Up-to-the-minute information explains the stories behind today's news headlines, along with background detail that is so rarely provided in the media.

Complete with background information on this complicated, ongoing conflict, this book looks at the most recent developments in the quest for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. With the 1999 election of Prime Minister Barak of Israel comes new hope for the continuation of the peace process begun in 1993 with the Oslo Accords.