So how did we get here and where do we go from here? In the first episode, we heard from Hussein Ibish and Rashid Khalidi. In the second episode, we hear from William Zartman, a professor emeritus at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C.

There's perhaps no more topical and complicated issue in the news right now than the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance Movement. More popularly known by its Arabic acronym, Hamas. The two sides have been in direct conflict for more than. 30 years, but this situation has deep historical roots.