Reply #113: I might suggest that to get the real story one need to listen to both sides

[Douglas Carpenter]

unfortunately there don't seem to be any Palestinian posters on this forum and frankly I don't believe most would feel welcome here. However, if you don't know any in your community I am sure that with the Internet you could find such conversations.

As I mentioned above, if you have time to pick up a book by Susan Nathan; a Jewish woman who grew up a passionate Zionist who had made numerous trips to Israel throughout her life. In her 50's with her children grown-up and her husband gone she finally executed her lifelong dream to make Alya and enthusiastically arrived in Israel proudly wearing her badge as she stepped off the plane, "I have come home".

Over the course of her first couple of years certain events in her life disturbed her. She took it upon herself to live as the only Jewish person in the all Palestinian-Muslim town of Tamra in Northern Galilee.

Here is a link to a BBC interview with Ms. Nathan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2005_34_wed_01.shtml

Here is the link to the book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385514565/104-5144719-0603152?ie=UTF8