Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace

Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace

Special Interest 2005

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Exploring the events of 1998 to 2005 in the fraught history of the Arab-Israeli peace process.

Special Interest 2005

Starring Juliet Stevenson

EPISODE 1

Clinton

A look at what happened behind closed doors at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David in 2000 and the reasons why the talks reached an impasse.

59 min · 10 Oct 2005
EPISODE 2

Arafat

US Secretary of State Colin Powell tries to make peace between Israel and Palestine, efforts derailed by his own hard-line colleagues and Yasser Arafat himself.

58 min · 17 Oct 2005
EPISODE 3

Sharon

The war in Iraq forced President Bush to court Arab allies. He needed to push Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon back toward peace, but Sharon moved the goalposts.

58 min · 24 Oct 2005
EPISODE 101

Eyewitness to History: Norma Percy

Film-maker Norma Percy looks back on her 2005 series The Elusive Peace, sharing memories of her encounters with key players like Bill Clinton, Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat.

19 min · 27 Nov 2023

Juliet Stevenson

Narrator
Mark Anderson

Director
Norma Percy

Producer
Brian Lapping

Producer
Norma Percy

Writer

About

Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace

SPECIAL INTEREST

Exploring the events of 1998 to 2005 in the fraught history of the Arab-Israeli peace process.

Information

Studio: bbc_two
Released: 2005

Languages

Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.