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Gaza TV studio produces Hamas response to hit show "Fauda"
The make-believe office of enemy state Israel's security service is being used to shoot a "pro-resistance" television series on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Palestinian actors and crew shoot a scene of the series by local Al-Aqsa TV "Qabdat al-Ahrar," meaning "Fist of the Free" in Arabic, in Gaza city on December 29, 2021. In the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, an impoverished Palestinian territory with scant resources for entertainment, a crew from Al-Aqsa TV is shooting a "pro-resistance" series aiming to present their side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, intended as a spin on the popular Israeli series "Fauda", followed worldwide on streaming services such as Netflix, HBO, and Apple TV, yet largely regarded by Palestinians as Israeli propagnda. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
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n a Gaza TV studio of the ruling Islamist armed movement Hamas, a set features Israeli flags, Hebrew documents and a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism.
The make-believe office of enemy state Israel's security service is being used to shoot a "pro-resistance" television series on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It is Hamas's answer to Israeli hit shows such as the special forces drama "Fauda" that have gained millions of viewers on platforms such as Netflix, HBO and Apple TV+.
"Fauda", which in Arabic means chaos, portrays a military unit led by commander Doron Kavillio that launches raids inside Palestinian territories.
Admitting to having watched "Fauda", though, is not a good idea in Gaza, the Palestinian coastal enclave blockaded by Israel, said local director Mohammed Soraya.
To watch any Israeli TV series means supporting the "normalisation" of relations with the Jewish state, argued Soraya, who is directing Hamas's own TV series on the conflict.
He charged that such shows "support the Zionist occupation" because their plots "criminalise the Palestinian people", speaking with AFP in the Gaza City studio.
