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Lemon Tree and Why It is OftenIn the Summer of 1967, Not Long After the Six Day War, Three Young Palestinian Men Ventured Into the Town of Ramla in Israel. They Were Cousins, on a Pilgrimage to See Their Childhood Homes, From Which They and Their Families Had Been Driven Out Nearly Twenty Years Earlier. One Cousin Had the Door Slammed in His Face, One Found That His Old House Had Been Converted Into a School. but the Third, Bashir, Was Met at the Door by a Young Woman Named Dalia,