's greatest ally, came close to stopping the creation of the new state.

  Director: Michael Simkin

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1010 votes

  1967

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/1998

  Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967.

  Director: Dai Richards

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1010 votes

  1967-1982

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/1998

  The Palestinian story, beginning with Yasser Arafat's first secret crossing of the River Jordan to launch raids on Israel and ending with his exile to Tunis.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/109 votes

  1970-79

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/1998

  Israel was not prepared for the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. Ex-US president Jimmy Carter recalls how, in 1978, he managed to broker the Arab-Israel agreement

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/107 votes

  1987-1991

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/1998

  The protracted search for peace was repeatedly sabotaged. The deadlock was finally broken by the Intifada - a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/107 votes

  1992-98

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/1998

  A series of cloak and-dagger manoeuvres sealed a historic first peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel in September 1993.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown