What to watch this week: ‘Fauda,’ ‘The Sixteenth Sheep,’ and 9/11 tributes
The fifth season of the Israeli series Fauda has been released on Netflix, focusing on the personal and professional toll of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The season shifts its narrative perspective to the core counterterrorism unit members following the events of October 7, 2023.
Why it matters
The show provides a cultural lens into the complexities and human costs of the ongoing Middle East conflict, reflecting real-world geopolitical tensions.
The fifth season of Fauda has just been released on Netflix around the world, after it was shown in Israel on Yes, and it ends in a cemetery at the funeral of one of the main characters, who was killed trying to take revenge on Hamas terrorists.It's a fitting end to a season, and perhaps to an entire series, that was about the real, day-to-day cost of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.It also underscores that despite the fast-paced, suspenseful action sequences in every episode, the real reason we kept watching was that we came to care about the characters, both Jews and Arabs.More than any previous season, however, the fifth season is told from the point of view of the core members of the counterterrorism unit we have been following all these years: Doron (Lior Raz), Eli (Ya'akov Zada-Daniel), Steve (Doron Ben-David), and Gabi “Captain” Ayoub (Itzik Cohen), and not from Arab…
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