(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 was the Peel Commission, which, for the first time, proposed an idea that would become a UN resolution a decade later: dividing Palestine into two states—with all the challenges such a solution would entail.
Language :English subtitles only
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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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Tangled Roots – Episode 6: Beyond the...
(The Six-Day War / UN Resolution 242 / The Founding of the PLO / The Founding of Gush Emunim / The Autonomy Plan)
The Six-Day War and the gradual annexation that followed, along with the Israeli debate over these developments and the international opposition to them. As the Palestinians abandone...
