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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

'Our Boys'

Israeli screenwriter Hagai Levi poses for a picture during an interview with AFP on January 7, 2020 in Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 24, 2023, 4:53 pm
After arrest at protest, ‘Our Boys’ director Hagai Levi calls overhaul ‘a blasphemy’
Creator of acclaimed HBO series detained at Tel Aviv rally for filming police, says weekly activism against government helps him cope with feeling ‘helpless’
By Jessica Steinberg
Members of a film crew shoot a scene on the set of an Israeli television series inside the Beit Jamal monastery, near the central city of Bet Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on December 11, 2019. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
January 29, 2020, 11:54 am
After ‘Homeland,’ Israeli original series go global
Dramatic shift in TV industry means shows no longer have to be adapted to receive international acclaim; just ask the creators of ‘Fauda,’ ‘On the Spectrum,’ ‘Shtisel’ and others
By Delphine Matthieussent
An image from 'Prisoners of War' ('Hatufim'), the basis for the US program, 'Homeland' (YouTube screenshot)
December 21, 2019, 10:27 pm
Israel’s ‘Hatufim’ is NY Times’ best foreign show of the decade
Paper calls series that inspired ‘Homeland’ a ‘taut and intelligent political thriller’ and a ‘heartbreaking character study of soldiers and families damaged by war’
By ToI Staff
Seffi Kogen, left, with Director Joseph Cedar at a live taping of AJC/Times of Israel's 'People of the Pod,' Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (AJC/ Michael Priest Photography)
September 27, 2019, 11:52 am
LISTEN: Live from New York, it’s People of the Pod & special guest Joseph Cedar
Episode #4: The ‘Our Boys’ creator gives a behind-the-scenes look at his hit HBO series and ToI’s Palestinian Affairs reporter talks about the Joint List’s role in the elections
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Ramat Gan on August 29, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 30, 2019, 9:57 pm
Netanyahu urges boycott of ‘fake’ Channel 12, calls its ‘Our Boys’ anti-Semitic
PM slams leading TV station hours after Elections Committee rejects Likud request to bar media from publishing transcripts from graft cases against him
By ToI Staff
Johnny Arbid, left, plays the grieving father of a slain Palestinian teen in "Our Boys." (Ran Mendelson/HBO via JTA)
August 29, 2019, 3:40 am
Why HBO’s series on revenge murder of a Palestinian teen is causing controversy
Many Israelis express surprise that the kidnap and murder of three teens Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrah only forms a brief backdrop for story told in ‘Our Boys’
By Josefin Dolsten
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