Claim: The Israeli television series Prisoners of War is the basis for the American television spy thriller Homeland.
Evidence: Homeland is an American spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War -LRB- Original title חטופים Hatufim , literally `` Abductees '' -RRB- , which was created by Gideon Raff.
Prisoners of War -LRB- original title in -RRB- is an Israeli television drama series made by Keshet and originally aired on Israel 's Channel 2 from March to May 2010.