Partly propaganda

I have always liked this movie, and still do, but having just watched it again, I am bothered somewhat by the way that it unabashedly tries to manipulate the viewers' attitudes and opinions. Much of the dialog is designed for the express purpose of shaping public opinion of the Jewish plight after WWII, and opinion on the moral question of the establishment of the modern state of Israel. One idea that it works hard to promote is that the Jewish people were owed a homeland by virtue of promises that had been made by the British. The British did not make promises of that nature to anyone, and even if they had made such a promise to the Jewish people, why would it matter? It would not have any moral relevance. Just because someone else promises you something does not mean that you deserve it. That geographic region had fallen into the hands of the British only in the aftermath of WWI. Prior to that it was a central portion of the Ottoman Empire. It isn't as though the British were trying to fulfill an obligation to return land to whoever held it prior to coming under British control. If that were the case, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq would all be part of Turkey today.