Israeli TV

What to watch on TV: Israeli dramedy Nothing Happened, plus political dramas worth streaming

TV Time: 'Nothing Happened' is a true dramedy, which goes deeply into questions of when honesty is really the best policy and the very real hurt that affairs can cause.

 ASSI COHEN and Liat Harlev in ‘Nothing Happened.’
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Sopranos’ Terence Winter to join in Israeli TV festival Jerusalem Sessions

‘SWEETIE’S PARTY’ is a series that tells the story of a naive influencer who becomes a Knesset member.

Israeli films, TV series that got our vote

‘THE ESCAPE’ stars Ido Tako as Yoel, a young man born into a sect that, despite a disclaimer, will remind many of the Lev Tahor cult.

‘The Escape’ makes its debut, ‘Shalom’ enchants - review


New Israeli documentary captures Soroka's fight to save lives on October 7

TV TIME: From an October 7 documentary at Soroka Hospital to a new Israeli thriller set in Colombia and the return of Practical Magic, this week's TV picks offer drama, suspense, and nostalgia.

A STILL from ‘The Shift’ episode of KAN 11’s ‘Real Time.’

Israeli television marks three years since October 7 massacre

TV Time: What is most striking about much of the new programming is how different it feels from the documentaries made in the first months after the attack.

HOT 8 FILM 'Whose are you?' hwich focuses on three kfar Aza women who all experienced October 7 in different ways despite living so close to one another. 2026

From live-streamed massacre to cinema: How Israeli filmmakers confront October 7

Three years and more than a dozen productions later, filmmakers are still finding ways to tell the story of that dreadful day

Photo of Nova party-goers from ‘Our Loves’ shows Daniel Gimpel (R).
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‘Fauda’ is Lebanon’s top show on Netflix as it thrives across Arab world

The latest season of the Israeli series 'Fauda' has become a hit around the world and even hit number one on Netflix in Lebanon.

FROM LEFT: Yaakov Zada Daniel, Lior Raz, Avi Issacharoff, Netta Garti, and Gal Malka attend Netflix’s ‘Fauda’ Season 5 Screening & Conversation in New York City last week.

Fifth season of 'Fauda' sparks viral international reactions to October 7-focused episodes

Within a day of its release on Netflix, the series had already ranked seventh among the platform’s 10 most-watched shows in 43 countries and was leading to new understandings of the massacre.

Lior Raz and Mélanie Laurent in season five of Fauda.

What to watch this week: ‘Fauda,’ ‘The Sixteenth Sheep,’ and 9/11 tributes

TV Time: Fauda’s final season confronts October 7 and the cost of revenge, alongside new documentaries on Israeli music and 9/11.

YAAKOV ZADA-DANIEL (right) and Lior Raz in Season Five of ‘Fauda.'

What to watch this week: Gal Gadot speeds through The Runner, Hearsay delivers gripping thriller

TV Time: A new Gal Gadot thriller, a chilling Israeli TV drama, and Hanoch Daum’s return headline this week’s entertainment picks.

‘THE RUNNER’ is just what the trailer promises, an action-packed thriller featuring Gal Gadot as Maia, a lawyer and single mother in London who has to save her son.

Israeli television is thriving on screen - but insiders warn of an industry in crisis

Israeli television is still producing global hits, but behind the success, budgets, politics and fewer commissions threaten the industry’s future

French actress Melanie Laurent (right) joined the ‘Fauda’ cast for season five, starring and co-created by Lior Raz.
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Remembering Haim Yavin, the voice that defined Israeli television news

A personal remembrance of Haim Yavin, whose calm authority, historic “mahapach” broadcast, and commitment to independent journalism shaped Israeli television news.

Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker Haim Yavin attends a debate organized by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on March 06, 2013.

Haim Yavin, iconic Israeli news anchor known as 'Mr. Television,' dies at 93

Yavin was one of the founders of Israeli television and the longtime presenter of the public broadcaster’s flagship Mabat evening news program.

Haim Yavin