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SOLDIER ON THE ROOF

By Esther HERTOG

Documentary - Completed 2012

A glimpse into the daily life of a Jewish enclave in Hebron, where 800 colonists live among their 120,000 Palestinian neighbours.

- Year of production
- 2012
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- NETHERLANDS
- Languages
- HEBREW, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- Esther HERTOG
- Synopsis
- Hebron is a holy place for Jews, Muslims and Christians. In its oldest neighborhood can be found a small Jewish settler enclave surrounded by 120,000 Palestinians. On the surrounding rooftops is a large Israeli military force, under specific orders to protect Hebron’s 800 settlers. Over a period of three years the filmmaker lived amongst these settlers, her goal to portrait the daily lives of these Jewish families, and their constant conflict with Hebron’s ‘other’ residents.