Some of the key political forces - Bentzi Lieberman - leader of the Jewish settlers on the West Bank and Galia Albin, a leader in the Israeli women's movement will be explored as well. Also included will be the prressures and relationships between Israeli leader Sharon and Palestinain leader Abbas.

His lecture was about the way individual presidents have put their stamp on the office, the U.S. government, the nation, and the broader world, particularly presidents who strengthened the country's commitment to broadening democracy. He offered some predictions about the legacies of the current Bush Administration, saying Bush's conduct of the presidency so far has a good chance of splitting the Republican Party, many of whose members are dissatisfied with the lack of fiscal discipline shown by the Administration. Speaking the day before the election, he predicted only half-jokingly that if Bush won the election, "You can go ahead and pencil in Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next President of the United States!" because Bush will have split the Republicans, alienated many traditional conservatives, and made Democrats determined to nominate a candidate who will make a better showing than Kerry did. If Kerry were to win the presidency, Stricklin said, he will have a hard time getting anything done because of the deep divisions in the country and the fact that the House and Senate will probably stay under the control of the Republicans, though he will manage to rebuild some of the country's ties to other nations Bush has alienated.