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WRITING A NATION - ISRAEL AT 50 - Episode 3 of a 5-part series on the Authors of Israel, as that country celebrates its 50th anniversary. Part I: Eleanor Wachtel interviews Hanna Bat Shahar. Hailing from an ultra Orthodox background, Bat Shahar writes from inside the world of the religious Jewish community. Part II: Eleanor interviews Samīḥ al-Qāsim, the country's leading Palestinian poet.

Today, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel, Eleanor Wachtel talks with one of its most important and outspoken Authors - Amos Oz. His latest novel revisits that significant moment in the country's history and his own.