PART 2 OF 4

This four-part series from Al Jazeera explores not just the establishment of Israel and the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948 but it begins in the centuries prior, laying the context and groundwork for establishment of the state and ensuing violence. It continues through the 19th, 20th centuries, up to the early 2000's. While it doesn't go to our current and present day, it showcasing how the nakba is ongoing, which we know has still not ended. Intellectuals, historians and eye-witnesses provide the central narrative of the series and their words are accompanied by archive material and documents, many only recently released for the first time. This series is often considered essential viewing for those learning about the history for the first time.