CBS Studios International is partnering with “Fauda” and “False Flag” creator/writer Leora Kamenetzky, L. Benasuly Productions (“Homeland” inspiration “Hatufim”), Paper Plane Productions and Israeli broadcaster Kan to produce the Israel-set crime drama “District Y.”
The 10-part series will focus on a police unit in Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs live together. An Arab-Jewish and a Christian Israeli-Russian cop head the task force, which is investigating the murder of a 17-year-old Jewish girl and the Arab crime family behind a street war in the city.
Tensions escalate, and the police, the crime families and the Arab and Jewish residents of Jaffa have to reconsider their allegiances when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict obstructs the authorities from enforcing the law, with deadly consequences.
“We have been searching for a provocative, character-driven drama that evolves the international returnable series,” said Meghan Lyvers, SVP of co-productions and development for CBS Studios International. “Leora Kamenetzky has created a genuinely distinct and culturally unique story in ‘District Y.’”
It is not known yet if the series will air on the network or will be streaming.
