Film · 2002 · 52m

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

Name: Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Released: 2002-11-21
Duration: 52 min
Cast: Struan Rodger, William Wilde, Dominic Lieven, Christopher Coker, Youssef Choueiri

Documentary History War

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Synopsis

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.