Life today in the Middle East

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Date
1956
Main contributor
National Educational Television
Summary
The tension between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East is expressed in very personal terms as delegates from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon discuss how the political situation affects their own lives. The young delegate from Israel explains that even the women and girls in her country must know how to handle a gun in case of a full-scale outbreak of hostility between the one and a half million Jews and forty-five million Arabs. However, the unrehearsed discussion also brings out the many problems which Israel and the Arab countries must face in common such as illiteracy, low standards of living and lack of water. The young people express fear of another devastating war arising out of the still tense situation.
Contributors
New York Herald Tribune; WOR-TV; Helen Hiett Waller
Publisher
National Educational Television
Genres
Educational; Talk; Youth
Subjects
Jews--Middle East; Middle East--Ethnic relations; Arab-Israeli conflict
Location
New York, NY
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Notes
Gift to the IUB Libraries from Instructional Support Services.
10/15/2020 M. Mitchell: This episode is the 9th episode of Series III of The World We Want and the 33rd overall.
Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003090117; Other: GR00461767; MDPI Barcode: 40000003090117

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