Palestine

This documentary examines the ways in which the history of Palestine has been shaped by the governments of other countries. After failing to provide either the homeland promised to the Jews or the independent and unified nation promised to the Arabs during World War 1, Britain in 1948 abandoned its Palestinian mandate and left the United Nations to cope with the seemingly insoluble Arab-Jewish dilemma. The Americans, despite commitments to Israel, decided during the Cold War to also recognize the interests of the Arab oil-producing nations. Conflict in the Middle East was always seen in context of the larger global confrontation. <br><br> After the Jewish leader David Ben Gurions proclamation of the independent state of Israel on May 14,1948, Palestine became the rallying cry of opposition to Israel. After the 1948 war Palestine for the Arabs ceased to be a place and became an ideal for which men, women, and children are still willing to die. PALESTINE unsparingly uncovers the factors, personages, and events which have led to the ceaseless crisis of today.

This film is not part of a series.

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