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 -- Before and after September 11 -- So close, yet so far -- Waiting for the Messiah
