Trouble is brewing in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and an eruption of violence may be coming, warns veteran journalist Avi Issacharoff on the latest episode of Haaretz Weekly. 

Issacharoff should know: he is not only a leading journalist covering Arab and Palestinian affairs, but also the co-creator of the international smash hit 'Fauda', which goes inside the lives of Israeli commandos, Palestinian terrorists and the ordinary people around them trying to to live their lives. 

“You see the number of terrorist attacks. You see the number of casualties on the Palestinian side and casualties on the Israeli side. If it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck - at the end of the day - this is a duck and we are in a military confrontation.”

In his conversation with host Allison Kaplan Sommer, he shares his reaction to the fact that Fauda, now in its fourth season, is currently the top Netflix show in Lebanon and enjoys popularity across the Arab world. Issacharoff also explains why he “couldn’t invent a character” like far-right leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is trying to sell a “childish and infantile fantasy” to Israelis. 

Trouble is brewing in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and an eruption of violence may be coming, warns veteran journalist <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/life/2021-08-08/ty-article-magazine/.premium/the-maker-of-hit-run-hopes-it-becomes-as-big-a-hit-as-his-other-show-fauda/0000017f-dfa9-db22-a17f-ffb9c7340000">Avi Issacharoff</a> on the latest episode of Haaretz Weekly. 
Issacharoff should know: he is not only a leading journalist covering Arab and Palestinian affairs, but also the co-creator of the international smash hit <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-06-22/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-fauda-star-ended-up-among-evangelicals-messianic-jews-and-muslim-fundamentalists/00000181-8adc-d0ac-a7bd-abdff88b0000">'Fauda'</a>, which goes inside the lives of Israeli commandos, Palestinian terrorists and the ordinary people around them trying to to live their lives. 
“You see the number of terrorist attacks. You see the number of casualties on the Palestinian side and casualties on the Israeli side. If it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck - at the end of the day - this is a duck and we are in a <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-07/ty-article/.premium/not-yet-an-intifada-but-israel-knows-the-cia-directors-warning-is-prescient/00000186-2c6a-da16-a9ae-6d6a49b80000">military confrontation</a>.”
In his conversation with host Allison Kaplan Sommer, he shares his reaction to the fact that Fauda, now in its fourth season, is currently the top Netflix show in Lebanon and enjoys popularity across the Arab world. Issacharoff also explains why he “couldn’t invent a character” like far-right leader <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-01-31/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-ben-gvir-method-hit-them-harder/00000186-0441-dc4a-a3be-ef7b4af60000">Itamar Ben-Gvir</a>, who is trying to sell a “childish and infantile fantasy” to Israelis.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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