The banality of madness - the madness of the most fanatical Jewish settlers in Hebron. Their provocative presence can at any given moment ignite an already volatile situation.
The film traces the daily lives and routine of the population of Tel Rumeida, comprised of seven families and a total of 43 children.

In their relentless efforts to preserve "normality”, they ignore the surrounding political and military chaos and in no way acknowledge the existence of their Arab neighbors. Only religious celebrations and excitement surrounding the tenuous governmental permission to build permanent housing punctuate their routine. However, a pre-requisite to this entails rescue excavations by archeologists.

Over the next few months the world's gaze will come to rest upon this tiny minority positioned in the furthest of outposts. Their significance far outweighs their size and their existence is only made possible by the massive and disproportionate military presence surrounding them. Their unwavering belief that they belong here, in the midst of Palestinian Self Rule Territories and amongst a people they deem invisible, is to say the least, surreal. Through the eyes of Naomi Horowitz, the 34-year-old domestic-militant and mother of six, we witness a normalcy maintained, that verges on lunatic denial, set against a backdrop of mayhem. Naomi, her family and neighbors live in the land of Canaan, watched over by their forefathers. They charter their world through a series of biblical references. Humanity is constantly juxtaposed with fundamentalism.
Naomi seduces us with her kind smile, gleaming home and nurtured children. Meanwhile the bars on her bedroom window, the huge military presence and her toddlers' armored bus journey to nursery consistently serve as rude awakenings. It is the homely detail that is haunting, the banal veneer of domesticity. Through their daily intractability and their sheer force of will to exist here in Tel Rumeida they consistently overshadow and intimidate their Arab neighbors. The people of Tel Rumeidah have a continuing apprehension regarding any sort of media coverage. Director Ruth Walk has managed to create relationships with the families, featured by trust. The significance of this is a once-in-a-lifetime accessibility to the extremist and most fanatic hue in the monolith known as "The Jewish Settlers”.


International Premiere: Forum Berlin; DocAviv
(comp.), HotDocs, Munich