"Tsahal" is the abbreviated form of Tsva HaHagana LeYisrael (the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF). An alternative English spelling is "Tzahal".
The film caused controversy when first screened in Paris and right-wing demonstrators threw tear gas bombs into two cinemas showing the film.
During the five hours of this study of the Israeli army, there is not a single frame showing any of the six wars those forces had been engaged in by the time the film was made,nor even from any of their internal missions.
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