Arab-Israeli Dispute

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The Middle East - Roadmap or Roadblock to Peace? - 27 min

Examines the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and covers a number of defining events that have shaped today's Middle East. ABC footage of interviews with politicians and civilians from both sides of the conflict is featured throughout.

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Balfour Declaration (background to conflict) - On November 2, 1917, Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour writes a letter to Britain’s most illustrious Jewish citizen, Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild, expressing the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Creation of Israel 1948 - On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day.

The Arab - Israeli War - 1948 - The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.

Israel - Middle East (ignore the ads) - A brief history of the key events and people that shaped the Arab-Israeli conflict.