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It is the palestinian arabs living in the area that are left defenseless. >> we didnt have a shelter. we should stay and not move from the dining table. i was seven years old at that time. i hear until now very vividly of the bombs and the airplanes and the clashes. everything stopped in jerusalem. it continues throughout the afternoon and towards the evening, it was clear that the jordanians mean war. >> the war from the middle east comes directly to jerusalem. >>

And the old community of the jews were essentially kicked out of their houses. >> while jordan restricts jews from accessing their holy sites, the king of jordan desires peace with israel. >> king hussein was a very smart, shrewd man, and he understood the red lines of the different power dynamics in the region. at the same time, maintaining his close relationships with england and with israel. >> he was a very british, westernized figure. he had all the sort of manners and charm of the traditio...

18 years have past since the 1948 arabs/israelis war. tension are rising in the middle east. israel struggles to find sustainability. as the entire regions hover on a new conflict. the idea of accepting israel as part of the middle east is foreign. israel and arab neighbors, egypt, jordan, lebanon were at the state of colon nconflict. suddenly these immigrants come from eastern europe and they build their own community here and it was the new foreigners in the middle east.

Of palestinian arabs are done waiting for their own independent state. >> on the palestinian side, there was a rising organization that was formed in the earlier part of the 1960s that came to be known as the plo, that was meant to bring under its umbrella the diverse palestinian movements that were taking matters to their own hands. >> the plo is using the territory around israel to sort of launch these small military campaigns. i think terrorism is horrible. i dont think its helped the palesti...

Important strategic place as well. and so theyre going to defend it, and it is already heavily armed. >> the paratroopers were considered to be the best soldiers in the israeli military. when you tell them to go to fight, they dont ask questions. they go to fight. it became a legendary fight for the israelis. about 35 to 40 israeli soldiers were killed in this fight. about 70 jordanian soldiers. the paratroopers were told to occupy this stronghold, and it was a clear victory. >> once ammunition ...

Jerusalems old city, and it has led to a humanitarian crisis as hundreds of thousands of arabs are displaced or forced to live under occupation. >> from the beginning there were a handful of people in israel, particularly in jerusalem who said give it all back. this is not something we need, we dont want to be occupiers, and nobody listened to them. >> when they first took over the old city, they literally brought bulldozers in that night and over 1,000 arabs had their homes d destroyed to build...

Experiencing today, youve seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. >> for the jews, jerusalem is wear solomon built the holy temple. >> for christians, this is the place where jesus was crucified. >> for muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the night journey. >> people who are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. >> no other individual changed the landscape in the way herod the great did. >> saladin was determined to take on the christia...

America and it made it clear to nassar that his closesness with soviet union was seen as an invitation to have influence and presence in the middle east. >> so the united states started giving israel tremendous power in terms of financial support but more importantly through weapons. >> the soviet union didnt want to have a situation where the israeli army was making like the israelis serious games into arabs territory, there was a fear that you would not get the various parties to stop fighting...

Israels victory leads to a humanitarian crisis as hundreds of thousands of pales palestinian/arabs were displaced. >> there were a handful of people in israel particularly in jerusalem who said give it all back. this is not something we need. we dont want to be occupiers, no one listened to them. >> when they first took over the old city, they literally brought bulldozers in that night and over a thousand arabs had their homes destroyed to bill the plaza where people come now pray. nobody paid a...

Of the golan hieights. this is when the arabs defeat was complete. >> the united nation arena remains. as palestinians, it is amazing how sad it is for me but how probably happy israeli people were at that time. >> suddenly, the defeat of the three major arab states. this was one of the most brilliant victory. >> the israeli affects far more