Netanyahu calls to boycott Israeli channel behind HBO show

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the opening ceremony of the school year in the Jewish settlement of Elkana in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on September 1, 2019. (AFP)

• The show is co-created by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers
• Netanyahu says the series slanders Israel internationally

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for a boycott of an Israeli TV channel for producing the new HBO docudrama “Our Boys,” which he condemned as anti-Semitic.
Netanyahu says the series slanders Israel internationally. The show, co-created by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, presents a dramatized rendition of the chaotic events of June 2014 following the abduction of three Israeli teens in the West Bank. It set off a cascade of events leading to that summer’s Gaza war.
Netanyahu was widely condemned Sunday for the remarks, part of his pre-election assault on the media.
Netanyahu has previously accused the Keshet network of “committing a terror attack against democracy.” The station aired leaked reports of police investigation into corruption charges against him.
Netanyahu says Keshet executives tarnish him “on a daily basis.”