WWI

sykes-picot-agreement was a 1916 secret treaty between the united kingdom and france, with assent from the russian empire and the kingdom of italy, to define their mutually agreed spheres of influence and control in an eventual partition of the (turkish) ottoman empire.

full documentary : how britain started the arab-israeli conflict

“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.” a good watch – one more documentary to better understand the world we live in. by dd