Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
2002, English. Directed by Arense Kvaale.
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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Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land is streaming on Magellan TV in India.
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- Released
- 21 November 2002
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Geoffrey Stern
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Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land is streaming on Magellan TV in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land?
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land (2002) was directed by Arense Kvaale and stars Struan Rodger, William Wilde, Dominic Lieven.