SCHOOL FOR MARTYRS

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Israeli journalist Dr. Ronnie Shaked returns to a box of tapes containing 250 hours of rare footage filmed in the heart of Gaza and the West Bank over the course of two decades. The result is a gripping three-part documentary journey tracing the formal education system of the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and UNRWA.

Now, in the aftermath of October 7, the contents of these tapes take on a chilling new significance, exposing the systematic ways in which children are turned into brainwashed, hate-filled terrorists.

Shaked embarks on an international journey with a young Palestinian man from Jabalia, seeking to understand how the next generation of martyrs is shaped and whether the next catastrophe can be prevented. Along the way, he returns to the stories of children documented on camera years ago and discovers what became of them.

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