On the Front Lines: Israeli Director Gidi Dar Talks Gaza War, Retribution and the Cycle of Violence 

“Friends, people everywhere have connections to people who’ve been kidnapped or are dead. We need to finish this problem with Hamas” 

"Ushpizin" director Gidi Dar at the Tribeca Film Festival
"Ushpizin" director Gidi Dar at the Tribeca Film Festival (Credit: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Sharon Waxman

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The founder and editor of TheWrap’s take on life on the left coast, high culture, low culture and the business of entertainment and media. Waxman writes frequently on the inside doings of Hollywood, and is is also the author of two books, Rebels on the Back Lot and Loot

Israeli director Gidi Dar’s son has just been called up to the army reserves. Dar, whose 2021 movie “Legends of Destruction” warned about the dangers of in-fighting in modern-day Israel by recounting the Biblical-era story of the destruction of the Jewish temple, is angry.

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