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Article: PBS's 'The 50 Years War' is Israeli history refresher
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- Cleveland Jewish News
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- January 22, 1999
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Cleveland Jewish News
01-22-1999
PBS's `The 50 Years War' is Israeli history refresher
I had my doubts when I saw the title of the new PBS documentary airing next week: "The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs." Anyone, I thought, who believes that the conflict between the Arab countries of the Middle East and the land that would eventually be known as the modern state of Israel is only 50 years old had missed too many history lessons.
That's what I get for jumping to conclusions.
"The 50 Years War" provides an in-depth, balanced look at the conflict between Israel and her Arab neighbors, beginning with the founding of the fledgling modern state and ending with recent attempts to salvage the ...