The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan is a non-fiction novel about the battle between Arabs and Jews for the land of Palestine. The author talks about events that took place from the early 1900s to the 20th century, describing the struggles of both sides and the facts relating to their situations. Before the mid-1900s, Palestine was known as the homeland of Arabs under British rule. They lived and farmed there for many centuries and were inhabited throughout Palestine. In 1917, the Balfour Declaration was signed by England, establishing that it would help create "a 'national homeland for the Jewish people' in Palestine." (9) After this, rebellions on both sides fought for the lands they believed belonged to them. The novel also revolves around the growing friendship between an Arab, Bashir Al-Khairi, and a Jewish woman, Dalia Eshkenazi. Most people think that Israel has always belonged to the Jews, but it has not always been a safe and holy place for Jews to move around. freely. Like Palestine, it was forcibly taken from its original Arabs. The main purpose of this novel is to inform the public about the conflicts that Arabs and Jews face. Tolan's sources come mainly from interviews, documentation and observations. He uses all of this information to get his point across, and all of the quotes he uses are relevant to his arguments. The author uses both sides to create an unbiased look at the available facts. The novel begins in 1967 when Bashir Al-Khairi and his cousins ​​venture to their childhood home in Ramallah. After being kicked out of their homes by Jewish Zionists and sent to shelters for twenty years. Bashir arrives home and finds a Jewish woman named Dalia Eshkenazi. She invites them to her house and later, in the middle of the paper, she discovers their importance. It's a bit of a difficult read for this reason, but it's very informative and contains some important ideas that people should be aware of. I would recommend that professors assign this book to students when teaching this specific topic, but I would not recommend it further. Terrorism can be generally defined as the use of threats or actions to intimidate a certain nation; most of the time it is simply about instilling fear in these nations. In the novel, terrorism is used in this way. This is a word used often in the novel and is important to mention because each side claims the other is terrorist. Bashir was known as a terrorist because he attacked "Eight hundred Palestinians behind bars" (192) for proclaimed terrorism. Zionism is a group of individuals who believe they deserve a Jewish homeland, a place of sanctuary where they would live freely.