Your Land Is Our Land

The time the turbulent 1930's, the place a bitterly divided world struggling for and against empires, of peoples following dreams and nurturing bitter resentments. In Palestine the British Mandate to govern is being tested by Jews and Arabs alike. Troubles in Europe spill into Palestine, with hundreds of thousands of Jews entering the land. Arabs chafing under the Mandate and bitter at unchecked immigration revolt, demanding an end to the Mandate and independence. The British and the Jews join forces to suppress the revolt.Ishmael Latif, forced to flee fifteen years before returns to fight with the rebels. He joins the rebels at a time when their plight seems hopeless. It was his task to restore hope.Sarah Poletsky Nevers joins the effort to achieve a peaceful end to the rebellion. Leading the movement is a newly arrived preacher John McDermott, pastor of a small Christian Church. John develops a daring plan.In America, Hitler's aggression threatens Europe and America. War seems inevitable. Two Senators, one about to leave Washington and the other newly arrived, resolve to keep America out of war. They are convinced by Sarah's father that peace in the world and peace in Palestine are so inter twined that one cannot be achieved without the other. The Senators find an ally in a beautiful professor from Wisconsin, Margaret Larsen, the leader of Women for Peace. .

Author: H Edward Schmidt

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Nov 28, 2018

Number of Pages: 368 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1546884653

ISBN-13: 9781546884651