Lemon tree, a representation of israeli unfairness

Lemon tree is a movie that demonstrate the unfairness that the Palestinians have to suffer under the Israeli regime. All we hear is about suicide bombing attacks made by the Palestinians in Israeli territory, but we never get to know the bad situation in which most of the Palestinians have to live each day. As mentioned by a Jewish deputy "the only way that the Palestinians Can fight against the Jewish regime is with the use of terrorism." 

Israel became the strongest force in this territory. They have almost  absolute controls over the Palestinians, and control each detail of palestinian's life. This is demonstrated in the movie lemon tree when the live of a Palestinian civilian, Salma, gets turned upside down when a Jewish minister moves next to her. Salma has a plantation of lemon trees that her dad gave to her and is the way in which Salma survives economically. According to the Israeli secret service this plantation of lemon trees represented a threat for the ministers security. The secret agents mentioned that at any time a terrorist group could hide there and attack the ministers family. Salma tries to fight this injustice, however she is forced to cut her trees down to 30 centimeters.

The minister did not cared about what the trees mattered to Salma; they just determined that the minister interest where much more important than her interests. There could not be better representation on what is happening between Israel and Palestine Thant he one of this movie. Today in Israel, after the control of the West Bank and gala, Palestinians are forced to live under Israeli conditions. Palestinian lives are the result of the Israeli government wanting to get power any cost.

 I highly recommend this movie in order to get a better understanding of what is really happening in Israel; the unfairness many civilians have to live day to day. 

Lemon Tree. Dir. Eran Riklins. Perf. Haim Abbass, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Doron Tavory. IFC Films, 2008. Film.