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You can watch Lemon Tree (2008) for free on Kanopy.

Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?

Can a single woman protect her livelihood when an encroaching military presence threatens to uproot her ancestral grove? This quiet struggle pits a widow's stubborn dignity against the shifting borders of a landscape shaped by bureaucracy and occupation.

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