The Infirm Giant and the Endangered Dream In the last of six weekly talks Michael Elkins, who has lived in Israel since 1948 and was BBC correspondent there for 17 years, ends his journey through the history of the modern Jewish state.
For its future, crushed between the equally implacable attitudes of Menachem Begin and extreme Palestinians, he offers no hopeful forecast, only a personal testament. Series producer PADDY O'KEEFFE