Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Balfour Declaration was published on the 9th November 1917. It stated the intent of the British government to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. This week, William and Anita are joined by Tom Segev to discuss the declaration and the ensuing British mandate for Palestine. LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/empirepod. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnum.
0:13.9	And me, William Durimple.
0:16.6	Today in many ways this episode that we're bringing you today is almost an end to a mini
0:21.4	trilogy within our Ottoman series.
0:24.1	And it deals with the way that the Allies carved up the Middle East during and after the
0:29.0	First World War.
0:30.0	And it begins with Sykes Pico.
0:31.0	We had an enormous response to that episode.
0:34.0	It continued last week with Lawrence of Arabia again a huge response from you and the Arab
0:39.5	Revolt.
0:40.5	And hopefully, you know, if you've got questions on this, we'll be dealing with those
0:42.8	in a special Q&A session.
0:44.8	Today though, we sort of bring this to a conclusion, this mini series with the Balfour Declaration.
0:50.2	We've mentioned it many times before.
0:52.3	This is when the British promised the Jews a homeland in Palestine.
0:57.0	So I mean, I'm going to get, William, we've got the letter handy.
0:58.9	Because on November the 2nd, 1917, the foreign secretary, just to remind you of the Balfour,
1:03.2	he wrote a letter to Lord Rothschild, the leader of the Jewish community in the UK.
1:07.4	And he made the very first public declaration of an intent that had until this moment been
1:12.3	secret.
1:13.3	His Majesty's government, view with favor, the establishment in Palestine of a national
1:19.7	home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement
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