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 take place from the early 1900s to the 20th century, capturing the struggles of both sides and the facts surrounding their situations. Before the mid-1900s, Palestine was known as the British homeland of the Arabs. They lived and farmed there for many centuries and were inhabited throughout Palestine. In 1917, England signed the Balfour Declaration, which stipulated that they would help create “a 'national homeland for the Jewish people' in Palestine.” (9) Subsequently, rebels on both sides fought for the land they believed was theirs. The novel also revolves around the growing friendship between an Arab man, Bashir Al-Khairi, and a Jewish woman, Dalia Eshkenazi. Most people think that Israel has always belonged to the Jews, but it was not always a safe and holy place where Jews could roam. freely. Along with Palestine, it was actually forcibly taken from the Arabs who were native there. The main purpose of this novel is to inform the public about the conflicts that Arabs and Jews faced. Tolan's sources come primarily from interviews, documentation and observations. He uses all this information to make his point and all the quotes he uses are relevant to his points. The author uses both sides to create an unbiased look at the facts in question. The novel begins in 1967 when Bashir Al-Khairi and his cousins ​​venture to their childhood home in Ramallah. After being forced from their homes by Zionist Jews and sent to refuge for twenty years. Bashir arrives at his house and finds a Jewish woman named Dalia Eshkenazi. He invites them to his house and later... halfway through the paper... he realizes their importance. It's a bit of a difficult read for this reason, but it's very informative and contains 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 particular nation; most of the time it is just to induce fear in those nations. In the novel, terrorism is used in this way. It's a word used a lot in the novel and it's 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 refuge where they can live freely.