Abstract The Wanted 18 narrates the story of a Palestinian town whose residents assert their autonomy by purchasing 18 cows and producing their own milk during the first intifada. In response, the Israeli military declares the cows a ‘threat to the security of Israel’ and hunts down the ‘wanted 18.’ This article provides an analysis of The Wanted 18, focusing on the human-animal interactions. It demonstrates how film directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan deploy animal protagonists as a means of exposing anti-Palestinian prejudice, critiquing Israeli occupation and the Palestinian authorities who undermined civil resistance during the first intifada, and elucidating the transformative impact of human-animal companionship and creative resistance in a humorous manner that appeals to a global audience.

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起义母牛与以色列国家安全：在通缉犯中恢复内战18

摘要通缉18讲述了一个巴勒斯坦城镇的故事，该城镇的居民在第一次起义期间购买18头奶牛并生产自己的牛奶来维护自己的自治。作为回应，以色列军方宣布这些母牛“威胁以色列的安全”，并追捕了这些“通缉的18”。本文提供了对通缉犯18的分析，重点是人与动物之间的相互作用。它展示了电影导演阿米尔·索马里（Amer Shomali）和保罗·科万（Paul Cowan）如何部署动物主角，以此来揭露反巴勒斯坦的偏见，对以色列的占领和在第一次起义期间破坏了民抗的巴勒斯坦当局进行严厉批评，并阐明了人类与动物的友谊和以幽默的方式吸引全球观众的创造性抵抗。