Synopsis

The three episodes of this limited series deal with three events in the center of Prime Minister Begin: The peace agreement with Egypt, changes in the economic-social field, and the Lebanon war, during which he declared that he could no longer go on and retired. At the same time, he created the Devprived Alliance. Under this alliance, the ultra-Orthodox parties joined the coalition, the NRP received important ministries, including the ministry of education, and the Mizrahi-Traditional peripherents entered the corridors of the government.

First Air Date: 2019-03-27

Last Air Date: 2019-04-11

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

Created By: Levi Zini

Networks: Kan 11

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Seasons

Season 1 (2019)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: A Song of Peace (2019-03-27)

He was called a facist, a warmonger, and a stubborn hawk. But it was he, who after three decades in the opposition, succeeded in signing a peace contract with Egypt.
Ep. 2: Benefit the People (2019-04-03)

Begin was set to make a revolution, to destroy the hegemony, to benefit the people, all the people. The Deprived Alliance that he created, started a conflict between the polarized parts of the Israeli society.
Ep. 3: An Elective War (2019-04-11)

Menachem Begin was dreaming of making peace, and did it. He insisted on the 'wholeness of the homeland', and dragged Israel into a bloody war in Lebanon, a war that made him resign from office and declare 'I cannot go longer'