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The Land Agent
‘The Land Agent’ follows the journey of a young Jew from Poland whose 1920s move to Palestine thrusts him into land and water disputes among Jews, Arabs, Zionists and others. It also brings him into contact with Celia, a Scottish Jew who has made her life on an idealistic kibbutz.
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