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This documentary follows 17 Israeli teenagers, both girls and boys, who set out on a very special journey - a quest for their Ethiopian roots! Some of them were born there and immigrated to Israel as small children. Some have only heard about their country of origin from their parents who used to live there. Now, all of them the graduates of a communication course organized by Israel Educational Television and are to face their roots. How emotional will it be for this group of young people growing up in Israeli society, so different from the background of their parents, to familiarize with their own cultural sources? Will it be a shock, or an awakened sense of belonging? Their observations made during the journey reflect their own point of view. These intimate stories are interwoven with frames of the beautiful Ethiopian vistas of the Tana Lake and the Simien Mountains that they see along the road. The journey turns into an unforgettable emotional experience for everyone involved and a
April 30, 2003 â Framework for Peace Is Unveiled
The Quartet of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations issues its Roadmap for Peace, a framework for talks to achieve a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. The plan comes during the Second Intifada. Israel lists 14 main concerns with the Roadmap but, like the Palestinian Authority, commits to trying to make it work. Hamas rejects it. Talks under the plan make no progress.
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May 1, 1956 â Eshkol Approves Building Ashdod
Finance Minister Levi Eshkol, a future prime minister, authorizes the establishment of the city of Ashdod on the site of a former Palestinian village, Isdud, along the Mediterranean coast between Tel Aviv and Ashkelon. The name of Ashdod comes from an ancient city less than five miles away that was one of the centers of Philistine power. The first official Israeli residents, Jewish immigrants from North Africa, arrive in November 1956.