Armed exposes a powerful political and social process, which must not be ignored. The Israeli society needs to know and understand it, as it’s changing our country and influencing our future.

Armed attracted immediate when it launched in September 2017. More than 200,000 viewers watched the debut episode within a couple of days. The first few episodes were watched by more than 500,000 viewers, received many reactions and raised a heated debate in social media and press.

Armed hit a raw nerve at the heart of Israel’s crucial debate about the future of the settlements. It also raises poignant questions about the nature of documentary filmmaking: by presenting these women as powerful, does Armed glorify the occupation, or is it merely depicting an Israeli reality where a life style that was once considered extreme is gradually accepted as normal?

Hana, 27, is religious and single. She decides to build her dream house in the most remote hill next to Itamar settlement. She soon discovers, it’s not easy to be a woman in a men’s world.

Chen, a young mother who lives in a caravan in a Gush Etzion outpost, returns back to work as a security inspector- and brings her baby girl along to headquarters.

Liora grew up in a remote farm divided in its midst by ‘The Green Line’, herding sheep and guarding at night armed with a long barreled M16. Newly wed, she now faces a dilemma: can she leave the farm, and discontinue her South African father’s problematic legacy?