"Yaffa and Fatima live on neighboring date farms. When very little rain leads to a poor harvest, both women go to extra measures to make sure that their neighbor doesn't go hungry"-- Provided by publisher.
Israel, Palestine, and the world's most intractable conflict
Shafir, Gershon
Explores the Israeli-Palestine conflict, examining the past fifty years of Israel's occupation of the West Bank asking how it came to pass, why it has lasted this long, and consequences of that occupation.
Samir, a Palestinian boy, is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where his fear and resentment for the people he blames for his brother's death, is replaced by the understanding that comes through a closer association with the Israeli kids around him.
Ronit, an Israeli girl, and Jamil, a Palestinian boy, fall desperately into the throes of forbidden love, one that would create an irreparable rift between their families if it were discovered.
The Wisconsin hideout sends Vicki Byrne on a dangerous mission. In Israel, Judd Thompson and Lionel Washington wonder if they will survive as things go out of control, and in Petra, Sam Goldberg watches the approach of Global Community troops.
When sixteen-year-old Amy, a spoiled American, goes to Israel for a three-month summer vacation with a father she barely knows, she is not prepared for his Jewish family and the changes they bring about in her life.
