An eight-part series presented by the outgoing BBC Middle East Correspondent Gerald Butt.
4: The Palestinians
The Palestinian issue is at the heart of the Middle East crisis and acts of violence are frequently committed in its name. Today more than a million Palestinians live in Israeli-occupied territory or in refugee camps in neighbouring countries. But what exactly do the Palestinians want and why, nearly 40 years after the creation of Israel, do they still speak and act with such passion?
Producer ALAN WILDING (e)
('Get By in Arabic' next Sunday
5.30pm VHFIFM)