2: Arafat | Israel and the Arabs – Elusive Peace

Duration: 58'58''

Synopsis

US Secretary of State Colin Powell tries to make peace between Israel and Palestine, but his efforts are derailed by his own hard-line colleagues and Yasser Arafat.

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