{"product_id":"dvd-altalena-directed-by-ilana-tsur-israel-1994-hebrew-with-english-subs-color-b-w-53-minutes","title":"DVD Altalena A Documentary Directed by Ilana Tsur Israel 1994, English \/ Hebrew with English Subs Color \/ B\u0026W 53 Minutes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn June 20, 1948, the ship Altalena arrived in Israel carrying 930 World War II refugees. Also on board, ammunition amassed by the Irgun in direct violation of Ben Gurion's new military chain-of-command. Nearly igniting a civil war in the newly-established country, Ben Gurion gave the order to fire the ship. “The mind-boggling fact,” writes the Jewish Forward, “of Jew firing on Jew and the power play between Begin and Ben-Gurion make this extraordinary documentary a must-see!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis documentary examines the 1948 episode of the Altalena, a ship whose fate nearly incited civil war in the newly-established State of Israel. Immediately after Israel attained statehood, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion established a national army into which several independent Jewish defense forces, small armies with their own political philosophies, were supposed to unite. However, on June 20, 1948, the Altalena arrived off Israel carrying 930 World War II refugees and a stockpile of ammunition amassed by the Irgun (one of the independent defense forces) in direct violation of Ben Gurion's new military chain-of-command. In the midst of the ship's landing and a cease-fire in the War of Independence, Ben Gurion gave the order to shell the ship, forcing Jews to fire on Jews and almost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIlana Tsur - Born in Israel, 12\/4\/1943. Studied English Literature, Political Science and Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Boston University. Directed and presented numerous documentary programs on the Israeli Radio Network, Kol Israel. 1999 - director of DOCAVIV, The International Documentary Film Festival in Tel Aviv 1997 - THE LAST TRANSFER, a documentary on Holocaust survivors hospitalized in a mental institution, 15-45 years. The film won special mention in the Jerusalem Film Festival 1996 - ISRAELA - life in Israel as seen by a cow 1994 - ALTALENA 1992 - STEP BY STEP - the adjustment of Ethiopian women to life in Israel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eThe riveting footage, emotion-wracked recollections by participants on both sides, the mind-boggling fact of Jew firing on Jew and the power play between Begin and Ben-Gurion make this extraordinary documentary a must-see!”\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cem\u003eJewish Forward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NCJF","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253264748709,"sku":"1-58587-225-3","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/altalena.jpg?v=1768255840","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/dvd-altalena-directed-by-ilana-tsur-israel-1994-hebrew-with-english-subs-color-b-w-53-minutes","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}