Fourth season of the Israeli drama Fauda is on Netflix on January 20. The show is about an Israeli defense agent who is on the hunt for a Palestinian soldier who he thought was dead. There are 12 episodes.
Hebrew for chaos, Fauda comes from Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff.
Raz is in the cast with Hisham Suliman and Shadi Mar’i. Raz plays Doron, who leaves the army and, in search of a more peaceful life, sets out to manage a vineyard with his wife and son. He rejoins his old Israel Defense Forces unit when he learns that the dangerous Abu Ahmad, whom he thought he killed, is alive and looming.
A review in a UK newspaper The Telegraph saying (opens in a new tab), Euphoria, Homeland Y In treatment are among the international hits that originated on Israeli television. But for insiders, the essential Israeli experience remains a tightrope thriller. Faudareturns to Netflix for a tense and hard-hitting fourth season.”
The review concludes: “With battle scenes that tear apart like a video game, Fauda it is quick to escalate your emotions and spills. Yet he never loses sight of the human cost of the conflict, and that unwavering quality is what makes it so compelling.”
Raz and Issacharoff also created the Netflix drama. hit and run. ■
