Britain's Policy of Deceit in Palestine

After nearly two years, A Conversation Before the World Ends returns with an examination of how the British Empire engineered permanent conflict in Palestine through systematic deception.Between 1915 and 1925, Britain made contradictory promises to Arabs, European allies, and Zionists about the future of Palestine, promises they knew could never be reconciled. This episode traces the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement, the Balfour Declaration, and the mandate system that transformed wartime lies into international law.Drawing on British government documents, internal memos, and the admissions of officials like Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour himself, this is the story of calculated imperial betrayal and the foundations of a century of conflict.This is the first in a series of periodic episodes exploring Palestine's history. We'll return to this topic throughout the year, examining events like the King David Hotel bombing, the 1948 Nakba, and the Six-Day War alongside other historical deep-dives.