Tangled Roots
5 Episodes
In this six-episode documentary series, viewers receive a clear, accessible guide to the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Combining a succinct narrative with lucid explanations, the series maps out the key concepts and decisive events that have shaped the conflict over time. Episodes unfold along a detailed timeline and spatial map, presenting diverse perspectives from all sides involved.
Hosted by Modi Bar-On, the series—“Shiur Moledet” in Hebrew—is directed by Anat Zeltser and produced by Gum Films.
Winner of Best Director and Creation - The Israeli Academy for Film and Television 2019.
Production Year: 2019
Language :English subtitles only
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Tangled Roots – Episode 1: East and West
Episode 1
(The Balfour Declaration / The Asia Minor Agreement)
The first document to designate Palestine as the national home for the Jews was part of a series of treaties that accompanied the West’s entry into the territory of the former Ottoman Empire. These agreements redrew the borders of the Middle E...
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Tangled Roots – Episode 2: Nationalism and Religiosity
Episode 2
(The 1929 Uprisings / The Al-Buraq Intifada)
The final decade of the British Mandate over Palestine saw the conflict escalate and take on an increasingly Islamic character. Violence broke out in 1921 and intensified in 1929, centered in the very places where Arabs and Jews had lived peacefully t...
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Tangled Roots – Episode 3: Rebellion and Partition
Episode 3
(The Arab Rebellion / The Peel Commission)
The Arab rebellion against the British and the Jewish settlement, which began in 1936 and was finally suppressed in 1939, intensified and underscored the deepening hostility between Palestine’s Arabs and Jews.
The most notable outcome of the rebellion ...
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Tangled Roots – Episode 4: Independence and Refugeeism
Episode 4
(The Partition Plan / The 1948 War)
The complex, multifaceted process that ended with the Jews establishing a state—and the Palestinians becoming scattered refugees across four countries.
Language :English subtitles only
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Tangled Roots – Episode 5: The Green Line
Episode 5
(The 1949 Armistice Agreements / The Sinai Campaign / The Military Regime)
The agreements and territorial exchanges that established the Green Line, along which both Israeli and Palestinian identities took shape—including the ambiguous identity of Palestinians holding Israeli citizenship.
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