I love the Israeli series Checkout

I am watching the TV series Checkout on Chaiflicks. It is brilliantly funny.

It uses the techniques of a mock documentary like The Office or Parks and Recreation, but this is Israel - the characters don't pretend that they aren't on camera and they talk with the unseen camera operators, who sometimes add their own jokes.

You can watch the first three episodes for free. 

The third episode itself is the best retort to anyone who says Israel is racist. 

The episode makes fun of the subconscious racism and bigotry of the characters, as it begins with the news of a stabbing attack not far from the supermarket. A racist customer insists that the sweet, guileless Arab employee be gotten rid of. Meanwhile, a cashier is upset that her son is flirting with an Ethiopian cashier - with hilarious results.

A racist society could not produce such a show. It is beyond imagination to see a plotline like this in the Arab world. Anyone who calls Israel racist is an antisemite, period. Real racists can't make fun of their own racism. 

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