Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation & Catastrophe reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in the most controversial conflict in the world. It tells the story of the establishment of Israel as seen through the eyes of the people who lived it. But rather than being a history lesson, this documentary is a primer for the present. It is simply not possible to make sense of what is happening today without an understanding of 1948. This documentary was the last chance for many of its Israeli and Palestinian characters to narrate their first-hand accounts of the creation of a state and the expulsion of a nation. Hear stories from the Israelis and Palestinians who personally lived through events in Haifa, Jaffa, Dayr Yasin, Acre, Jerusalem, Ramla, Lydda and more. These shocking and dramatic events reveal the core of what drives the conflict today.
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1:04:15 I have had to pause this several times to gather myself after each shocking tragedy…but this moment…these 10 seconds…absolutely stunned me, ripped my heart out, gutted me, and left me speechless. That sweet, tiny little voice telling the story about how she sent these poor people to their life long prison…where “they are in Gaza until today”…This honestly made me so nauseous.