What it's like to grow up in an Israeli settlement Op-Docs

This week we present Iris Zaki’s thought-provoking short film, “Natural Born Settlers.” A self-described liberal from the cosmopolitan city of Tel Aviv, Zaki wanted to support Israel's controversial settlement policy in the occupied territories. So she settled there temporarily, opening an improvised café where she could chat with settlers of her own generation.

Zaki's previous Op-Doc was "The Shampoo Summit", for which she took a job at a Christian Arab-owned hair salon, using a similarly playful and open-minded approach to transcend rhetoric and ideology and spark serious conversations with fellow Israelis.

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