http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/ icWales brings Wales to the world and the world to Wales, with Wales news, business news, sport, whats on, jobs in wales, homes, free community sites and bags of fun. en-gb http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/feature-news/2008/05/10/the-welsh-hands-that-shaped-the-middle-east-conflict-91466-20888652/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/feature-news/2008/05/10/the-welsh-hands-that-shaped-the-middle-east-conflict-91466-20888652/ Almost 90 years ago, a man from Gwynedd led Arab fighters to an amazing victory over the mighty Ottoman empire, having inspired them with his vision of Arab self-government in the Middle East. But another man, from the same part of Wales, had already promised some of that land to the Jewish people. Rhodri Clark compares the Welshmen who shaped the modern Middle East