![]() Skinner & Mina’s Literary Road Trip: Pope & Swiftįrank Skinner and Denise Mina embark on another enjoyable tour through the lives of literary giants. Few would disagree with Rinder’s feeling that “the key to understanding where we are today is to hear the stories from that time from both sides.” Reconciliation, however, still tragically seems to be a very distant prospect. As with all wars, there are stories of heroism and horror, pride and pain – and lots of tears – on both side of the divide. The film sees British people of Jewish and Palestinian heritage travel, separately, to the Holy Land to explore the impact of the conflict on their families’ lives. “What Palestinian families like mine lost were their homes along with a sense of place and belonging,” says his co-presenter Sarah Agha, whose father and wider family were among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the civil war that erupted almost immediately after British rule came to an end in 1948. ![]() “Israel offered sanctuary to Jews from across the world but, you know, that undoubtedly came at a price,” says Robert Rinder at the start of this powerful two-part documentary, which even-handedly explores one of the most “contentious” political issues of the past 75 years – the founding of the state of Israel.
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