because in prison we are disconnected from politics. we do not deal and concern ourselves with politics. what interests us is our life in prison. given the situation outside, between palestinians and israelis, the animosity and conflict, i was actually very surprised to see how the two get together and actually became brothers. it was actually a pleasant surprise to see this. zoer discovered what a good friend kayir was 11 years earlier when both were housed in another prison. translator: i had an incident with a fellow jew. i stabbed someone who harassed me. as punishment they sent me to segregation. someone else came to mess with my things. shodi stood there and insisted nobody will touch my belongings. kayed even stood up to testify. a move that landed him in segregation as well. translator: we stayed together in segregation for six months. and what he did for me i don t think anyone else would have done.
and today, in essence, the only excitement that i get here is through religion, through the torah, which gives me the tools that i need for life outside. in the religious wing, he is shielded from the potential violence between jews and arabs that exist in other parts of the prison. but some inmates at rimonim have benefited from putting the conflicts of the outside world aside. translator: to resist someone because he is a jew, a muslim, a christian, it simply doesn t work inside. shodi is palestinian. his cell mate is jewish. both are serving life sentences for murder. translator: we eat together. we play together. we work together. i love him a lot. he is better than a biological brother. not everything you see on television works the same in prison.
under house arrest, but he then committed a robbery and was sentenced to an additional five years and sent to prison. translator: as someone who was addicted to drugs, one of my things was a need for excitement. and today, in essence, the only excitement that i get here is through religion, through the torah, which gives me the tools that i need for life outside. in the religious wing, he is shielded from the potential violence between jews and arabs that exist in other parts of the prison. but some inmates at rimonim have benefited from putting the conflicts of the outside world aside. translator: to resist someone because he is a jew, a muslim, a christian, it simply doesn t work inside. shodi is palestinian. his cell mate is jewish. both are serving life sentences for murder.
translator: we eat together. we play together. we work together. i love him a lot. he is better than a biological brother. not everything you see on television works the same in prison. because in prison we are disconnected from politics. we do not deal and concern ourselves with politics. what interests us is our life in prison. given the situation outside, between palestinians and israelis, the animosity and conflict, i was actually very surprised to see how the two get together and actually became brothers. it was actually a pleasant surprise to see this. zoer discovered what a good friend kayir was 11 years earlier when both were housed in another prison. translator: i had an incident with a fellow jew. i stabbed someone who harassed me. as punishment they sent me to segregation. someone else came to mess with my things. shodi stood there and insisted nobody will touch my belongings.
someone else came to mess with my things. shodi stood there and insisted nobody will touch my belongings. kayed even stood up to testify. a move that landed him in segregation as well. translator: we stayed together in segregation for six months. and what he did for me i don t think anyone else would have done. coming up, how the unusual relationship between israeli prison staff and inmates even extends to the kitchen. the officers were not at all concerned about the inmates tampering with their food. and [ speaking a foreign language ] translator: we usually improve the food they give us. a young man faces decades in rimonim for murdering his sister. a family honor killing. translator: she met someone through the internet and i didn t like that.