The Ultra Zionists

The Ultra Zionists follows Louis Theroux as he investigates and interviews nationalist Jewish settlers who have chosen to live in disputed areas of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, including locations declared illegal even by Israeli officials. He seeks to understand why these ultra-Zionists believe it is their religious duty to reclaim land inhabited by Palestinians, arguing that it was promised to the Jewish people in the Bible.

One of Theroux’s interviewees is 17-year-old Yair Lieberman, a labourer and student who lives in a makeshift camp with fellow settlers in an effort to prevent Arab cities from emerging in the West Bank. Many of these illegal outposts enjoy the protection of the Israeli army. Like many of the Zionists Theroux meets, Lieberman believes that the West Bank belongs to Jews and that Arabs are encroaching on their God-given land.