Al-Nakba - Al-Jazeera

Al-Nakba

Al-Jazeera Documentary
Recorded: May 2013

All 4 parts of the documentary are included.
Each part is about 48 minutes. It is best to watch them in chronological order.
Included as well are the information found on the Al-Jazeera web site regarding this program.

--- From the Al-Jazeera web site ---
“The Nakba did not begin in 1948. Its origins lie over two centuries ago….”

So begins this four-part series on the ‘nakba’, meaning the ‘catastrophe’, about the history of the Palestinian exodus that led to the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and the establishment of the state of Israel.

This sweeping history starts back in 1799 with Napoleon’s attempted advance into Palestine to check British expansion and his appeal to the Jews of the world to reclaim their land in league with France.

The narrative moves through the 19th century and into the 20th century with the British Mandate in Palestine and comes right up to date in the 21st century and the ongoing ‘nakba’ on the ground.

Arab, Israeli and Western intellectuals, historians and eye-witnesses provide the central narrative which is accompanied by archive material and documents, many only recently released for the first time.

Editor's note: Since first running on Al Jazeera Arabic in 2008, this series has won Arab and international awards and has been well received at festivals throughout the world.

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2013/05/20135612348774619.html

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Video:
*.flv (flash)
Codec: H264 - MPEG4 AVC
Resolution: 680x380
Frame rate: 15
Decoder Format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV

Runs on VLC-player and WindowsMedia-Player.