Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land

Nov 21, 2002

0h 52m

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Overview

A documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East. The bitter struggle between Arab and Jew for control of the Holy Land has caused untold suffering in the Middle East for generations. It is often claimed that the crisis originated with Jewish emigration to Palestine and the foundation of the state of Israel. Yet the roots of the conflict are to be found much earlier – in British double-dealing during the First World War. This is a story of intrigue among rival empires; of misguided strategies; and of how conflicting promises to Arab and Jew created a legacy of bloodshed which determined the fate of the Middle East.

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Cast

Narrator

Struan Rodger

Voice (voice)

William Wilde

Self - Historian

Dominic Lieven

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Christopher Coker

Self - Historian

Youssef Choueiri

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