Jews and Muslims: Intimate Strangers

The Separation (1789-1945) (1x3)

Air date: Oct 29, 2013

History now takes us to Europe: the French Revolution. Nation-states. The Jews, now European citizens, became the target of a more asserted anti-Semitism. But having incorporated the new national elites, they began to take a greater interest in the fate of the Jews in the Muslim world and to play the role of their protectors. Trapped between Zionism and Arabic nationalism, Palestine -- called "Southern Syria" by the Ottomans -- became the object of religious and political contention.