Writer:	John Wells
Director:	Alex Graves
Star:	Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet),  Dulé Hill (Charlie Young),  Allison Janney (Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg),  Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler),  John Spencer (Leo McGarry),  Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman),  Stockard Channing (Abbey Bartlet (Episodes 45-, recurring previously)),  Mary McCormack (Kate Harper (Episodes 111-, recurring previously)),  Joshua Malina (Will Bailey (Episodes 78-, recurring previously))
Recurring Role:	Lily Tomlin (Debbie Fiderer),  Nicole Robinson (Margaret),  Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol Fitzpatrick),  Kris Murphy (Katie Witt),  Terry O'Quinn (Nicholas Alexander),  Steven Culp (Jeff Haffley)
Guest Star:	Makram Khoury (Nizar Farad),  Natalija Nogulich (Shira Galit),  Eli Danker (Doran Mazar),  Ann Ducati (Maya Zahavy),  Cameron Steele (Capt. Garner),  Wadi Sadellah (Prayer Leader),  Armin Mueller-Stahl (Eli Zahavy),  Marcelo Tubert (Saeb Mukarat)

Standing in for Camp David in this episode is ThorpeWood, an environmental education center located on a 110-acre nature preserve nestled in a secluded, heavily forested stream valley 1,500 feet high on Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. (edit) The title of this episode is a reference to Shakespeare's Macbeth, in which a prophecy had stated "Fear not, till Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane" and then news arrives that the grove appears to be moving. So The Birnam Wood moving would be a portent of unexpected disaster. Alternatively, it could represent something coming to pass that was thought to be impossible, such as an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis. (edit) Janel Moloney does not appear in this episode (edit)

Toby: You could give every Palestinian man, woman, and child an Uzi and they still wouldn't be a match for the IDF.
Mazar: And we have no intention of letting that change. (edit) Bartlet: Any ideas on how to break the logjam?
Josh: Too bad Congress isn't here. They'd just cook the books and hold a press conference. (edit)

When Farad asks Jed how old his children and grandchildren are, Jed tells him that Annie, Elizabeth Bartlet Westin's daughter, started high school last week. This does not fit in with the timeline of the series because Annie was twelve in the pilot. (edit) Gen. Alexander makes reference to "The Kingdom of Syria", but Syria is a republic, not a kingdom. (edit)

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