Every season of The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs!

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.

1948-56

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

1967

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.

1967-1982

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

1970-79

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

1987-1991

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

1992-98

The main decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict.

The Best Seasons of The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

The Best Seasons of The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

Season 1