Synopsis
The war in Iraq forces President Bush to court Arab allies. He needs to push Israel's prime minister Ariel Sharon back toward peace - but Sharon moves the goalposts.
- Programme: Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
- Episode: 3: Sharon
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
- History
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