The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs

1. The interviews with politicians and leaders where many are well known to be LIARS in their countries and among the nations.

2. Enemies point of view that can be very manipulative for strategic reasons.

The main advantages of this DVD, that you may take as facts:

1. The conspiracies between Arab leaders.

2. The conspiracies against Arab nations.

3. The negative influence of USSR.

4. The endless support of USA & Europe to Israel.

My advise is not to focus on the conflict between Arabs & Jews, but focus on how the Jews were UNITED with the West... and how the Arabs were BETRAYED by their leaders!

THIS DVD IS A MUST BUY!


Even-handed presentation of the clash of two rights   July 9, 2002
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
9 out of 14 found this review helpful

After viewing the tape, you will have a better understanding of the conflict, but will have no idea what can be done to resolve it. This is simply a situation where two rights, as in right thing to happen, collide. After the horrific destruction of the holocaust, as much a continuation of persecution as an aberration, the Jewish people do have the right to a nation. Unfortunately, it was born out of the displacement of another people, who also have the right to a national identity.
After fifty years of struggle, there is some hope for resolution, and there is no more fitting scene than one of the last events on the tape. A terminally ill King Hussein of Jordan, bald and gaunt from chemotherapy, leaving his hospital bed and standing up to make a plea for peace and reconciliation between Arab and Jew, seems to sum up the history of the conflict.
One of the most amazing points was the story of a Jewish attack on an Arab village by a paramilitary organization in 1948. Despite the protests of the local Arabs that no rapes took place, the Arab information minister broadcast that Arab women had been raped by the Jewish fighters. These reports led to panic and many Arabs who otherwise would have stayed in their homes fled and became part of the continuing plight of refugees. That event is typical of what has occurred in the decades since 1948.
The most powerful scene in the film is when the PLO representatives and Israel finally sit down to talk peace. While you can question the wisdom of the actions, the Palestinians were historically accurate in their opening remarks. The Israelis had long held the position that they do not negotiate with terrorists. In one opening statement, a Palestinian representative holds up a picture of Israeli prime minister Shamir that was part of a British wanted poster. Shamir was one of several Jews wanted for terrorist acts against British rule. The looks on the faces of the Israeli delegation is unforgettable.
All sides of the conflict are presented in as even-handed a manner as possible. One side that is often overlooked is the conflicts between the Arabs and how Israel has acted to support Arabs. The prime example of this was when Syrian tanks crossed the border with Jordan in an attempt to overthrow King Hussein. While the Syrians claim that they were going to pull back anyway, it was the clear threat of Israel attacking Syria in support of Jordan that caused them to back down.
No one knows how the conflict between Israel and the Arabs will resolve itself. Great progress has been made with the signings of peace treaties between Israel and Egypt and Israel and Jordan. The final and most difficult obstacle remains the Palestinians and it most likely will take at least another fifty years before that is settled. This is an excellent documentary about that conflict, one that will educate you on many of the political and social forces that continue to drive it in so many directions.