Britain in Palestine 1917-1948
Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of Palestine and Israel can be traced back to this period, making it essential viewing for understanding Britain’s legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today.
To access English, Arabic and Hebrew subtitles click on the CC link on the video. For further analysis of the events outlined in the film see the Companion Guide to Britain in Palestine 1917-1948.
Reviews
“A very useful explanation of how we got to where we are today. Fascinating photos I had not seen before. A great resource to show in any classroom or forum to people who want to learn more about this region, and specifically, Britain’s involvement. Afif Safieh, Former Palestinian Ambassador
“…This film brilliantly puts into perspective the role the United Kingdom played in Mandate Palestine from 1917-1948.” Rabbi Howard Finkelstein, Ontario, Canada
“This is an excellent short 18-min video from @BalfourProject explaining briefly but super-clearly how British colonialism has caused a century of war in Palestine.” Matthew Teller, Journalist and author of Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City (2022)
“Britain in Palestine 1917 - 1948 is a clear, precise and factual explanation of the historical origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For anyone who wants to develop a real understanding of the issue but is intimidated by it’s complexity, this film is the place to start.” Judah Passow, Photojournalist
The repeated lesson: never let Britain draw your borders.
As per usual you don't understand the circumstances under which we were dragged into this nonsense. None of the Brits wanted to be there as the "Arab" problem has been raging for millennia and there will NEVER be an answer. If you think you could do better negotiating boarders, have at it! If they were so upset they can cut religion out of the equation and throw dice. Funny how they have yet again turned to us for help - why do you think that is? It won't be happening but still...
Well they didnt.
You should include Europe in this category. The Europeans divided up Africa in the 1880's
Then don’t ‘let’ them. Where was the leadership in this strategically important part of the world ? If you don’t take care of business, some one will do it for you. Lesson learned ? I doubt it
@@MaxB50 Who are you to claim entitlement to other people’s business 🙄.
Absolutely horrible how one country can mess up so many other countries.
It's absolutely horrible how so many other countries can mess up one country
Aah, the U.S.!!
@@tonyrosales915 I was thinking British government..
@@iaingillespie2821 very sad but true.
Siapa lagi dia inggris , USA dan teman2 nya
In a world full of intentional confusion, this video is a gem
so true
09:20: Jordan was initially part of the mandate of Palestine which is not mentioned here. As a matter of fact 90% of its population is Palestinian, so Britain did not consult the local population there either.
A huge piece of land was stolen by Hussein, but that never gets a mention, nor does the PLO trying to start a civil war in Jordan that led to black September, in fact a lot of negative acts done by Muslims are not publicised!
Netanyahu revealed a map over a year ago which just had Greater Israel, no Palestine or Jordan. Nobody seemed bothered about this at all?
@@user-xd7dk3oy3q Hamas has a map the other way around!
@@Theother1089 Show us this Hamas map, please. The Zionist's map is all over the net
If you dont know god you better dont comment
I am proud to be a working class Brit I am disgusted by the idiocy of our ruling classes, though....what a mess! And ordinary people pay the price.
Balls. We tried to help a load of tribal warlords create a civilised state
@@neilritson7445 No you went to help yourself to the oil and resources and installed puppets who did your bidding instead of any functioning democracy. There is one thing about you Brits you cannot bring yourselves to admit to your mistakes or apologize for the crimes against humanity you have committed. Just because you are delusional doesn't mean anyone else is buying your nonsense.
Always. The wealth and power brokers ensure their supply of both at any cost to anything in the way.
Why do you perpetuate the English class system. No one is better than you unless you choose to kowtow.
Let s embrace the enlightenment we've collectively achieved. There are way to many rulers still sticking to the empire building models ... we weren't nice a century ago ... but we've come a long way ....
I must say that this is the only account I have seen on the Internet that is a fair, balanced and completely factual and unbiased exposition of the mess created in Palestine by the British, the League of Nations, the United Nations and the United States. It is a relief to see the truth now and then.
No mention of the tranfer agreement between the Nazi's and Zionists? Why not? It all counts and it all matters. For the most part it's a good vid but still lots left out.
@@madhaze0126The agreement between the Nazis and the Zionists doesn't establish any claim to the land, which is what this video is about. The video also leaves out what kind of shoe polish the Zionists used.
@@JBrandeis1 But it is why many Jews moved into Palestine.
@@madhaze0126 So? There were also other reasons why Jews moved to Palestine before and after the Nazi Zionist agreement: Herzl's Zionist movement in the 19th century; Rothschild's and Balfour's operations after WWI; the massive immigration of Jews to Palestine after WWII. None of which has anything to do with this video's subject of the rival claims to the land.
Exactly@@madhaze0126
When watching videos of this nature, it's easy to believe that the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are still a result of the actions of the United Kingdom in the past🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Who were paid by zionists to do that. Watch occupation of the American mind, and read Micah 3 in bible!
AGAINST MUSLIMS AND MUSLIMS COUNTRIES
نعم صحيح
Love from me to the people who stand against Genocide ,Zionism, Apartheid and Fascism !!
They are the results of the British Empire which existed in both world wars but was dismantled after WWII. It’s not a reflection on modern Britain.
Thanks for posting this informative program. Richard in Dallas
All that I have learned from this,is not to trust politicians or power.
This is one of the major lessons of history
I can imagine meeting you in the public toilet ))) and you saying - trust me
@@plejadyyou loiter around public toilets ? Is that you Tony Blair ?
The British promised the people a Palestinian state. And in fact they were offered a Palestinian state. Did the British literally tell them they could have every square inch of land? If so, cite the source. The British also offered a smaller state to the Jewish who were there as well. Which honestly, is pretty fair IMO. The idea it is was a gigantic conspiracy from the start is playing up the "oppressed" card.
@@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641 no - it is me haha
It’s nice to see this. I try to explain this to folks and they tell me I’m uneducated and it never happened.
Rothschilds they owned the banks probably paid off the british for a piece of land. what a shame..
They just don't wanna k the truth, and are brainwashed by the Western Propaganda
It’s because they don’t want to recognize it and then are scared to hear the actual history
When you say "it never happened". What is the "it" that people around you claimed didn't happened?
@@marieantoinettev712why would anybody be "scared" to hear the history of the Balfour Declaration
The British Mandate for Palestine was not as originally shown in the map at 8:48! In 1918, at the end of WW1 the British Mandate contained all of what is present day Jordan. The Emirate of Transjordan was established on April 11, 1921 as a British protectorate. It was created after the Ottoman defeat in World War I and was administered under the Mandate for Palestine. The region was ruled by the Hashemite dynasty, which also ruled the neighbouring Mandatory Iraq and the Kingdom of Hejaz to the south. The Emirate of Transjordan remained a British protectorate until it achieved formal independence on May 25, 1946 and was renamed the “Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.” All Population figures from that time included all the people that were on the East Bank of the Jordan River in the land that would be given to the Hashemite family for the Kingdom of Transjordan. All Jews that lived in that territory were transferred to the other side of the River Jordan, with all land to the East of that river being Jew free. So in comparing population figures of Arabs and Jews from that period have to take that into consideration. Also, 10 years prior in 1910 Pogroms were still being initiated against Jews living in the land by the Ottoman Empire. 6,000 Jews were expelled to Cairo in Egypt in 1910. I found that in 1917, the Ottoman authorities in Palestine ordered the deportation of 8,000 Jewish inhabitants from Jaffa and Tel Aviv. The deportation was carried out on April 6, 1917, and was accompanied by severe violence, starvation, theft, persecution, and abuse. The evicted civilians were not allowed to carry off their belongings, and it is thought that about 1,500 of the evicted people died as a result of the deportation. Since Jews first started returning to the land during what is called the First Aliyah, even greater amounts of Arabs were allowed to settle in the land by firstly the Ottomans and then the British, who actively encouraged the settling of Arabs that came from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and further afield, to make sure that there would not be a Jewish majority. The Palestine White Paper was a policy statement issued by the British government in 1922. It was drafted at the request of Winston Churchill, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, partly in response to the 1921 Jaffa Riots. The official name of the document was “Palestine: Correspondence with the Palestine Arab Delegation and the Zionist Organisation” 2. The paper emphasized that the establishment of a national home would not impose a Jewish nationality on the Arab inhabitants of Palestine. It also called for a limitation of Jewish immigration to the economic capacity of the country to absorb new arrivals. The Palestine White Paper was one of several policy statements issued by the British government regarding Mandatory Palestine between 1922 and 1946. were
Actually it goes back to the Crusader Era, when the Viking Norman kiings expelled the Jewish communities of England (first to do so), and exterminated ALL the Muslims and Jews in the "Holy Land". And on and on, sucking & deceiving both peoples for a millenia, with other crafty racists like the U.S. Democratic Party. Their racist policies toward indogenes continued worldwide: confuse, divide, suck dry.
What is your point? There were more than a million Arabs living on whatever you want to call the land when the Zionists crawled out from their caves in Europe.
Excellent level headed exposition on the 'middle east problem'.
Funny how today, so many think history of this region began last week..
Attempting to understand the events of October 7, 2023 without understanding the things laid out in this excellent work is a hopeless undertaking.
Exremely important post !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bunk. This was way too long ago to excuse terrorism. Any murders the Arabs do today is caused by being raised on hat and recruited by Iran.
After watching a few great documentaries on this since October 7th I can understand why the Arabs hate them. Their land was basically stolen from them and how would you feel living your life growing up in an open air concentration camp. You have generations growing up in that shithole a 5 mile wide by 25 mile long concentration camp. This was inevitable, Makes me look at Jews in a different light.
@@yisroelschachner1482 Can you point us to a balanced outline of all that?
@@minicat6217while not a full outline of Isreal / Palestine, this video focuses on the history of Jerusalem. kzhead.info/sun/aqt8iMyDp6Gjn2g/bejne.htmlsi=1IiEfefqwqs6wGeF
Everywhere B went, conflicts and chaos followed.
India divided into 2 ....
True 100%.
I had an exchange-student friend in college in North Carolina in the early 1960s, a Bengali from India, who made an observation that has stuck with me: "Show me a trouble spot in the world today, and I'll show you where the British have been."
A very moving and calm appraisal. It seems as if British Politicians have not changed one jot since those days. They have no forethought beyond their own opinion and dare I suggest Greed.
" Palestine and the middle east were regarded as highly strategic ...because of oil. "
Hey??? Where is the oil in Palestine or should I say Gaza?
Hey over it. It’s a valuable resource and the guy and country with the biggest gun gets to write history. There is no country in the history of ever that’s been started by any other means. Moving on
There is none, neither is there any in Israel or the WEst Bank/Jordan.@@jantt2193
And the Jews didn't receive any of it!
well, now everyone knows that gaza has gas sooo... also palestine's location is strategic, not to mention Jerusalem. and gaza is a city of palestine so check your facts. @@jantt2193
This mess is even worse than I thought.
Yeah, I feel it too.
Like, Israel should never have happened. It’s a mess created by a failing British empire.
Some Kiddies are learning,Britain is not the worst !
In simple terms Palestine underwent from one occupation to be handed to another occupier to be handed over to another occupation. But these people never gave up on their rights. May justice and freedom prevail for them ❤
and now finally Israel freed it and the Jews back to their holy homeland! 🕎✡️ but still fake nation by the Arabs wants to steal it from them!
What rights? They're refugees! None of today's so-called "Palestinians" have any claim to the land whatsoever!
Ottoman wasn't an occupation, but in order to reach Palestine they had to destroy the ottoman empire by any price, WWI then WWII. A group of donmeh "search for what it means" who made the ottoman very bad and did the Armenian massacre.
The Dönme (Hebrew: דוֹנְמֶה, romanized: Dōnme, Ottoman Turkish: دونمه, Turkish: Dönme) were a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who converted outwardly to Islam, but retained their Jewish faith and Kabbalistic beliefs in secret.
@@celinesleiman6001 Yeah, right. That's what we need - another barmy conspiracy theory.
A very well explained account and one that few people know about. It's important to read the source of the tragic story of the Palestinian people to know why this has happened.1916, Sykes Picot agreement, Balfour Declaration, the Sionist movement, Winston Churchill' s justification of expelling the Palestinian people and much more. Acts of inhumanity in the name of greed, power, control.
Winton churchil licik di mataku tapi di elu elukan di ingris raya padahal saat itu juga churchil masih menjajah tanah nusantara indonesia dia kirim tentara ke dsa kami jawa timur dan saat kami rakyat kecil pulang dari pasar naik kereta pi dan kereta apinya di bom di desa donggalar itu di thn 1948 banyak yg mati terbakar terkena bom masih terniang di benak saya sampai saat ini usia saya yg 85 th saat itu sy masih anak2 yg ikut jualan di pasar jualan gerabah tanah liat sy sangat membenci belanda dan ingris
@sg6. It's called evolution if you snooze you lose 🤟😎🇬🇧
What did he said about the palestinians
When the last Nazis left Greece the Athenians gathered in syndagma square to celebrate while Churchill gave a speech. He TOLD the Greek people that now that the war was over it's time to restore the Greek monarchy ( all Germans). The people who were cheering with him 5 minutes earlier booed him. Churchill ordered his British soldiers to fire at the Greek people killing several. Read about this in the Guardian
And of course religion in there too, wreaking havoc.
Drawing lines on maps without talking to the people on the ground is always going to cause violence. What it’s saying is ‘let’s ignore future conflict’.
And when they realized they'd created a huge horrific mess, they ran away in 1947 and abandoned everything. Sickening. It's too bad they ever meddled at all.
It begs the question did the nations (and their leaders) deliberately plan these borders in a style that would ferment timeless squabbles among the locals in order to maintain control over these lands and the mineral wealth that they then bled out of them?
I suspect they weren't looking that far ahead. The reports I've looked at agree that in about 1919 some religious-minded Brits thought it'd be a neat idea to put zionist jews in the "holy" land. This was worked out between 1919 and 1947 with minor fights. The brits promised the zionists land that they had no business promising and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly removed from their lands. In 1948, when all hell broke loose the brits left and told the league of nations to sort it out. And here we are in 2024 with NOTHING sorted. This, in a nutshell, is what my studies have revealed.@@peterfreeman1585
" not talking to people" ???? Oh really. All arabs were encouraged by Uk to install democracy in their countries, and NOT 1 did.
They did not run away they were encouraged to get out by UN after being shot at by both sides.By the way The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem had a hobby attacking Jews. He was also a pal of Adolf Hitlers who formed a Moslem SS Regiment (Hahnschar) for security work.@@donnavorce8856
This documentary makes the conflict much clearer and understandable. One can see both sides of the conflict. One thing is clear, we should never have interfered with other peoples destinies back then.
“We” hahaha you had nothing to do with nothing.
@@jamesrockin7950 Oh dear, what a dork.
it was war, WW1....you got the answer then???????
Notice how religion enters into it. And mucks everything up. We're still meddling to this day world-wide - religion or not, The colonial empire building continues. It's sickening really. Old men craving ever more power and wealth.
Britian always went in and intafeared in every country and took over than pass to another race. Which wasn't theirs in the first place.
Thank you for this accurate and unbiased historical account of events.
Wow! This is such a new perspective, I have never this side of the story. How so much Arab anger is based in generations of Western Countries taking their land, oppressing them. When they fight back, we’ve called them terrorists. Old paradigm is crumbling.
Indeed it is.
Never the Palistines land! That's why the jews can do as they they see fit!
anywhere the Arab Muslims were outside of Arabia, they were there by war, violence and conquest, even invading Europe, conquering Spain, and had it not been for some crucial great victories by some courageous Europeans, all of Europe would have been lost. Muslims raped and pillaged, took slaves and women for their harems. It is they who took land they had no business being in. And the Ottoman Turks were equally rotten, including GENOCIDE in Armenia. as for the video, he speaks in the practiced mellow tones of NPR, and mixes truth and fiction, and leaves out important facts. such as? Israel in 1948 not only had Truman’s support, it also had Stalin’s. That can only be explained by Divinity.
What a brilliant documentary ! Clear, efficient, not one-sided and profundly humble. May God bless you at all levels.
God doesn’t bless people who hate Him, comrade💉✊🏿
So, in the post ottoman world initially, the Arabs were the ones against partition. Then the Israelis dominated militarily, and many years later Yasir Arafat finally agreed. However, by that time, the Israelis no longer wanted partition. Until there is partition, I don’t see this situation calming down
Freedom for Palestinians 🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴
Mine did exactly that - too
@@danhardwick5462seems like a fair assessment..I don’t see Israel making any concessions in that regard any time soon as long as they have the monopoly on violence tipped in their favor. The unconditional support thru money, weapons etc from the US would have to cease for starters to even begin to have them start thinking that way..and even then all the capabilities they’ve developed over years of support will allow them to sustain the status quo against a comparatively unarmed/helpless people for quite some time I’d imagine…the 2 sides would have to be on somewhat equal footing in terms of strength and outside support and we all know how highly unlikely that is..I’d say if at least international support gained traction for the Palestinians to a point (to at least balance the other narrative) it may move things along even without the military aspect but thats a long shot..on a positive note though I have witnessed an immense groundswell of pro Palestinian social media activity I have never seen before and main stream media has been forced to pay the tiniest sliver of lip service here n there ..practically useless at this point but it’s a start q
Sobering. A brief explanation of the Israeli/Arab conflict. When we say "British", we mean the government of the time, not the people. The government at the time was made up of the remnants of the aristocracy whose time and influence should have been past. Ordinary people everywhere do not wish for war, it is only the greed of those who stand to gain.
the greed of those who stand to gain unfortunately includes the present day British Government. People talk about lessons learned, but it's just a hoodwink. Britain made a mess and now continues to mess it up. Peace is the only way forward, but not if you're the British government. Sadly, I am a British citizen and as they say - not in my name.
A better explanation is Genesis 16:12 whether you want to accept it or not
The family members of those who died at Pearl Harbor wished for war, and with good reason. The slaves in the Southern USA did too.
@@gigglygiggly309 Even though Ishamel will be the first son born to Abram, he is not the promised child which God has guaranteed. This was not the way God intended to fulfill His vows to Abram. And so, this firstborn boy of Abram will become a wild donkey of a man.
loved your answer.
Thankyou for this excellent clear and concise documentary.
I knew that Britain and Lawrence of Arabia helped the Arabs fight against the Turks and also that the British tried to control Jewish immigration into Palestine to avoid trouble with the Arab population. That was about all I knew. Thank you for this extremely informative video that has informed me of the whole history of this current situation.
This documentary is a cogent overview that many people would benefit from reading it.
The photos you used were so high quality! Thank you for this documentary!🙏 What happened to the local Palestinian people during the 20th century is really sad and heart-breaking💔 The British did them so dirty, jeez! I really pray for them to find peace and healing within themselves after so many years of injustice, oppression and suffering🙏
Are you sure they want peace? Maybe when they exterminated the Jews. Not before. Yes it is a sad story.
The history is far more complicated. One might assume the Arabs (as they were termed as Palestine was not a nation nor a people, but an area) occupied less than 5% of the land and the Jews occupied a similar area. The land was largely unoccupied, as they are no natural resources there. Hamas would have people believe "Palestinians" occupied the entire area and Jews displaced them. In fact, Jews raised money and bought many Palestinian plots, though the price paid is indeed good for debate.
@@A190xx I just checked the statistics; You can google it too: Based on a '1922 census of Palestine' conducted by the British, the total population of Palestine was 78% Muslims, 11% Jews, 9% Christians and 9,474 others. Since1920, British forces actively started to help the Zionist movement for mass immigration of jewish people to the region (along with lots of other immoral unfair ugly things and oppressions they did against the native Palestinian people) till we reach the even uglier year of 1948. It's actually not that complicated (despite Zionists trying to tell you so), not for people who do their research to know the truth and has a moral compass. It seems it has been a strategic plan by Zionists to take the whole region eventually and expel native people. And they killed lots of people and manipulated and corrupted many things since then in my view. It was very immoral and is still very immoral.
That's your version 😢
@shooka2048 It IS true all WHAT YOU say 😢💔🙏
Extremely well done documentary. This really provides a clear picture of the catastrophe that is the Palestinian Jewish state
Another major mistake : Not only the US recognized Israël in 1948 but the majority of countries of the United nations (UN).
The pull out of Great Britain from Palestine and the subsequent creation of Israel, was due in no small part, to pressure exerted by US president Harry S. Truman. Britain was at that time entirely dependent on US finance to rebuild its economy and it didn't take much to persuade the country to relinquish responsibility in what had become a bloody conflict abroad. The US President was the first world leader to officially recognize Israel as a legitimate Jewish state on May 14, 1948, only eleven minutes after its creation.
Significant factoid: (Truman) did not attend a conventional school until he was eight years old. While living in Independence, he served as a Shabbos goy for Jewish neighbors, doing tasks for them on Shabbat that their religion prevented them from doing on that day.
J.U.S.J.U.K HAD NO RIGHT TO GIVE PALESTINIAN LAND TO FORM A FAKE STATE.
Clear, factual, to the point, not taking sides, this is a marvel. Many thanks for putting this together.
Yeah so free PALESTINE
How do we know that the above investigation hasn't taken sides? In my opinion, it's a bit lacking but my memory can't regurgitate enough to point out omissions right now. I'll have to do some re-reading!!
@@beesmonk ,,,,,from Hamas
Clear-yes, factual -yes, to the point -yes, not taking sides-no. Clearly you cannot cover everything, and here the information presented is selective to portray the two sides in a specific way.
It's flabbergasting how much information is missing in this piece. The plans to take over Palestine began much earlier than 1914, to make a Zionist state for Britain. Benjamin Disraeli comes to mind, and also all the brains behind the entire operation belonged to an Isis cult. Young Churchill was also involved - a true warmonger. Nesta Webster quote from Germany and England: "England is no longer controlled by Britons. We are under the invisible [G]ewish dictatorship-a dictatorship that can be felt in every sphere of life."
It's a very good summary compared to many I have seen so far. But it misses some words about hagana, irgoun and tsahal and the proeminent role of ben gurion about that. There is no words about the 1936-1939 Arab revolt that led to the 1939 White paper. Nor about the 1947-1948 civil war just befote the nakbah.
He also did not mention the Palestinians' resistance to the British occupation before the Balfour Declaration
Excellent insightfull review
My great Uncle, George, trooper of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, was shot and died in Palestine on 28th November 1917, aged just 21. May he rest in peace.
I knew your great uncle. Hell of a guy. He was my best man when I got married.
@@KJ-vc3sw in 1917?
Ordinary people die,but rulers enjoy. Their ego causes all the wars. They don't care who dies
Hey do you know if his grave is in haifa? We got christian cemetry/graveyard for fallen troops in ww1 most of them are australians tho if its in haifa i would love to visit him for u and take a picture
My great uncle worked at Nintendo.
Marvelous documentary. My family lived in Jerusalem from the end of the 17th century to 1905. I hadn't heard any of this beyond just the sketchiest. Thank you. Oakland CA
Du meinst sicher Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts......😉
How's Oaktown treating ya? My family left the bay completely as of 2014 and only a few old stalwarts left in CA.
imagine if all of that didn't happen, you would be from Jerusalem instead :)
This may addressed when Britain addressed Zionism - not when Zionism began. No mention of Herzl, who died 13 years before Balfour signed his declaration. No mention of Jewish aspirations to nationhood on the land of Israel in the XVIII and XIX centuries. Zionism did not begin with the British, and did start at a time when the modern Arab Palestinian nationalist concept wasn't even a thought.
Brilliant video and it helped me understand my childhood in Cairo in the 1946 to 1949 timeframe. I think that post the chaos in Palestine where the Brits just walked away and left it to the UN my Dad was part of trying to make sure the handover in Egypt from King Farouk to a new Republic under President Colonel Nasser went as smoothly as possible. Mind you even the best laid plans can go wrong, especially where Geopolitics are involved! So it wasn't many years before 1956 came along with the Suez ownership/control issue and that was effectively the real end of British and French power in the whole "Middle East" Region. Looking at it 70 plus years on from a 2024 perspective of an Octogenarian (which may include President Biden), it is all happening again with control of the Red Sea short cut trade route. The Arabs getting bombed this time are in Yemen instead of Egypt. There is a lesson to be learned which is that ships, especially if they are full of oil, are super vulnerable. All it takes to stop one is a cardboard drone in the hands of a few people. In Ukraine right now thousands of simple people are being shown how to arm and control drones. How to wage war has become a totally new "Ball Game". Diplomacy and win-win Scenarios are possible but how much sensible negotiation and with whom can go on in an Election Year is certainly in doubt. So look out for lots of posturing and let's hope that proportional responses are seen for what they are which is" No solution yet" escalation. As probably all of us have experienced during our school days. Who did something wrong and who get's the blame are often not the same thing. If the innocent are blamed there will be long term feelings of injustice and unintended consequences from the good guys and also the bad guys who got away with it and will probably do it again!
What a BLISS to hear a professional Voice-over artist. Wow... what a difference. If you watch videos, reports, documentaries from just a decade ago, people communicating/debating, you realize clearly that Human Intelligence is decreasing quickly. Thank you so much for the upload, ♡♡♡ xx
Any idea who it is?
Especially distasteful is the computer generated drivel. It is literally disgusting!
Yes, it makes a difference to hear it from “ a professional Voice-over artist.”
The parallels with Irish history are stark. Taking land and giving it to others without the consent of the people living there and making promises which it could not keep. Britain has so much responsibility for strife and war all over the world.. 🇮🇪
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Ireland has the privilege that their own looting and pillaging is lost in the mists of dark age time. Imagine if their ancestors were good at record-keeping. I would think then that the tales of their settlements and invasions of Wales and Scotland may be of historical value. Alas, all that's left is Scottish football fans. Incidentally, and lest we forget, Gaza or the West Bank are not remotely similar to Ireland. Except of course in one small way. Ireland continually asked the French and the Spanish to come over and invade England. Turns out jihads often don't end up too well well for the jihadis. Some learn lessons sooner than others. Also incidentally, the Normans weren't English despite what you may have been taught at school.
At the same time , both British and french gave the world football and tennis and fifa Which united the world Other Arabic countries did not help these Syrian or Jordan people in Israel who call themselves Palestinians and play victim Qatar and Iran are funding hamas Arab hypocrisy
@@RandallSlick Irish needed spain and France to invade England?? Wow didn't know
@@RandallSlick And the Jews in Palestine arent Middle Eastern Jews ,but Khazarian Jews from Europe, who never owned Palestine ,despite what you have been taught at school
An interesting, insightful and informative video. Thank you. 👍
Actually no, it's distorted and propaganda for the Arab view.
Oil hadn't been discovered by 1917, nearby yes. It wasn't the main consideration of the Balfour Declaration
The Balfour declaration was really about the British Empire staking a claim to a strategically important part of the Middle East, including the Suez Canal.
My Dad was there in the RAF. He “Flew Through Sand”. Camped in tents. Makeshift runways. Loved the Palestinian people. I have a great photographic record..
Flew through sand ? That’s strange. My grandad lives there and he speaks of climbing olive trees
we wish if ur dad and his fellows stayed home, Palestinians would have continued to live in peace if that happened
@@sarahkh9927 refers to a book written about the time with that title.
What did he do in Israel? Was it his homeland? Or he was just an Imperialist exploiting other nations everywhere? We Israelis kicked him out together with all the other British soldiers. 😅😅😅😂
@@zohar99100 you mean "what was he doing in Palestine ?" It wasn't an israel back then mate.
Excellent history nicely presented in a way to be easily understood. A part of the world and from a time so few understand, yet we must know it to put the current day in proper context. It will take leadership and wisdom to get us through today's nightmare.
THERE IS NOT ANY LEADERSHIP TODAY! AND MOST OF THOSE IN LEADERSHIP "roles" ARE SIMPLY WEAK AND STUPID!
After seeing this, is it any wonder that the Arabs think that Israel belongs to them? I knew about Great Britain's participation and the Balfor document but the history of the land must go back to the beginning of time when Abraham received possession of the land from God.
@randidean7424 And how pray tell can ANYONE prove that God ( seriously …..here is the problem to start with ) gave possession of the land to Abraham. So do we know for a fact that there were no people living before God “gave possession “ And then you have to forget everything that has happened in between and somehow believe that this land belongs to the Kingdom of Isreal . It’s a lot of mental gymnastics required to accept that . So what it boils down to at the end of the day is ideology …. And who currently has the greatest means to protect the narrative.
@@randidean7424 There was a large majority of 90% Arab population and the Jews 10% who lived for centuries in Palestine then why would Arabs think invading, immigrent Jews from Eastern Europe (fleeing persecution in Europe) would be entitled to their homes and land. It's theft, pure and simple. Theft that included demolition of Palestinian homes and murder. The Zionists didn't even stop at killing the British.
The land belongs to the palastinan not Arabs, it wasn't an empty land. kzhead.info/sun/mZSoqZGGoJV_mn0/bejne.htmlsi=MeTXcs6hq0vSCKCk
A very good vague and blured outline of the pivoting times of the history of Syria-Palistina. As first thermed by the Romans as an Israeli retribution.
It's probably safe to say that many of the first emigrants to Palestine were secular Jews or even communist which brings into question whether this was biblical prophecy at all. Also the fact that most of the Jews were Ashkenazi in origin meaning they were Jewish converts. In other words, they were not even real Semites. The ultimate irony.
One problem you run into with this film is the constant description of "Arabs" in opposition to Jewish settlements and states. "Arabs" is really vague description of a lot of indigenous groups There were various groups with differing goals, and many hated each other. Jordan. Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, and the Saudis were not all in agreement as each had their own interests.
And Arab Jews? Conflating a religion with a widely distributed race of peoples makes it even more confusing
And you add that some are sunni Muslims and some are shiite Muslims .
Yes, but I would bet that, if given the choice, 99% + Arabs would back Palestine.
Good comment.
Not a "problem" - the film tells it as it was. There was no Jordan (created 1946, a large chunk of Palestine), or Syria (created 1945). Iraq and Saudi Arabia were created in 1932. And as far as the subject of this film goes, all the above were united as Arabs in their opposition to any partition proposal allowing Israel to exist even as a tiny sliver of land where the most of the Jewish population was (and had been for millenia).
This is a lesson in short term thinking.
How tired the Palestinian generations are, generation after generation resisting occupation after occupation I hope that God will grant you victory But you forgot to mention the aspect of resistance to the British occupation Before the Balfour Declaration Free Palestine 🇵🇸
very good. Thank You!
My late father was serving in the British army in Palestine in 1946. As an 18 year old he had to line up along with other conscripts and fire warning shots above the heads of Arab rioters. He witnessed the aftermath of the bombing of the King David Hotel - he said it was terrible. I have a photo album documenting his time there amongst which is the meeting of all the key people, Arab and British.
Our respective fathers were in the same place at the same time it appears. My late father was 21 when he was injured in the bombing of the hotel David, the event had a lasting impact on the rest of his life. He never spoke much of his time in Palestine other than to say that he owed his safety to his orderly who knew the danger spots to avoid.
Yes - my father said he lost good friends in that bombing. It was terrible and such a shock to the British forces. We have photos of the arabic staff in the album as well as someone who looks like Monty was he there.@@pablomitch5288
My father was also in Palestine at this time. Served from age 18 - 21 years old. He is 97 now and still with us today
It would be really interesting to see it. Have you posted it anywhere
Yes it would be nice to see it, if you have uploaded it
That was so well done and informative and fair obviously it explains the Arab worlds resentment to the west thank you for informing me
its rubbish.
Despite the high accuracy of these information, it is too compressed that it overlooked many important events that makes the cuurent state of events even more clearer to understand.
"I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip." - Othello , 1603 A.D May be Shakespeare was a genius and he wrote a fiction that turned into reality?
It's like somebody stealing my house and try to justify it as theirs and then pretends to want peace by offering me the toilet to sleep in. Hypocrites
The Romans stole the whole house of Israel and gave it the derogatory name “Palestine.” About 2000 years ago. It is Israel.
I feel, unfortunately, you and many others have already forgotten the first world war. That said, it's actually like you and your friends trying to steal someone else's house, killing his family in the process, being driven away by his neighbors, who claim your house as punishment, and the local government taking control of it. Both empires (German, Ottoman) lost land. Don't go to war, or don't lose. Pick one.
Like in East end London?
Offering Palestinians an open-air prison.
The Arabs were in Britain side@@fakename2175
It wasn't just Britain, it was the whole League of Nations who granted the land to the Jews.
I am surprised this video doesn't mention that the Balfour Declaration was a consequence to the huge financial help Jews gave to the Allies to win the 1st World War. 🤔
Where's the proof
@@George-zd6rb The proof? If you haven't learned about History then use your logics : do you really think it was an emotional act of pure kindness? It was the Rothschild family who mainly did the transaction when the Allies asked them help (about money and military material which the Jews provided in 1916)
A good short synopsis 👍
Excellent programme. Should be shown on British television on a high profile channel in prime time hours.
Please learn English properly it’s “program” not programme
@@bobsingh5521In British English, programme is the preferred spelling. You just learned something today. You could do with learning some manners too.
Indeed.@@pt_1070
@@pt_1070 What could a British Bellend and Plonker possibly teach me? Twat
English spelling is "programme". American bastardised English spelling is "program".@@bobsingh5521
Good Documentary of a a very complicated historical period. I visited Israel in April 2023 (I was in Tel Aviv as a tourist when some of rockets hit nearby). I went to some of the museums when their and they discussed basically everything you just mentioned. I spoke to a Christian Palestinian who worked in Israel but live in Bethlehem. Who had a very pragmatic view of the circumstances. She mentioned that all Palestinians had the same label on them (as in all are terrorists) and that life was very difficult for them and her family had lived in Bethlehem (west bank) for many generations and lived in peace with there Muslims cousins. There is unfortunately a lot of BIAS in the news about the conflict, either focused on the Jewish or the Palestinian point of view. One thing I learned is I am not in a position to make an opinion about this! Its a mess lets be honest and It upsets me when people die because of ideologies. I do wish a peaceful settlement would occur, but don't know how. But killing innocents isn't right.
Did you go to Palestine as a tourist too? Why not? Is it just dessert?
israel offered a peaceful settlement countless times................................
the big issue here is that the palestinians seem very insistant to elect and let them be represented by groups who want nothing else than the complete destruction of israel
the isrealis broke every agreement they signed all because the Limey terrorists were in hock to Rothschild......
@@jewhunterbidenThat's an ERROR on your part. You can't "offer" some land to the indigenous people as "courtesy". They ARE your Landlords.
Meticulously researched, prepared and presented. Thank you
My dad dwas there in 1947-1950...as part of a prison sentence...first timers were given the option of service to country, instead of being locked up, and he took it, but he said years after, that he wouldn't visit the places he'd been whilethere, as the people have different standards of what life should be compared to his..and also called it a HOT SPOT, you don't want to be in.
This is a good synopsis in presentation of the historical facts.
Not at all. Big omission of the 1948 attack of the Arab League on Israel.
Too bad he left out the 3,500 years since Israel first possessed the Holy Land.
Wikipedia gives best unbiased synopsis.
The British have a lot to answer for.
Who is able to make the questions?
You have to answer for Cyprus too.
Things like this remind up all what total scumbags they all are, things don't change, they are still the same now
@@fnma21Oh yes they have.
and what would you propose that wont result in a nuclear exchange?
Great documentary
If other countries knew how Great Britain treated its own people. They never would have let them into theirs.
Would love to know the back room deals that were done to secure the Balfour Declaration.
Well the Rothschilds are a very wealthy family. I expect Lloyd George and Arthur Balfour were richly rewarded for their atrocious decision
British self interest always came first, therefore decisions made, agreements reached, promises made were predicated purely on how it effected Britain. India, Ireland and Palestine are example of what the results were, a radicalisation of people effected, which is continuing today with tensions, conflict and war. The horror of war is that innocent people are the casualties.
You try juggling hot pies fresh from the oven and then come back and explain to the world why you dropped one.
Empire is always and everywhere an exercise in control. Formerly this was mainly by force but progressively as communications have improved, propaganda has played more and more of a role. As the internet has democratised propaganda, force is making a comeback. The great mass of the British people, no less than the rest of the empire, were thought controlled and still are. Very few, if any, understood the Machiavellian statesmanship of the time. Just as few really understand it today but the power behind the throne is still making decisions which kill hundreds of thousands, not to mention their self-serving liberal doctrines which are driving ancient peoples to go extinct.
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South Africa too. Most of the colonies were affected in some way or another!
I wonder what would have happened If Britain hadn’t been given the mandate to step in and keep the peace after the fall of the Ottoman Empire? I bet there would have been even greater bloodshed. Britain had an impossible task. What would folk who criticise Britain have suggested instead?
“What can we say against their terrible hatred of us? For eight years now, they have sat in the refugee camps of Gaza and have watched how, before their very eyes, we have turned their land and villages, where they and their forefathers previously dwelled, into our home.” Moshe Dayan 1956
Another thing to mention is that when britain receive the mandate over the area, palestina included jordan. Britain gave the eastern part of palestina as a gift to the Hashemite family from Saudi arabia for their help in the first world war.
It also included Sinai
The British did eventually come up with a proposal for homelands for the Palestinians and Jews. Of course, it was immediately rejected by both sides. When they gave up and left it to the UN the Jews gained a bit more territory. Interesting that from 1948-167 the Arab states had 19 years to organise a Palestinian homeland. Instead, Jordan annexed the West Bank and Egypt occupied the Gaza Strip. At least the British and UN at least pretended to be interested in a Palestinian homeland. The other Arabs didn't want to know.
The Jews have been willing to make peace several times but it is the Muslims that rejected it.
Look at the genocide today, NO ONE IS HELPING the innocent Palestinians -- Israel has them now in the open so they can be bombed more easily and are.
Good said.
Exactly, and we even see it now as Egypt refuses any Palestinian refugees.
@@christheguy5554 there is an evil and selfish plan behind this. The chosen people of God want to push Palestinians like herds of animals and create the Holly land of God. That has been the best tactic since 1900s to steal and colonize in the land of subhuman Palestinians .
Pictures tell a thousand words , thank you for this these “stills” have been cleared my mind
Never trust evil doers they speak with forked tongue
There are more detailed documentaries than this one. If I try sharing it, I get shut down by you tube.
Fascinating and robustly independent documentary. Why isn't this history taught in our schools?
Not taught in 1960s Catholic school and also not in the 1970s public high school curriculum. I just heard the word OIL!!! After that comes MONEY,greed and corruption! We are not taught to look for things like this in school.
Because it’s mostly bullshit
because the truth still has to be hidden! increasing stupidity is the aim! and nearly prrfect achieved !!!
Thank you for sharing. Now I know what Palestine's people are seeking for the longest time.
they seek to own jewish lands in history,u home is arabia
By 1882, British & Russian's were well aware of the Arabian peninsula's people, their culture and their behavior. The real intention of the declaration was "make them prey for coyotes", not to save them from being slaughtered in Europe. How is it working now? As a none Israeli and none Jewish, I have a tremendous respect for tiny group of people wants to live and breath a fresh air like any of us in this planet. Hope someday, and very soon, radical Islamist to stopped being played by others & come to their senses. They need to initiate & make the much needed peace for both side, rather fighting a loosing battles.
I cannot understand why so many people dislike jews
Excellent presentation that just omits the Grand Mufti of Palestine's support for Hitler and his leadership of a Waffen SS battalion.
Absolutely, we'll said; include THE GRAND MUFTI BEING A NAZI.
Which battalion?
@@Pushing_Pixels The 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) specifically the Grand Mufti, whilst residing in Berlin, recruited for the Hanjar (Saber) Division. They were the first non-Germanic unit.
Privatization is at the core of fascism. Transnational corporations and even US media were supportive of Hitler in that regard. Read article: Economy of Evil
You are correct m0nkeyboot!
Thank you for this piece of history, my father was in Palestine just before WWII started, he told me a bit out the history, so thank you, you have filled the gap… btw my father was in the tank regiment, served in Middle East, Egypt, north India and Burma…
My father was Scottish and served in Burma. History is one of my strong subjects, part from the Roman Empire , and The Invasion of the Vikings to Scotland and England. Nearly every Country has had its history changed, in Europe and the Middle East.
What is happening now in Palestine is the result of being friends with the British, Lawrence of Arabia or Thomas Edward Lawrence or whatever
Para mim, os dois povos deveriam ficar felizes por terem seus lares em um local tão importante para eles , compartilhando- o da forma mais justa possível.
For something claiming to be hystorical this is very very incomplete - Jordan which is much larger than Israel is also Palestine, meaning the Arabs got the lions share.
Very interesting and informative, also I'm amazed that you got the actor Ryan Gosling to play the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (@ 14.08).
thespians are like whores....anything for money.....
Lol. I see what you mean. That mufti was a nasty piece of work though.
Completely omitted the alliance of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem with Hitler. Side stepped the fact that out of the Ottoman lands several Arab nations, vastly larger than the Jewish state were created. Doesn’t focus on the motivation for the Arab refusal to accept tiny Israel.
Interesting that Britain always has the two weights two measures policy. They won WWI , so they took over a lot of the Ottoman’s territories, and they called it normal. When the Soviets won the WWII, as they took over land from the countries that attacked them, , the brits, complained that the soviets had ‘invaded’, these countries.
Two of my close family members served in the British forces in Palestine in 1948. They never forgot the atrocities they witnessed carried out by the Jewish terror gangs against the Palestinians. They said they were issued guns to use against Palestinians but refused to use them. They said they'd prefer to have shot the Jewish fascists who were no better than Nazis.
That's interesting. This part of history seems largely forgotten nowadays. I have seen B&W videos showing bomb damage done by Jewish terrorists against British property. I have also seen some videos showing AshkeNazi immigrants arriving by boat but again, not much. It is striking that the message this clip "millions" are said to have arrived this way.
There is plenty of pictures and documentation of Arab atrocities against the Jews. The Arab leader Husenni was good friends with Hitler and is quoted saying if Hitler would win the war he would wipe out every Jew in the middle east. The current Palestinian Prime Minister considers Husenni his mentor.
I enjoy the many varied comments from my fellow viewers. Their opinions are equally valid and complement this disturbing yet intriguing documentary. The additional discussion enhances the overall experience.
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sound like an ai bot
Thank you so much for this. It brought me so much clarity on the current issue, one significantly muddied by information warfare and historical bias. What a time to be alive.
The evil hypocrite British people.
@@NoTimeB4 i was not celebrating, i meant it in a dystopian sense
This explains the current state of affairs in Middle East. Britain reneged on promises!
Some things you forgot to say too : The name Palestine was given to this area by the Romans in 135 in order to uproot the jews and there was never a Palestine state or Palestine coins on the contrary of jewish Kingdoms and shekel money. The British mandate invested on big works such as buildings, roads, railroads... and many of the arabs living there in 1948 had come from close countries (Egypt, Syria...) in the 20-30's searching for work. They didn't live there before. Look at their names (Al Masri= Egypt...)
One thing is certain; those who controlled the area before 1917 and after 1948 will never be held responsible.
They should be, when someone else commits a crime according to them you are never off the hook but they expect others to forgive and forget, definitely a double standard
Not anymore as the daily news pours in the truth is coming out very very unacceptable truth
This is an excellent documentary. For me it confirmed that if you keep looking at the past in these situations, you will almost certainly remain in conflict. It is the future that matters now, not the past. Just look at Northern Ireland to see how bloodshed gave way to peace even if ideologies still exist.
Those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Please study the past to be wise and better for the future.
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This vodeo shows us the conflicts that happend in the past in Palestine and how actuallyJews and Arabs became hostile to each other. It successfully gives us an overview of the history. Well documented video. I recommend this video as a historical lesson to understand the origin of conflict in the middle east.
I like the black-and-white images depicting a modest Holy Land before the great conflict.
Informative, thank you. I will have to watch this a couple of times.
Can I suggest you also find other additional sources. I find this video lacking. Also, bear in mind that the Brits were not in Palestine as "colonisers". They were given the role of protectorate by the League of Nations at the end of WW1. The aim was to help the now defeated land, once belonging to the Ottoman Empire, to become self governing. The protectorate was meant to be temporary. There's nothing straightforward in the making of Palestine. WW2 followed hot on the heels of WW1. We all know of the diaspora of Jews and anti-Semitism in Russia and Europe. So much was thrown into the mix and the mix was more complicated than the video suggests. Happy history trawling and good luck in trying to get to "the truth".
@@anjiedavie6792 The Jews weren’t there as colonizers either, and would have not fought off Arabs if not first attacked In 1948.. Plus Jews were being encouraged to migrate therewith the promise of a legit homeland. For decades prior to that Arabs sold land to them at high prices, and they worked very hard establishing agriculture and businesses there prior to 1948.
Very solid historical review. God will sort all this out in the end, much to the dismay of many.
Thank you for this great video. I think it helps to look back at History in a different way. Instead of making up black legends on Spain and hiding so many atrocities committed in North America, let's acknowledge reality as it is