Book One, Israel: Chapters 1-5 Summary

By the Rivers of Babylon is the story of a group of people traveling to the United Nations to take part in a Peace Conference that will finally establish peace in the Middle East. A terrorist group that has plotted for over a year to derail the mission hijacks the two El Al Concordes carrying the delegates. Rather than submit to the terrorists, the passengers decide to take a stand and fight for their lives, as well as peace.

The novel opens with four men looking down over Lod International Airport in Israel. These men have been called upon to fire mortar rounds at the airport, and the two El Al Concordes that will carry the delegates to the Peace Conference. They wait patiently for the opportunity to strike.

Teddy Laskov, Brigadier General in the...