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Monday, 29 June 2009

The Promised Land?

The Promised Land?


The Promised Land?

A three-part series ( Pioneers, Conflict and End of the Dream ) examining the origins, violent creation, and modern-day reality of the state of Israel, told through the stories of individual Israelis.

The Promised Land? - Pioneers

In Epsiode 1 Al Jazeera examines how and why Jews returned to Palestine after 2,000 years of exile, and how the political Zionism first articulated in 1896 became reality with such speed.

The Promised Land? - Pioneers - Part1




The Promised Land? - Pioneers - Part2




The Promised Land? - Conflict

A special series examining the origins, violent creation, and modern-day reality of the state of Israel through the stories of individual Israelis.

Episode two, Conflict, looks at how the still small Jewish population succeeded in defeating a far larger Palestinian population and asks if a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing was employed.


The Promised Land? - Conflict - Part 1



The Promised Land? - Conflict - Part 2




The Promised Land? - End of the Dream?

A special series examining the origins, violent creation, and modern-day reality of the state of Israel through the stories of individual Israelis.

The final episode looks at modern day Israel - a country that bears little resemblance to the one imagined by its Zionist forbearers.


The Promised Land? - End of the Dream? - Part 1



The Promised Land? - End of the Dream? - Part 2


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