pt. 1. In the beginning. Who cares about the Middle East? ; The chosen people -- pt. 2. Religion and politics mix. Welcome to the empire ; The crescent moon ; The nationalist wave -- pt. 3. The great war's spoils. Trouble brews in Palestine ; This land is my land, this land is your land ; Fighting Hitler and Great Britain ; A state of their own ; The Jewish war of independence -- pt. 4. A state for the Jews. The wanted and the unwanted ; We've got a state: now what? ; War over Suez -- pt. 5. War and peace. Six days to victory ; No war, no peace ; Israel's day of infamy ; Peace at last ; Israel's Vietnam -- pt. 6. Inching toward peace. Sticks and stones and breaking bones ; Saddam crosses the line ; Bush turns the screws -- pt. 7. Why can't we all get along? The oldest city's new rulers ; The shot heard 'round the world ; O Jerusalem! ; Arabia and beyond ; Shifting Arabian sands ; Middle East terrorism and its victims ; So close, yet so far ; Mapping the road to peace ; Waiting for the Messiah.