(Preview) World War Civ 40: How Britain Took Palestine in 1917
May 15, 2024
(A preview of the latest episode of Justin Podur's World War Civ series on his very excellent Anti-Empire Project podcast)
General Allenby, Sharif Hussein and his son Feisal, and their
handler TE Lawrence array the forces of the British Empire and the
Arab Revolt against the Turco-German forces in Palestine. The
battle starts in Gaza and ends with Allenby walking into the Jaffa
Gate of Jerusalem. The story of the fateful campaign that brought
British imperialism to Palestine (and Lebanon, and Syria…). We note
that the British found Gaza to be a “fortress” from which it was
impossible to dislodge the Turkish forces; Justin felt TE Lawrence
was overrated, just another imperialist; and we compare admiration
of the stoicism with which Allenby took news of his son’s death,
with an analogous situation today.
https://podur.org/2024/05/13/world-war-civ-40-how-britain-took-palestine-in-1917/