I have no interest in reading novels by a Jew, as it's going to be biased.
You really should read them. And then, like I said, take your knowledge of Arab and Muslim culture as it is today, contemplate what it must have been like 60 years ago, and then ask whether the content of those novels seems believable.
Remember, Muslim and Arab culture is some of the most backwards culture on the Earth where women are still stoned to death for being raped and where violent and angry mobs are easily incited whenever some two-bit imam claims that a Westerner's speech or comic has insulted Allah. Clashes between the Israelis and the Arabs, most likely instigated by the Arabs, were probably inevitable since it's difficult for relatively secular civilization to exist right next to primitive religious barbarism.
I wouldn't be surprised if much of the defense of the Palestinians comes from American Muslims and others that feel an inferiority complex. They know that Muslims have the most backwards and oppressive culture worldwide and they have difficulty reconciling that with their knowledge that other cultures, such as secular American, Western European, and Israeli culture are far superior.