Israel Production Services
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should have marked the end of the war, but it doesn’t. Israel continues its massive military presence in the Gaza Strip, determined to destroy all Hamas facilities before declaring that war has ended.
And the 1010 Israeli hostages in Gaza? Unfortunately the current government of Israel does not consider the release of the hostages as a primary goal.
With the latest attacks in Lebanon and the killing of Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, the future of the year-long war of attrition in northern Israel is unclear. Many news crews and journalists are already in Israel, and more plan to arrive here in the next days. We continue to provide all production services, including personal protective gear, to visiting crews.
On October 7, 2024, Israel will mark the first anniversary of the current war. It is the longest war in the history of Israel, and no one can tell when it will end.
A cease fire agreement in Gaza is not expected, as both Israel and Hamas would not compromise on their principles. Hamas still holds 101 Israelis kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, many of them are already dead.
We continue to provide production services to journalists, production companies and broadcasters from all over the world. We have Israeli teams and Palestinian teams who have been doing that from the beginning of the war.
With the IDF attack of the town of Rafah approaching its completion, Israel is preparing to end the massive phase of fighting in Gaza. At the same time, Hezbollah is intensifying its missiles, rockets and suicide drones from Lebanon to Israel.
If the American attempts to reach an understanding between Israel and Hezbollah fail, a full fledge war in Lebanon is days away.
Israel marks today six months to the beginning of the war, with the savage attack of Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023.
As of today, fighting continues in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Israel is on a high alert for an imminent Iranian attack on its territory.
As far as news and documentary production services – we continue to provide services to our customers on all fronts, including fixers and camera crews in the Palestinian West Bank.
On Saturday morning, Hamas launched a massive terror attack on Israel.
Israel is now at a state of war. We are providing news production services to several news outlets cowering the events, and will continue to do so in Israel, the West bank and Gaza.
If you need assistance with producing news reports in Israel, it’s best to contact us by email.
Israel is at Crucial crossroad. The next days may be a turning point, as the government is determined to pass anti-democratic laws, and hundreds of thousands of protesters are determined to prevent it.
We have camera crews, fixers, researchers and all production services available for visiting news teams. Please contact us for assistance.
Many customers are asking our advice regarding filming in Israel in the next weeks. First of all, Israel is still a great place to be, and an amazing place to film at. But, and it’s a big BUT, the next few weeks are going to shale Israel.
Israel is under attack. Not by terrorists or enemies, but from within. Our unfit, corrupt prime minister is supported by a coalition of fanatics who decided that the only way to give them absolute power and political longevity, is by turning Israel into a dictatorship, supported by ultra religious parties.
The majority of Israelis will not stay quiet and let Netanyahu escape prison by destroying our homeland. We are out on the streets, using our (still) democratic right to demonstrate. We will not rest until this evil plan will fail and cease threatening our lives and our children’s future.
So Israel will be a rather unpleasant place to be in the next days. There will be demonstrations, maybe clashes and violence, hopefully no fatalities. If you plan to come to Israel in order to produce something unrelated to the demonstrations, the next days are not the best time do that. But if you plan a documentary shoot dealing with Israel – this will be a fascinating opportunity to see democracy at work – good people fighting for values we have all taken for granted, as we think everyone should do, until we realized that the time has come to fight, not by violence or by breaking the law, but still fight in any way we can.
Highlight Films’ managing director Noam Shalev is one of the experts interviewed in a Committee to Protect Journalists report about producing in the West Bank.
The report was prepared by HP Risk Management in the UK, and offers valuable information for any journalist considering coming to the West Bank or other hostile environments in Israel.
For more information about security measures while filming in Israel and Palestine, please feel free to check our security advice.
These are sad and troublesome days in Israel. What began as an attempt to destroy the only democracy in the Middle East and turn it into a dictatorship, has escalated to continuos terror attacks from within and without.
Is Israel still safe. for visiting production teams? We believe it is, but the fear of coming to shoot a film, video or a TV show in Israel is understandable. For customers who decide to come and produce therm shoots in Israel, we continue to provide the best production services, as we have been doing in the last 25 years. And for anyone who hesitates or feels reluctant to come – we offer our full package of remote production services. Our producers and crews are very experienced in producing remotely, providing our clients with a direct feed from shoots in any point in Israel.
And if you want our ask us – just drop us a line and we promise to give you our sincere advice.