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IDFA 2017

The Jewish Underground

Shai Gal
Israel
2017
91 min
World Premiere
Festival history

It took the Israeli secret service Shin Bet four years to get their hands on the Jewish Underground, a right-wing terrorist organization. After carrying out several successful attacks on Muslims in the early 1980s, the group developed a plan to destroy the Dome of the Rock. According to former agents of Shin Bet, if they had succeeded it could have sparked nuclear war in the Middle East—perhaps even a new World War. Director Shai Gal reconstructs the events in the form of a detective story with dramatizations and interviews with key figures, including the perpetrators, who claim they have nothing to hide. But the scope of the film isn't limited to past events, because the rabbis who probably gave orders for the Jewish Underground attacks were protected from above and never punished. As Gal shows, the ties between members of the Jewish Underground and the Israeli political sphere are stronger than ever.

Credits
Director
Production
    Kobi Nussbaum for July August Productions
    Kobi Nussbaum for July August Productions
Executive producer
    Lisa Shiloach for July August Productions,
    Amit Stretiner for July August Productions
    Lisa Shiloach for July August Productions,
    Amit Stretiner for July August Productions
Cinematography
Sound Design
    Rei Elbaz
    Rei Elbaz
Music
Involved TV Channel
    yes-DBS Satellite Services
    yes-DBS Satellite Services
World Sales
    Cinephil
    Cinephil
Screening copy
    July August Productions
    July August Productions