The Prime Ministers - Part 1 - The Pioneers
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1h 55m
Based on the best-selling book by Ambassador Yehuda Avner, "The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers" takes the audience inside the offices of Israel's Prime Ministers through the eyes of an insider, Yehuda Avner, who served as a chief aide, English language note-taker and speechwriter to Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Shimon Peres. The first of two parts, "The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers" focuses on Ambassador Avner's years working with Prime Ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir and then US Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin and reveals new details about the Six-Day War, the development of Israel's close strategic relationship with the United States, the fight against terrorism, the Yom Kippur War and its aftermath.
Year: 2013
Language: English, English subtitles
Director: Richard Trank
Producers: Richard Trank, Marvin Hier
Cast: Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock, Michael Douglas Leonard Nimoy, Nicola Peltz
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