In the five years since it first launched in Israel, the espionage series “Fauda” has generated a lot of hot takes. Co-creators Lior Raj and Avi Issacharoff were credited with providing a thrilling look at Israeli operatives who go undercover to track down Palestinian terrorists. But like the country’s acclaimed spy show “Prisoners of War” — which was adapted to America’s “Homeland” — the show faced backlash for one-sided depictions of its enemy, painting all measure of Palestinian characters with the same crude brush. In its clumsiest moments, “Fauda” embodied the racism and xenophobia plaguing Israeli culture more than the heroism it tried to invoke along the way.
Now on Netflix with its third season, the show displays some measure of maturity, tossing the notion of good and evil in the Israel-Palestinian conflict with new shades of ambiguity. While the centerpiece of the show remains counter-terrorist operative Doron (Lior Raj...
Now on Netflix with its third season, the show displays some measure of maturity, tossing the notion of good and evil in the Israel-Palestinian conflict with new shades of ambiguity. While the centerpiece of the show remains counter-terrorist operative Doron (Lior Raj...
- 4/21/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Netflix has set an April premiere date for Season 3 of Israeli thriller series Fauda. The third season bows April 16 in all territories where Netflix is available, excluding France and French-speaking territories (June 4) and Israel (June 25).
The 12-episode series is presented bilingually in Hebrew and Arabic with subtitles.
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Created by Lior Raz, who also stars, and Avi Issacharoff, Fauda (Arabic for “chaos”) tells the story of an undercover unit in the Israeli Defense Forces, focusing on top Israeli agent, Doron Kavillio (Raz). In Season 3, Kavillio is deep undercover in the West Bank, posing as an Israeli Arab boxing instructor in a sports club belonging to a low-level Hamas member. Following numerous, deadly clashes...
The 12-episode series is presented bilingually in Hebrew and Arabic with subtitles.
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Created by Lior Raz, who also stars, and Avi Issacharoff, Fauda (Arabic for “chaos”) tells the story of an undercover unit in the Israeli Defense Forces, focusing on top Israeli agent, Doron Kavillio (Raz). In Season 3, Kavillio is deep undercover in the West Bank, posing as an Israeli Arab boxing instructor in a sports club belonging to a low-level Hamas member. Following numerous, deadly clashes...
- 3/18/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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