Israel/Palestine

Sandy Tolan has written a book, "The Lemon Tree," which beautifully describes Israel/Palestine and the history that has led to the situation we find there today. The lemon tree was planted in the back yard of a house built by an Arab family. When the area became Israel, the family was evicted, and later, a Jewish family occupies the house. The lemon tree represents the deep connections that develop between the two families and in doing so, illustrates the very different beliefs about whose land it really is. Read this book. It won't give you answers, but it does show how people can be on opposite sides of this conflict. It shows better than any book I have read the pain caused by war and misunderstanding. Retaliation leads to retaliation leads to retaliation. Violence leads to more violence which leads to more violence. Is there a way out....? Today as Palestinian rockets fall on Israel and Israeli planes bomb Gaza, tanks and ground forces from Israel move into Gaza, and the story continues. Is there a way out....?