An Epic Israeli TV Drama Exposes War Wounds Old and New
Grappling with the traumatic opening of the 1973 war, when Israel feared destruction, the series “Valley of Tears” has prompted a national outpouring of emotion.
Israeli soldiers during the war in 1973.Credit.Rolls Press/Popperfoto, via Getty Images
Published Dec. 12, 2020Updated Dec. 23, 2020
JERUSALEM A new Israeli television series based on true events from the 1973 war, when the country was caught off guard on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar and feared total destruction, has prompted an intense public reckoning with the scope of war trauma and the treatment of survivors.