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The Lion in the Sand

on BBC Radio 4 FM

4: Caught in the Middle. Palestine came under British mandate rule after the First World War, but the British
Government had promised support for the creation of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine. The impossibility of keeping the promise while safeguarding the rights of the Arabs soon became clear.
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