AstheworldpraysforabreakthroughatthelatestroundofMiddle-Eastpeacetalks,afilmthatshowstheconflictfromtheinside,andwhythetalkswillfail. Filmedduringthe2009GazaWar,threeconflicted,Jewish-Israelis,navigatetowardtheirdifferingvisionsofIsrael’sfuture:andtherebythefutureoftheconflictitself. TheTeacher:Erez,anideologicalsettler,foundedtwoofthelargestyouthmovementsinIsrael–heplanstotrainagenerationofhyper-nationalist,pro-militaryleaderstoshapeIsraelisocietyinthedecadestocome. ThePeaceActivist:MihalrunsaJewish/Arabpeacegroupplanningtobridgetheethnicdividewhenatit’smostpronounced–IsraeliIndependenceDay.ToIsrael’sJewsadayofgreatcelebrationbuttoPalestiniansknownsimply,asTheNakba:TheCatastrophe.Thegroupmustholdtogetherasthewarragesonandfindawaytoaccepteachother’sfrankconfessionsofmutualsuspicionandathirstforrevenge. ThePhotographer:At23yearsold,MorfindsherselfstraddlingthefaultlinesofIsraelisociety.Recentlyatheistbutraisedreligiousorthodoxandultra-nationalistic,herloveforIsraelisallthat’sleftofhertraditionalupbringing,butasshebeginstoseewhatlifecanbelikeforIsrael’sArabpopulation,herfaithistestedonceagain. Insteadoftheendlesslyrehearsedcontestablefacts,thisfilmfocusesontheatmosphereinwhichtheyarecreated.FrommortarsrainingdowninSouthernIsraeltothecollisionofproandanti-warmarchesinTelAviv,thisisthestoryoffivemonthsinthelifeoftheArab/Israeliconflictasseenfromthestreets.Andthelivesofthreeuniqueindividualsreactingtothehistoryunfoldingaround:ofliveslivedinexceptionalconditions,andthebeliefsthatcrystalliseundertheintensepressureoflifeatthecentreofourgeo-politicalworld.