1936, British Mandatory Palestine was in flames. In response to rising Jewish immigration and economic dominance, Arab Palestinians revolted against the British attacking military installations and Jewish settlements. The British were scrambling for an answer.

In our last episode, we explored Britain’s conflicting promises made during the First World War and how it tried to resolve them. In this episode we’ll examine how the Second World War transformed the conflict in Mandate Palestine once again. Why did Britain change its mind about a Jewish homeland, how did a Zionist underground insurgency defeat the British and how were the borders of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank created?

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Israeli soldiers in battle with the Arab village of Sassa in the upper Galilee. Israeli Government Press Office. CC BY 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....
Amin al Husseini meeting Heinrich Himmler. Bundesarchiv, Bild 101IIIAlber16418A. Alber, Kurt. CCBYSA 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....

Reference maps attributions:

Map of Jewish settlements and roads in Palestine by the 1 December 1947. It'sisnotagenitive on Wikimedia. CCBYSA 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....
Zones controlled by Yishuv by the 20 May 1948. It'sisnotagenitive on Wikimedia. CCBYSA 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....

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