Lemon Tree is a movie based on the life of a palestinian woman who owns a lemon tree plantation in her backyard. Her husband passed away months ago but she decides to continue working on her plantation that was inherited by her father. Everything was fine until the Israeli Prime Minister of Defense becomes her neighbor. This event changes Salma´s life in a way she never imagined. The Secret Service declared the lemon tree plantation a threat to the security of the Prime Minister and his family soy they decide to uproot them all. Salma decided to fight against the decision made by the Secret Service and takes this unfortunate event first to the Military Court, and then to the Supreme Court. With the help of a lawyer that ends up getting in love with her, she was able to fight against this unfair decision. The Supreme Court arrives to an agreement and decides to cut off 50% of the lemon trees 30 cm from the root. Salma is happy and at the same time sad because a situation like this was always won by the political power and because she was able to stay with the other 50% of her plantation.
With this movie I learned more about the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and the discrimination presented between these two groups. The wall is another important issue showed in the movie because is another example of apartheid and separation of races. This movie also depicts the palestinian people as inferior in comparison with the Israelis in many ways such as the neighborhood and the housing. By ending this post I would like to recommend this movie to all the people who are wanting to know more about the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict with a clear detail of the real things that are going on in Israel.
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