The Key to Zion

"Rabbi Lebowitz has waited a lifetime for this moment. No Jew has held the key to the Gate of Zion since AD 70. Yet on May 14, 1948, the day of Israel's statehood, the British will turn that key--the symbol of his hope for the nation--over to him. But before the British evacuate, full-scale fighting breaks out. Five Middle Eastern nations gather around Palestine to divide it among themselves. Caught in the middle, the native Palestinians flee, clogging the roads in front of the incoming armies. Is there any hope for peace? for stopping the bloodshed? Haganah leader Moshe Sachar must make a bold move--one that could cost his life but could mean life for his people. His wife, Rachel, must decide: Should she risk revealing her past reach an Arab girl's heart? Especially one who says she hates all Jews?" -- page 4 of cover.