The origins of the Israel-Palestine conflict | Part 1

The Balfour Declaration was signed in 1917. It set out British support for the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. But when the Balfour declaration was signed the British had already promised Palestine to Arabs as an independent state and promised the French government that it would be an internationally administered zone – and even then, most of the land was still under Ottoman control.

So why did Britain make these three conflicting promises? How did it try to resolve them? And how did Britain’s strategy in the Middle East help to cause a century of conflict?

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[ImperialWarMuseums]

Thanks for watching, look out for part 2 coming soon!

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[Gszarco]

Amazing! I'm looking forward to the second part!

[poisonousbadge]

Thanks for creating vids relating to modern day events. Truly educational and entertaining!

[jeevachhprasad]

I love your videos. You have helped me learn about history way faster than ever

[WarhammerWings]

Looking forward to seeing the second part!

[GregoryShtevensh]

Looking for unbiased, objective, unpoliticised info.
I hope this is the right place

[sagapoetic]

I just discovered your channel and am enjoying listening to this video, a topic I studied as a student.

Having worked in Central Asia, the picture at 6:22 is of a group in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, or Tajikistan -- I'm going by the architecture and the clothes they wear.

[thestoicsteve]

A clear informational video that shows the history of the region. Looking forward to part two.

[etxvjpl]

Can't wait till the part two. wonderful episode.

[warberg]

Highly recommened video. Provides some good elaboration on UK's political strategy in the region.

[mogens]

Well at the current situation it can be an explosive topic, but very informative to form one's own opinion..

[shitbrick]

And there I was thinking that Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Olden took the surrender of Damascus on 1 October 1918, hours before Feisal and Lawrence arrived.

[Capt.sierra]

Great description of the situation, very impressive

[robrodell]

Wonderful video, as always. Thank you. Note: the bottom part of Africa is not the Horn of Africa.

[kobedierckx]

Very very nice video! I found myself wondering what the origins of the Israel Palestine conflict are and needed to know. Now i see that it is more complicated than i first thought and that there are many groups/ countries involved.

[ingGS]

This is by far the best coverage of the conflict I have seen so far. Excellent!

[mendo]

This seemed to end suddenly. Will there be a second episode?

[Liverpool-]

The British followed one rule, ”Divide and conquer”

[gideon_todes]

Beautifully succinct documentary that explains so much

[nilesoien]

Is there an IWM video about TE Lawrence? I’d be interested in that.