The Arbitrator (Israeli TV series)


The Arbitrator is an Israeli crime drama series. It tells the story of Nadav Feldman, a social worker who discovers that he was adopted and his real father is the head of a crime family.

Plot

The series tells the story of Nadav Feldman, a young social worker, who discovers that he is adopted and finds himself in the depths of his biological father's family, Baruch Asulin, a leader of an organized crime syndicate in Israel known as "Ha-Borer", due to his activities as an arbitrator in disputes in the underworld.
This series focuses on the combination of dramatic stretches, the conflict between the norms of society including crime, especially norms and codes of conduct of the underworld. Among other highlights of the series, in a satirical way, the contrast between certain behaviors of some of the heroes of the series and other behaviors.

Characters

  • Baruch "The Arbitrator" Asulin - the head of a crime family.
  • Nadav Feldman - a social worker who finds out that Baruch is his biological father.
  • Avi "The Spleen" Asulin - Baruch's trigger happy son, who serves as the series' comic relief.
  • Yigal "The Nazi" Mizrahi - Baruch's nemesis and formerly best friend.
  • Amram "Bulldog" Hashbian - Baruch's friend and personal bodyguard.
  • Gila Asulin - Baruch's wife.
  • Naomi "Spoon" Asulin - Baruch's baalat teshuva daughter, who also serves as a comic relief.
  • Pavel and Nikola Kovlova - two henchmen who initially work for Baruch.
  • Irena Kovlova - Pavel and Nikola's sister, who gets romantically involved with Nadav.
  • Limor "Kuki" Goldman - Avi's mistress.
  • Ron "The Persian" Hashbian - one of Baruch's henchmen.
  • Menachem Madmoni - a detective in charge of investigating Baruch's clan.
  • Yossi Asulin - Baruch's brother and former partner in heading the family, cast away after becoming a drug addict and longing to return to his former glory.
  • Oshrit Asulin - Yossi's daughter.
  • Amos Faruki - a veteran associate of Baruch, Yossi and Yigal.
  • Itzik Sasa - Naomi's suitor and later husband.
  • Shimi Angel - an acquaintance of the Asulin family, who has ambitions to become a contract killer.
  • Idan Romi - one of Baruch's henchmen.
  • Nir - sniper elite unit.