Israel: A Nation Is Born
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Actor: Abba EbanDirector: *
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); Russian (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Homevision
Movie Reviews of Israel: A Nation Is Born
Movie Review: From World War II, on
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an excellent six-hour documentary series, beginning with the Holocaust and the loss of 6 million Jewish civilians during World War II---two thirds of the Jewish population of Europe.
As one other reviewer noted, that is a disadvantage for the uninformed, for much background concerning World War I, and the subsequent peace accords is of great interest and importance in this story. Palestine, after all, was not the only Mandate established by the League of Nations. There were also mandates in Iraq, Syria and so on. Nor were the Jewish people the only ones who did not ultimately receive all they were promised by the League of Nations: World leaders also reneged upon the League's promises to the Armenians and the Kurds.
Moreover, there is a great deal missing from this series about the suffering of the one million Jewish people indigenous to the Middle East, that is, those were were expelled with virtually nothing from their homes in Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Morocco, Iran, Libya, Algeria and elsewhere in the Muslim World, beginning in about 1920---before the Jewish people assumed any realistic hope whatsoever of establishing a Jewish state.
Furthermore, virtually nothing is reported here about the perpetual Islamic jihad that began against the indigenous Jewish people of Palestine. For a video compilation of that information, one can turn to Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran, and The Revolt of Islam as well as Islam: What the West Needs to Know.
Having said that, however, the films narrated by Abba Eban are quite detailed and very informative on the periods covered, from World War II through 1990.
There are clips of Jewish people from the world over---and it should be noted that half the population of Israel hails from the Middle East and North Africa. If you have the misconception that Israel is a nation of European Jews, this film will certainly help to straighten you out on that score.
However, you should also make an effort to obtain the Silent Exodus as well as The Forgotten Refugees. (The latter is now available for free viewing on Google.)
Despite its shortcomings, this documentary series is excellent.
Summary of Israel: A Nation Is Born
This six-part chronicle of the birth and development of the Jewish state is hosted and narrated by former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Abba Eban, who also hosted Heritage: Civilization and the Jews. Eban, who played a pivotal role in realizing the dream of a Jewish state, points out that "the series is designed to provide an essential context to an inspiring human story."Among those featured in interviews and rare archival footage are U.S. Presidents Harry Truman and Richard Nixon, and key leaders Winston Churchill, Anwar Sadat, David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, and Yitzhak Rabin. Together with Eban's firsthand testimony, this series achieves a diverse perspective of both the Arab and Israeli experience. According to Eban, Israel: A Nation Is Born is a "depiction of the turbulent and dramatic history of Israel, through the conflicts and tensions of five decades, climaxing in the brighter prospects of Arab/Israeli peace."
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