Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land (2002)
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land (2002)
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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Struan Rodger Struan Rodger As: Narrator
William Wilde William Wilde As: Voice (voice)
Dominic Lieven Dominic Lieven As: Self - Historian
Christopher Coker Christopher Coker As: Self - Historian
Youssef Choueiri Youssef Choueiri As: Self - Historian
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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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Genres: Documentary, History, War

Language: English

Release Date: 21 November 2002

Country: GB

Runtime: 52m

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Company: Content Productions

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Cast

Struan Rodger

Struan Rodger

Narrator

William Wilde

William Wilde

Voice (voice)

Dominic Lieven

Dominic Lieven

Self - Historian

Christopher Coker

Christopher Coker

Self - Historian

Youssef Choueiri

Youssef Choueiri

Self - Historian

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Arense Kvaale

Arense Kvaale

Producer

Geoffrey Stern

Geoffrey Stern

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