Zionism and security -- The Hebrew republic -- New immigrants and first elections -- The politics of piety -- Retaliation or self-restraint -- The rise of the Right -- The road to Beirut -- Dissent at home and abroad -- An insurrection before a handshake -- The end of ideology? -- The killing of a Prime Minister -- The magician and the bulldozer -- "He does not stop at the red light" -- An unlikely grandfather.