Lemon Tree

Because of Jerusalem I love Israel; because of Edward Said I always wanna go to Middle East. I believe, Israel is a country with unity of opposites. The long-lasting conflict in middle east is about political, ethical and about religious, there is no easy answer on the issue. But if only by reading, listening and watching so called news in a country where information and news were carefully selected by the centre government it makes things extremely easy to understand. However, the real world is more complicated than we learn from Chinese media. Therefore, I enjoy reading novels and watching movies more! The stories, that tell true stories from ground.



Lemon Tree, a great movie directed by Israeli Eran Riklis. It is about real life in Israel and Palestine. It is those little human stories behind the conflict. Indeed, so many such stories are happening in Tibet. In movie, all started with difference but connected by only one thing in common, own way of life.

Palestine vs.Israel
Ordinary Arab woman vs. Israel Minister of Defense (man)
Arabic vs. Hebrew
Lemon tree vs. National security
Protects families lemon tree vs. Cuts neighbors lemon tree
sort power vs. hard power
fence vs. wall
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After all, it is a story of asymmetric power relationship in a conflict. Though some people do believe, hard power is stronger and better than soft power to take a better position in a conflict. But not always true. Also like Great Wall or Berlin Wall, cannot never ever just keep things out....
Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat