"Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of intractable conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to take to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend. Theirs is a life in which children from both sides of the wall throw stones at one another. But their worlds shift irreparably when ten-year-old old Abir is killed by a rubber bullet meant to quell unruly...

"Lilach has it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a successful husband and stable marriage, and a teenage son, Adam, with whom she has always felt a particular closeness. Israeli immigrants, the family has now lived in the U.S. long enough that they consider it home. But after a brutal attack on a local synagogue shakes their sense of safety, Adam enrolls in a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer....

"Rammi Elhanan e Bassam Aramin moram perto um do outro - contudo, habitam mundos completamente diferentes. Rami é israelita. Bassam é palestiniano. A matrícula de Rami é amarela. A matrícula de Bassam é verde. Rami demora 15 minutos até à Margem Ocidental. Bassam demora uma hora e meia a fazer o mesmo percurso. Aqui, a geografia é tudo. Ambos perderam as suas filhas. Smadar, filha de Rami, de 13 anos, foi morta por um bombista suicida....