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- When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.
- Follows two Brit police officers Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton in their hunt for charismatic poet and Zionist freedom fighter Avraham Stern, who was plotting to evict British authorities.
- The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
- Elijah Levi, a successful comedian in 1942 Palestine, is deported by the British authorities to Carthago, a detainee camp, in which he is held with Jewish underground warriors and Nazi criminals.
- The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
- The JNF's Blue Boxes were part of a successful fund raising campaign to support the purchase of land in Palestine. Joseph Weitz was the man who orchestrated the acquisition and expropriation of Palestinian lands.
- In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
- Autumn 1947: Elisha, a young Jew, learns that he has been chosen to kill the hostage John Dawson, a captain in the British Army occupying Palestine. Will Elisha, himself a survivor of the holocaust, be able to commit this irrevocable act?
- An adventure series set in 1946, two pivotal years before the State of Israel was founded. A seemingly innocent training farm secretly functions as a Strike Forces (Palmach) training base and recruitment center for exceptional teens, as well as a home-base for illegal immigration missions and special ops against the British mandate. The show's heroes are brother and sister Emile and Elinore - fresh off the boat illegal immigrants. The native Israelis initially mock them for their otherness, but soon realize they're better off sticking together if they want to survive through the exhausting training, the imminent dangers and the surprising secret that comes to light: proof that it is them who can salvage the budding State.
- The Mandate is a 3 part documentary that will shed new and surprising light on one of most forgotten period in Israel's history - The British Mandate. The 30 years of British rule in Palestine, where in fact, the most decisive in forming the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the modern Middle-East. The series encounter Jewish, Arab and British scholars, who try, for the first time, understanding and agreeing on the answer to the question - How and why started the 100 years old conflict between Jews and Arabs? The historical narrative is brought through secret documents that were only recently revealed. Rare archive footage from the early 20th century and by using a treasure found, in the shape of hundreds of hours of footage from the 1980's series "Pillar of Fire" that include personal interviews with the people who were personally involved in the historical events of the Mandate.
- Sir Martin Gilbert, author of over sixty books and the host of A&E's JERUSALEM, hosts this gripping account of Israel's difficult first years. Filled with rare footage, photographs, and interviews with participants in the War of Independence, this is the definitive document of one of the turning points in modern history. Extraordinary footage filmed by Bernard Beecham, a British soldier, shows the reality of life in the fledgling nation, when all efforts were devoted toward winning the war.
- 200252mNot Rated7.7 (47)TV MovieThis documentary outlines the ways in which British policies during the First World War have contributed to the instability of the Middle East region today. Through never/before/seen documents and photos, we look at the secret agenda of the British government in WWI and its unfortunate aftermath.
- Twelve year-old Uri reports his teacher Balaban as a suspected spy when he observes him meeting with a young arab man. Only later does he discover that Balaban's interest in the young arab is romantic rather than political.
- Documentary mini series about the History of Zionism.
- Jerusalem 1929, set against the backdrop of one of the harshest Arab attacks on the Jews in British Mandatory Palestine. Seven-year-old Haya goes with her mother, Leah, to the market to buy groceries for the Sabbath. Forgetful of the late hour and unaware of the events brewing, they find themselves trapped in riots, in a local Arab spice store. Thanks to Halil the kind-hearted storekeeper, Leah is offered a chance to save her daughter and perhaps herself as well.
- On Friday, June 16, 1933, while walking with his wife Sima on the beach in Tel Aviv, Chaim Arlosoroff - a promising leader and a rising star in the Zionist movement - was shot dead at the age of 34 by two unknown assailants. The assassins quickly fled through the side streets of the city, taking with them the answer to a question that has been left unresolved to this very day: who killed Arlosoroff? Now, 85 years later, it is time to revisit the investigation and dust off the past.
- One war, ten days, three stories: the Old City of Jerusalem, at the dawn of a new Middle East. For the Brits, it's the shameful end of 30 years Mandate. For the Jews, it's the birthday of their State. And for the Palestinians, it's a catastrophe. Only now, 60 years later, images can be shown from three opposing points of view, telling a whole new story.
- A Letter from London explores Britain's central role in the creation of Israel, exploring the reasons why Britain promised a "Homeland for Jews" at a time when the country was fighting the most disastrous war the world had ever witnessed, and how the multiple strands of this story came together at miraculously the right time for Britain and the Jews. Covering the events just prior to the Balfour Declaration in 1917, to the proclamation of the new state in 1948 and all that happens in between, the documentary features new film, archive sources and interviews with experts in history and law, politicians, ex-military personnel from the Jewish resistance, and a former head of Mossad, interspersed with personal anecdotes of daily life during British rule from residents of Palestine who are still living.
- We tell the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields in World War 2 and the story of the war in Greece.
- 20222h 9m9.0 (203)TV EpisodeA xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.
- 20222h 11m9.0 (148)TV EpisodeA group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
- 1948-56. The formation of the state of Israel and the wars of 1948 and 1956.
- The end of British rule in Palestine and the creation of Israel.
- 2018– 54m7.6 (19)TV EpisodeThis first episode reviews the three decisive years that carved the Jewish state out of Palestine.