Against All Odds: Israel Survives DVD Series - Given the circumstances surrounding Israel's birth as a nation, and the odds against its survival, Israel should not exist as a nation today. Yet it not only exists, but seems to thrive in spite of its adversaries and in the face of circumstances that defy logic and reason. Why? How? This unique and dramatic motion picture and television experience about Israel goes beneath the facts of Israel's survival to explore the reasons Israelis themselves believe they have survived against all the odds against them. Not all attribute their military victories to divine assistance, but everyone agrees that the odds for Israel's survival through the turbulent twentieth century have defied all reasonable logic. Investigative journalist Michael Greenspan confronts military leaders, battle commanders, strategists, and common soldiers on the field who provide their viewpoints of remarkable stories of heroism and bravery...some that defy human understanding. Why, for instance, did an unstoppable armada of Syrian tanks bound for Tel Aviv at the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, suddenly stop just north of Tiberius and simply wait for the Israeli army to arrive so they could surrender without a fight? When an Israeli tank commander found himself and his men in the middle of a mine field, how was the prayer of one of his men suddenly followed by an unprecedented wind that blew away nearly a foot of topsoil and then just as suddenly stop, revealing the hiding places of thousands of mines so the soldiers could escape unharmed? Why, during the war for independence, did a battalion of Jordanian soldiers approaching the position of a handful of Israeli soldiers defending Mt. Zion without ammunition, suddenly shout "Abraham" and turn and flee? The fact that these and scores of other unexplainable occurrences fill the pages of every war in Israel is documented. The stories behind them have never been explored, till this motion picture story. Gripping dramatizations, eyewitness accounts, and interviews with historians and religious leaders etch a fascinating portrait of a nation's soul.
Against All Odds:
Israel Survives
6 Disc - 9hr Series
Teaser Trailer
Extended Trailer
DVD RE- RELEASE
Against All Odds:
Israel
Survives - 13 Episode
DVD Series
The complete
13-part cable network
series that asks the
powerful question: Is
Israel the place of
miracles?
Modern day Israel is
truly a divine wonder of
the current age. How has
it trumphed through four
major wars and survived
relentless terrorist
attacks? Meet the actual
people who lived through
what can only be
described as miracles of
Biblical proportions,
and share their
remarkable stories in
this 13-episode series.
Even cynics will be
challenged by this
extraordinary journey
through Israel's
turbulent history to
explore incredible
documented stories which
helped create and
preserve modern Israel.
This stirring 13-part
live-action series
dramatizes awe-inspiring
incidents that pose the
question: Does a divine
power continue to uphold
the country?
Disc 1: Episodes 1-3
Shula Cohen, a married
woman living in Beirut,
risks her life to become
one of Israel's most
famous spies. Israeli
troops in the Yom Kippur
War are saved when a
mysterious wind exposes
thousands of mines that
imperil their lives.
During WWI, the biblical
account of Saul and
Jonathan inspires a
British major to launch
an improbable victory
against a Turkish
garrison.
Disc 2: Episodes 4-6
An outnumbered Israeli
squad is saved when
approaching enemy troops
inexplicably flee.
Compelling
dramatizations and
interviews chronicle
miraculous triumphs in
Israel's fight for
independence from the
British and in the
establishment of a
Jewish homeland in 1948.
The devastating history
and haunting legacy of
the Holocaust is
considered.
Disc 3: Episodes 7-9
Avigdor Kahalani, one of
Israel's most decorated
and beloved war heroes
shares his incredible
stories of survival and
victory in the Yom
Kippur War. Considering
the miracle of Israel's
own existence, her
citizens share firsthand
what it means to live in
the land of their
forefathers.
Disc 4: Episodes 10-12
Strange beings wielding
flaming swords foil
marauding Arabs in their
attempt to destroy a
Jewish community.
Thousands of storks
suddenly appear to
devour locusts plaguing
a farming village. The
subject of miracles and
faith take a personal
meaning when former
hostage Sarah Davidson
recalls the harrowing
1976 hostage crisis that
set the stage for a
daring rescue mission at
Entebbe airport.
Disc 5: Episode 13 plus
Extra Feature
This stirring episode
reflects on the
remarkable people and
incredible stories that
pose the question: Is
Israel a place of
miracles? Extra Feature:
Series writer and
director Tom Ivy hosts
Against All Odds: The
Making Of A Miracle, a
fascinating behind the
scenes look at the
creation of this
extraordinary
exploration of fact and
faith.
Disc 6: Against All Odds
- Feature Film
This feature film
version captures all the
powerful drama and
uplifting spirit of the
stirring 13-part series.
Gripping dramatizations,
eyewitness accounts, and
interviews with
historians and religious
leaders etch a
fascinating portrait of
a nation's soul. Extra
Feature: Photo Gallery
Episode 1 - The
Assignment
Episode 2 - Miracle at
Michmash
Episode 3 - Shula: The
Girl Who Became a Spy
Episode 4 - The Miracle
of Survival: Hitler and
the Holocaust
Episode 5 - A Boy Named
Ezra
Episode 6 - The Miracle
of '48
Episode 7 - 1967
Episode 8 - A Warrior
Named Kahalani
Episode 9 - The People
of the Book Come Home
Episode 10 - A Place of
Miracles?
Episode 11 - Myth or
Miracles?
Episode 12 - Rescue at
Entebbe
Episode 13 - In Search
of a Miracle
Note - Some
Material may not be
suitable for children.
