Israeli Attrocities

It is striking to read a different perspective on terrorist and terroristic activities in "The Lemon Tree" and to have some attention paid to the atrocites commited by the Israelis as well as the Palestinians. Examples of early terrorism by Zionists are underplayed in history lessons (and were barley metioned during my recent trip to Israel even during my tour of historic Independence Hall) but were brought to light in the early chapters of the book. Furthermore the later example of the standard (but certainly not approved) practice of Israeli soldiers to break the hands or arms of Palestinan rock thowers was even more disturbing not only because children were the victims but becasue they were recent.