Zionism beyond demonization
Jewish socialism and Arab nationalism
Defeat and victory in 1948
3. New immigrants and first elections
Jewish immigration into Palestine
The arrival of the Sephardim
5. Retaliation or self-restraint
Ben-Gurion, Sharett and Dayan
Destroying Mapai from within
The ideology of occupation
Menachem Begin's leadership
Who are the Palestinians?
The reality of negotiations
8. Dissent at home and abroad
Traditional Diaspora opinions
A new assertive generation
9. An insurrection before a handshake
A new path for the Palestinians
The outbreak of the Intifada
The fall and rise of ideology
Constraining the Prime Minister
11. The killing of a Prime Minister
The return of the rejectionists
12. The magician and the bulldozer
The virtual and the real Likud
The descent into the abyss
13. 'He does not stop at the red light'
The Palestinian struggle within
14. An unlikely grandfather
Separating from the Palestinians
Between pragmatism and ideology
