Lemon Tree Page #6

But I'm tough. You'll be impressed.

Come in.

Salma?

Almost done!

Wow! You look stunning.

Enough to drive a guy crazy.

In a few hours we'll

celebrate our victory.

And then I'll never see you again.

You're a very courageous woman.

I wish I had half your courage.

Courageous...

Salma...

Don't say anything we'll regret later.

Drive on, go, go.

Driver, turn the cab around and go back.

Jerusalem is blocked off.

Soldier, we're going to the Supreme Court,

we have a permit.

Jerusalem is blocked off, don't you

understand Hebrew? Curfew!

Go on, driver.

I understand Hebrew,

but I have to get through!

Don't move!

What, are you thick?! Curfew!

Soldier, what's going on?

Big mess, that's what.

Um Nasser, how are you?

Hello, Ziad. Where are you heading?

We have a permit but they won't

let us through.

They have a permit. I know them.

But there's a curfew.

A curfew is a curfew.

There's a curfew...

I must get to court.

Justice must be served.

We win,

the entire Palestinian nation wins.

We fail, it's the failure of us all.

In your Jewish Bible

David fought Goliath and won.

Mrs. Zidane, I'm from Arab News World.

What have you got to say to

Defense Minister Navon?

I've got nothing to say to him.

Attorney Daud, what do you expect will

happen in there?

We have no expectations.

We'll do our job, then wait and see.

Mrs. Navon, Mrs. Navon...

We believe the individual right

to a dwelling

providing adequate protection

for life and body,

supersedes the right of possession of

land and its ingrained,

provided the breach of this right

is kept most minimal

in attaining the required purpose.

In order to give sufficient response

to the security demands, we decided

that it would suffice to prune,

not uproot,

This would allow a clear view

into the grove

neighboring with the

Defense Minister's house.

Your proposal dishonors me,

my late father and my late husband.

My trees are real.

My life is real.

You're already building a wall around us.

Isn't that enough?

Mrs. Zidane, please sit down.

Now. In the event that having taken

the above actions the respondent

will conclude that the security demands

are not being met,

and the full measure,

i.e. uprooting the trees, is required,

the respondent may appeal to the court

and the court will re-deliberate

the matter.

As for reparations -

the lntifadah Act recently passed...

Ladies and gentlemen

it appears that only American movies

have a happy end.

It's not the decision we hoped for,

but we definitely have a precedent.

Instead of uprooting all the trees,

they will now prune 150 of them,

and this is the Palestinian

people's triumph

over the lsraeli system and establishment.

Attorney Daud, Arabic, in Arabic please.

The decision is not completely

in our favor,

but for the first time

in lsraeli history

the Supreme Court decided not to

uproot all the trees

but merely prune half of them.

This is just the beginning of the struggle,

and the first step of the road to victory.

Mr. Daud, will you appeal

the decision of the court?

Hello.

Hello.

"The Palestinian Authority

congratulates legal advisor Ziad Daud

upon his engagement to Lara Abu Labda"

Don't worry about me. I'm ok.

It's better this way.

Yes...

It's better this way.

Everything ok, Mrs. Navon?

Everything's ok.

Thank you, Gilad.

Thank you, Mira.

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