Elokuva kertoo vuonna 1976 tapahtuneesta lentokonekaappauksesta, jossa palestiinalaisten vankien vapauttamista vaatineet kaappaajat pakottivat Tel Avivista Pariisiin matkanneen Air France -lentoyhtiön matkustajalentokoneen laskeutumaan Entebben lentokentälle Ugandaan. Tämä synnytti uhkarohkean pelastusoperaation, joka muistetaan edelleen. Operaatio Entebbe oli Israelin puolustusvoimien erikoisjoukkojen suorittama hyökkäys, joka tapahtui heinäkuun 3. ja 4. päivän välisenä yönä vuonna 1976. Israelilaiset lähettivät Entebbeen erikoisjoukkoja, joiden tehtävänä oli pelastaa 103 siviiliä, joita Ugandan sotilasdiktaattori Idi Aminin tukemat terroristit pitivät panttivankeina lentoaseman terminaalin sisätiloissa. Operaatio on Israelin puolustusvoimien historian maineikkaimpia, ja se oli myös yksi ensimmäisistä terrorismin vastaisista erikoisoperaatioista.
A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
Israelissa myös naiset käyvät intin. Palvelusaika on myös pitkä, lähes pari vuotta. Motivaatio kateissa on musta komedia armeijaelämästä ja byrokratiasta seuraten naisalokkaiden ryhmää syrjäisessä autiomaan tukikohdassa. Zohar ja Daffi suorittavat asevelvollisuuttaan toimistotöissä Israelin armeijan perimmäisessä tukikohdassa keskellä erämaata, missä ei tositoimia näe, jos ei lasketa Windowsin Miinanraivaajaa. Daffi panee vetämään siirtoanomuksen toisensa jälkeen, ja Zohar taas on valmis sabotoimaan Daffin haaveet Tel Avivista pitääkseen ainoan ystävänsä. Kaikki tämä tuottaa harmia heidän esimiehelleen Ramalle, joka pelkää kunnianhimottomien konttorirottien pilaavan hänen upseerinuransa. Pääseekö Daffi ihmisten ilmoille? Pääseekö Zohar neitsyydestään? Tarttuuko joku kohta nitojaan ja tekee oman ratkaisunsa? Elokuvan ohjaaja Talya Lavie on itse palvellut Israelin armeijassa vastaavissa tehtävissä ja kirjoittanut ja ohjannut elokuvan omien kokemustensa pohjalta.
Innocence tells the story of children who resisted to be enlisted but capitulated. Their stories were never told as they died during their service. Through a narration based on their haunting diaries, the film depicts their inner turmoil. It interweaves first-hand military images, key moments from childhood until enlistment and home videos of the deceased soldiers whose stories are silenced and seen as a national threat.
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the mistreatment of Palestinians, they battle the old guard to create a new movement opposing Israel’s occupation, and recentering Judaism itself.
An exhaustive explanation of how the military occupation of an invaded territory occurs and its consequences, using as a paradigmatic example the recent history of Israel and the Palestinian territories, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, from 1967, when the Six-Day War took place, to the present day; an account by filmmaker Avi Mograbi enriched by the testimonies of Israeli army veterans.
Seven years after completing an Israeli Defense Course for female combat soldiers, director Hen Lasker returns to take a deeper look at the place where she first fell in love with a woman. Over the course of 66 days and nights, Lasker shoots a fly-on-the-wall documentary that allows unprecedented intimacy into the lives of the trainees and commanders of the Israeli army. The dichotomy of the innocence of these baby-faced trainees with the heavy burden of military service is a central theme of the film, illustrated in a scene where they discuss losing their virginity while waiting their turn to fire a machine gun. But it is the director’s relationship with Smadar, a breathtaking commander struggling to mask her gentle soul with a strict military persona, which makes the film truly enchanting. The intersection of love, duty, and personal growth thrive through to the film’s surprisingly moving finish.
The ideologies underlying the foundation of modern Israel are explored in this documentary, the third of a trilogy (created over a twenty year span) exploring the Jewish experience. The two earlier documentaries, "Porquoi Israel," and "Shoah," have had great effect on the ways documentaries are produced. "Tsahal" zeroes in on the crucial role of the military in Israeli society and politics. The film uses many in-depth interviews to present the many feelings and thoughts about the Israeli military.
A group of young UN soldiers in Lebanon enters service with pro-Israeli views and a naive outlook on war. They go through a radical change of heart as they witness and film the Qana massacre. They secure video evidence indicating that Israel deliberately bombed a UN camp killing 106 refugees.
Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark secret in her past, comes to Israel in the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and then to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realizes that the local Kibbutz members don't seem to like strangers and foreigners, and that the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday for Jews), will bring danger to her and her young volunteering friends. What begins as a time of fun and the celebration of youth turns into a menacing and bloody night of terror, which will give a new meaning to Yom Kippur of 1973.
Gaza Fights for Freedom depicts the ongoing Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine, that began in 2018.
A comedy about three military band reservists who wake to discover that the Israeli army has withdrawn from Lebanon and left them behind.
The last years have seen a steep rise in the number of Arabs signing up to Israel's army. Considered traitors by many in the Arab community, what drives these young men to fight for a country traditionally in conflict with Arab interests? Does this provide a path for Israeli/Arab integration? In this insightful doc, we follow the first Arab battalion fighting for Israel.
Guy Hircefeld, a veteran who served in the Israeli military at the start of its occupation of Palestine in the 1980s, now fights against the Israeli occupation. His only weapon is a camera.