Peace in the Middle East? -- The 1967 war and the 1970s -- Nationalism and conflict in Palestine -- A radical perspective -- Reflections on a national conflict -- The fourth round -- The peace movement and the Middle East -- Intifada, Israel and the United States at the turn of the millenium -- The "peace process" in U.S. global strategy -- The current crisis in the Middle East -- Prospects for peace in the Middle East -- al-Aqsa Intifada -- United States-Israel-Palestine -- 9-11 and the redeclared war on terror -- the "new age of terror".