The series was produced by Norma Percy, who had produced The Death of Yugoslavia before. Like her previous series, Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace relies extensively on in-depth interviews with key players involved in this issue, such as Ehud Barak, Bill Clinton, and Colin Powell.
The moderate Republican U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell attempts to rekindle the peace process by negotiating with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Powell's efforts are derailed, however, both by his hard-line fellow Republicans and by an uncompromising Yasser Arafat.
U.S. President George W. Bush attempts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but Arab allies pressure him to push Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
