JNews - The Promise http://www.jnews.org.uk/taxonomy/term/3184/0 en The Promise: Interview with Peter Kosminsky http://www.jnews.org.uk/commentary/the-promise-interview-with-peter-kosminsky <a href="/commentary/the-promise-interview-with-peter-kosminsky"><img src="http://www.jnews.org.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/jnews_thumb/imagecache/jnews_default/uploadedimages/feature/kosminsky1.jpg" alt="" title="" class="teaserthumbnail" width="159" height="90" /></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-co-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, 24 March, 2011 - 10:22</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>London-born director, producer and writer <strong>Peter Kosminsky</strong> is well-known for his <span class="caps">TV</span> documentaries and dramas dealing with British military involvement in other politically sensitive regions such as&nbsp;No</p> <p><a href="http://www.jnews.org.uk/commentary/the-promise-interview-with-peter-kosminsky" target="_blank">read more</a></p> deir yassin Israel kosminsky Mandate Palestine Nakba The Promise Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:14:58 +0000 admin 48183 at http://www.jnews.org.uk Background to The Promise: Interview with Peter Kosminsky http://www.jnews.org.uk/commentary/background-to-the-promise-interview-with-peter-kosminsky <a href="/commentary/background-to-the-promise-interview-with-peter-kosminsky"></a><div class="field field-type-datetime field-field-co-published-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, 24 March, 2011 - 10:05</span> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>In December 1917</strong> British soldiers overpowered the forces of the Ottoman Empire, marched on Jerusalem and took control of Palestine. From 1922 until their departure in 1948, the British ruled Palestine by virtue of a League of Nations&nbsp;Mandate.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jnews.org.uk/commentary/background-to-the-promise-interview-with-peter-kosminsky" target="_blank">read more</a></p> British League of Nations Mandate Palestine Segev The Promise Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:19:09 +0000 admin 48176 at http://www.jnews.org.uk