Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

9.0

3 hr 26 min

2024-10-04

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Archival film maestro Göran Hugo Olsson has assembled—from a vast catalogue of footage in the vaults of Sweden’s national television service SVT—accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as witnessed and represented by Swedish journalists. Stories of the beginning of the Israeli state interwoven with the Palestinian struggle for independence. News coverage with Yasser Arafat and interviews with Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban during a visit to Sweden unseen since first broadcast. From the tenth anniversary of Israel’s founding to the First Intifada, perspectives and encounters with statesmen, civilians, revolutionaries, and intellectuals tell the story from myriad angles of an evolving media landscape, revivifying a history of the ongoing conflict.

Documentary

History

Trailers

Characters

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat

Self (archive footage)

David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion

Self (archive footage)

Abba Eban

Abba Eban

Self (archive footage)

Per-Åke Holmquist

Per-Åke Holmquist

Self (archive footage)

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