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Bombarded by the daily news flashes and newspaper articles from Israel and Palestine? Dazed by repeated TV images of Palestinian suicide bombings and Israeli military attacks in Gaza and the West Bank? Unclear why the violence never ends, or what is it stake, or why neither side seems willing to compromise? Then this is the book for you. Lively, factual, readable, informed, balanced. With crystal clear maps. A who's who of the key players from Sharon and Arafat onwards, and a glossary of key words. Paul Middleton's concise but never superficial capsule history brings his readers up to speed. He explains the origins of the conflict, the course of Israeli history since 1947, the role of the United States, what the Occupied Territories are and why they were occupied, the uprisings or intifadas, the Oslo Accords and other attempts at peace between the two sides. And the big question -- what, with the ongoing war in Iraq and the war on terror, are the prospects for peace?