How far can you go
Excellent movie. Very realistic depiction of a group of orthodox Israelis serving in the army as a separate unit (a lot of the fervently religious Israelis refuse to serve in the army, because they feel their mission on earth is to study Torah and perform all of its commandments-over 600 of them-daily, and therefore they would not be able to do so in the army). The movie shows all the tensions among the members of the unit regarding their attitude towards the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with a love story in the background. It is not perfect, but it is very realistic, and it is very informative, too.

Realistic?
Billed as an "arthouse thriller," this looks at what would happen if some Israeli fanatics co-opted a secret Israeli hit squad and tried to blow up a mosque in Jerusalem. I thought that already happened. Still, there are some good moments here, and the mood is sustained well throughout. The dialogue is in Hebrew, but the subtitles are easy to follow. I've never been to Israel. This must be what it's like. I think I'll stay home.

Cuts To The Chase On Being An Israeli..
Since this flick came out 8 years ago, a lot has changed.
The West Bank settlers are marginalized as is the Israeli Left.
The issue then was holding onto "captured/liberated" territory depending on your definition or reducing/neutralizing an existential threat from the major Arab powers outside..seeing this movie yesterday, it is almost moot since in this post 911 scenario, Iraqi War, Lebanon War, the real politic is now on containing nuclear threat from Iran not wishful idealist thinking in regard to rebuilding the Third Temple by blowing up the Islamic Dome Of The Rock by a bunch of religious seminary students who take their zeal from a Rabbi spewing forth not hatred of the "other" but idealism that blurs the distinction between the world of the senses and a world beyond appearance.
It is in this context that the filmmaker is clever and insightful being able to portray Israel as either a haven for Jewish suffering whose goal is to be "normal" like anyone else concerned with pleasure and pain or the idealists whose vision of greater Israel as a divine birthright highlights the conflict and resolution between living in the world of experience or the world of the unknown.Israeli society is a fine example of this conflict and the filmmaker captures the tensions well between love of child or G-D, love of land or one's fellow tribesman,jealosy between friends in regard to love and basically seeing reality as reality despite the minds furnishing of it or seeing reality behind ideological blinkers that can distort or enhance again depending on perspective.
The acting is good all around, the action is fast paced catching real glimpses into Israel's religious Zionist Yeshiva world and settler mentality. The movie has nothing to do with Arab Jewish tension but is a careful snapshot of Israeli society years ago whose threat nowadays are the bombardment of it's citizens by the Gaza strip and the all too likelihood of a strike against Iran to maintain her security.

Political parable . . .
I think you have to be Israeli to fully understand this film, the implications of its message, and the motives of the filmmakers. From an outsider's point of view, it seems to take a secular perspective on what amounts to religion-inspired political extremism - in this case a scheme to destroy the al-Aqsa mosque built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, then occupying the site, apparently to make way for the building of the Third Temple, thereby ushering in the end of days. That anyone might regard this as an act of terrorism far beyond the scale of the attack on the World Trade Center seems (again to an outsider) outside the film's frame of reference. That not a single Palestinian character appears in the film, though it takes place in and around a West Bank settlement, says even more about the curious absence of a realistic context. As a portrayal of conflict between religious and secular Israelis, the film seems more like a parable or allegory than a story grounded in a plausible world.

An Israeli audience will surely more fully appreciate the characters, which (to me, again, as an outsider) do not come across with much depth. The father-daughter conflict, the love-triangle, the comic relief character all seem rather formulaic on the surface. I think you need to know Tinkerbell's other performances to appreciate this one; here her character seems morose and self-absorbed and not altogether plausible as the love interest of two men. The one compelling performance was that of Pini, played by Idan Alterman, who portrays a troubled man under the influence of an apocalyptic vision. This film is surely for audiences steeped in the political realities of Israel and the perils it faces from all corners of the political spectrum. Other viewers may be less readily absorbed by its concerns.

Political Agenda
I found the film very superficial. It was obvious that the director had a political statement to make. The characters were not developed because they were not real. They were simly manipulations of the far left leanings of the producer. Boring!