A Line in the Sand
A historical account of the Sykes-Picot Agreement and its role in shaping the modern Middle East during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
May 2026
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2011
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454
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‘Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result’
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‘the real problem in Palestine is not a military problem but a political problem. Our troops can restore order; they cannot restore peace.’7 The ‘political problem’ had been created by the Balfour Declaration and, in trying to fix it, the Peel Commission had only made matters worse.