PROLOGUE: From Suleiman's Wall
PART I: THE PRESENT: Turmoil in the Holy Land
Birth of a Jewish state
Occupied Territories
Arafat's islands
Syria and the Golan Heights
Palestinian refugees
People of the Holy Land
A longing for peace
PART II: THE PAST AS PROLOGUE: From Abraham to Arafat
The Patriarchs
The Exodus
The Promised Land
Kingdoms and power
In the wake of empires
Greeks and Romans
Sources and evidence
Jesus Christ
The new faith spreads
Sites of pilgrimage
The Jewish revolts and the diaspora
The high points of empire
The Byzantines
The coming of Islam
The Crusaders
The Turks
The mandate years and after: the roots of Arab anger
The roots of modern Israel
Sharon and Arafat: antagonists at seventy
PART III: TODAY: In the vortex
A shattering of dreams
The wider conflict
The only way out
EPILOGUE: From Suleiman's Wall.