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Fauda is Back—With a Vengeance

The acclaimed Israeli terrorism drama has won a following in the Arab world, too, for its empathetic portrayal of Palestinians

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Jonathan Broder
Feb 19, 2023
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I’VE JUST FINISHED WATCHING the fourth season of the Israeli series Fauda, now streaming on Netflix. Like the previous three seasons, the show remains a taut, gritty thriller that follows the Israeli army’s crack Duvdevan (Hebrew for “cherry”) unit as its members go undercover, posing as Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to capture or kill t…

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