The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
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A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
“Exceptional … An expansive history of the Palestinian-Israeli dilemma … Highly accessible and emotionally resonant.” – The Washington Post
This is the story of a simple act of faith between two young individuals, one Israeli and one Palestinian, that serves as a symbol of hope for peace in the Middle East—with an updated afterword by the author.
In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, embarked on a journey to Israel with the sole purpose of locating the cherished stone house with the lemon tree behind it, which his family had abandoned nineteen years earlier. Much to his surprise, upon finding the house, he was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student. Dalia's family had fled Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the doorstep of their shared home, Dalia and Bashir initiated an uncommon friendship, born in the aftermath of war and subjected to unforeseen challenges over the next five decades—challenges neither could have envisioned on that summer day in 1967. Sandy Tolan masterfully delves into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at its most human level, revealing that even in the midst of the grimmest political realities, stories of hope and transformation endure.