Prof. Michael J Cohen, a Professor Emeritus of History at Bar-Ilan University, is the author of the recently published Britain's Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspective. Talking to host Gilad Halpern, he takes a comprehensive look at the tumultuous 30-year mandate on Palestine, which started with great promise but ended up as one of the nails in the coffin of the British Empire.

Song: Ram Orion - Hashlama

This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.