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Focuses on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, as of February 2001. His role in the Middle East peace process with Israel; Background on Arafat who is a civil engineer by training; History of the intifadeh and summit meetings; Reaction to the election of Ariel Sharon as prime minister in Israel.

Discusses the intifadeh, and how it is effecting the social and political conditions in Palestine. Purpose of the intifadeh to free Palestinians from Israeli occupation; Social conditions in Palestine; Stance of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat against Israel.

Discusses the reaction of the Palestinian leadership to the issue of Palestinians collaborating with Israel in its assassination policy against terrorism. Mention of the search for and arrest of traitors; Israel's intelligence operation; Statement that collaborators average about three years before they are discovered, killed by vigilantes, or escape to Israel; Mention of the intifadeh and economic conditions from the intifadeh that push people into collaboration; Criticism of the Palestinian trials by human rights activists.

Details a plan for an Israeli bombing attack against Force 17, Yasir Arafat's Palestinian force, which Israel believes has killed ten Israelis during the Aqsa intifadeh. Question of whether Arafat is in control of the intifadeh; Speculation on how Arafat will respond to the attack, which was engineered by the military of Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after an Arab suicide bombing inside Israel.

Discusses how U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell made a visit to the Middle East in an effort to start the peace process for Israel and Palestine. Role of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian chief, who turned over his power to Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas; Consideration of meetings between Arafat and several leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Fatah faction; How security chief Mohammed Dahlan won support from the U.S. for his condemnation of the violence of the intifadeh.

Presents an excerpt of an article published in the July 23, 1990 issue of 'TIME' magazine, about a Palestinian uprising in Israel. View that the violence has gone on too long; Background of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Reports on propaganda supported by Iraq's leader Saddam Hussein, and how it effects the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Cash payments to families of Palestinians killed in the Aqsa intifadeh and daily messages of thanks to Iraq in Palestinian newspapers by families of 'martyrs'; Mention of the A.L.F., the Ba'athist Arab Liberation Front, and the Hizballah.

Comments on the use of photographs in the coverage of news and of violence in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mention of a contest sponsored by msnbc.com on the Internet for the best news photo of 2000; Issue of public relations and the intifadeh.