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After more than 50 years, director Itzhak Fuchs looks back on his time at Gar’in Gilboa, a religious Nahal group he was part of during his military service after the Six-Day-War. As they neared the age of 70, members of the group started a WhatsApp group and got back in touch. The communication in the group revealed new and unfamiliar perspectives. In the wake of this discovery, Fuchs set out to explore his past, and the changes and radicalization that have taken place within Religious Zionism.

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After more than 50 years, director Itzhak Fuchs looks back on his time at Gar’in Gilboa, a religious Nahal group he was part of during his military service after the Six-Day-War. As they neared the age of 70, members of the group started a WhatsApp group and got back in touch. The communication in the group revealed new and unfamiliar perspectives. In the wake of this discovery, Fuchs set out to explore his past, and the changes and radicalization that have taken place within Religious Zionism.

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