Israel: 60 years on

Last Modified: 06 May 2008
By: Kylie Morris, Girish Juneja

More4 News takes a look at 60 years since the creation of the state of Israel.

More4 News is reporting all week from the Middle East where Israelis and Palestinians are preparing to mark 60 years since the world's most intractable conflict began.

A shared future?

For Israelis it was the birth of their brave and defiant nation - for Palestinians it was a "naqba", or catastrophe. This week and next sees the 60th anniversary of the events of 1948.

And there is one key question - as people in the region mark different visions of the past, can they ever see a shared future?

Girish Juneja reports on the human legacy of 1948.

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Olmert faces corruption scandal

An extraordinary political scandal has engulfed the Israeli government, at a time of national solemnity, and regional tension - why is the Prime Minister being questioned by the police?

The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is facing a severe, though mysterious, corruption scandal.

It comes just as his country commemorates 60 years of existence and just as the region is engaged in yet another attempt to resolve the violence and misery that has plagued most of those 60 years.

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A golden youth

From the golden beaches of Tel Aviv to the sunbaked settlements of the West Bank - we talk to the youth of Israel on how they feel about their national identity.

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'Naqba' or celebration in Israel?

While Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary with fireworks, the mood in Palestinian communities is a very different one.

They call what happened in 1948 "naqba", or "the catastrophe".

And as they prepare for their commemorations next week, Girish Juneja has been to the West Bank, to the point of sharpest separation between these two divided communities.