Israel media review . . Reporter's notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of violations, Russia says peace plan on track . ... Car bomb explodes in Syrian town captured by Turkey-allied fighters . ..…

France 82, the US 72, Germany 39, Japan, Russia 25, Canada 25,  Turkey, Apartheid Israel 12, China, North Korea,   and Iran  . ..…

., and pundits in the Israeli press, have generally been critical of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from a Syria-Turkey border zone, concerned about the fate of the Kurdish people. Some describe it as a bad omen for Israel. . That concern, while legitimate,..…

The films featured in this section will be Africa by Oren Gerner (Israel), Belonging by Burak Cevik (Turkey/Canada/France), Cat in the Wall by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria/UK/France), and The Criminal Man by Dmitry Mamuliya (Georgia/Russia). . ..…