Season 1 & Season 2
An Israeli made, police/military thriller based on a special military unit whose members pose as Palestinians in their efforts to identify and eliminate (arrest/kill) terrorists. The show is really a fascinating portrayal of the complexity of life in Israel/Palestine, and I think, shows well how no event or action is ever isolated. In each episode and each season, characters are making the best decisions they can based on their current information and current emotion and current threat perception. But as an external viewer, every outcome so obviously connected to those of the past, and it is clearly difficult to break this cycle of violence and action. It struck me as particularly insidious that for any movement away from violence, every single stakeholder and individual must be able to resist the draw of anger/hatred/revenge. If even on person acts with violence, the exponential chain reaction of violence fans out again. I also really feel like the series captures how culture is connected to place. Loved this, as painful as it is to watch sometimes.
Here is a link to an Atlantic article with another perspective on the series.
5 stars (out of 5)
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