A playlist from The Jewish Story
Making Peace
Episode 1 of 10
1949 Boundary issues - part I
May 12, 2019 · 42 min · Episode page →
In 1949 Israel was in the dangerous position of winning the battle and losing the war. Though ceasefire agreements were in place, peace remained elusive. This episode opens...
About this playlist
Making peace and its price: the armistice lines, Resolution 242, the honorable peace after attrition, Camp David, Oslo, and the Abraham Accords.
Where this sits in the story
3 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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