(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 together since the days of the “Old Yishuv.”
The flames of violence were further fanned by the growing use of holy sites as symbols and targets in the emerging conflict.
Language :English subtitles only
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Tangled Roots – Episode 3: Rebellion ...
(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: Independen...
(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 ...
(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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