( CNN ) -- Ayman Kandeel grabs the producer of a television network and smacks the lanky young man , cursing angrily . He throws studio furniture at the camera crew . Then he turns his attention to the beautiful female anchor . Before she can duck , he slaps her across the face , leaving her curled up in a corner of the room . Kandeel is a famous actor in Egypt , but this is not a skit . He was victimized by a provocative new Egyptian television show called `` Alhokm Baad Almozawla , '' or Judgment After a Prank . On the program , Egyptian actress Iman Mubarak talks with celebrities under the pretense that the interview is for an Arabic-speaking German network . After an often tense dialogue on Egyptian-Israeli relations , the show crew dupes the interviewee into thinking they are actually on an Israeli TV station and begin provoking and taunting the subject . Reactions have included anti-Israeli slurs , desperate cries to leave and , as in Kandeel 's case , physical assault . `` This is a candid-camera program , but it is different than any other candid-camera shows that can be shallow , '' said Haytham al-Feel , the show 's creator . `` It explores a deep subject matter , and it covers an important gut-level issue . The issue is , of course , Egypt 's relationship with Israel . '' In one episode , panicked actress Dina Abo Elsoud spends nearly four minutes struggling to push away four men who are blocking the exit door and yelling `` We are Israelis '' at her . `` I swear to God I want to leave ! Let me leave ! '' Abo Elsoud whimpers as she breaks down into tears . Finally the crew shouts , `` You are on 'Alhokm Baad Almozawla . ' Everyone clap . Give her a big round of applause ! '' Abo Elsoud continues to cry for a few moments . Still shocked and petrified , she mutters , `` I just got scared they would kidnap me . '' In another episode , actress Mayar al-Beblawi says all Israelis are `` real liars . '' `` They keep whining all the time about the Holocaust or whatever it 's called , '' she says . `` With all the Palestinians that you have killed , you are still whining about the Holocaust and its lousy figures ? '' The heated rhetoric and violent assaults on the program have prompted a firestorm of international criticism and allegations of anti-Semitism . And with the election of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy after more than a year of political upheaval , the show 's popularity has raised concern about the stability of Egypt 's three-decade-old peace accord with Israel . `` The program 'Alhokm Baad Almozawla ' results in inciting public opinion against peace , '' Ofir Gendelman , spokesman to the Arab media in the Israeli prime minister 's office , remarked on Twitter . `` From our perspective , peace is fundamental and vindictive programs like this will not be broadcast in Israel . '' The show also appears to be no laughing matter for the Israeli press , with critical headlines ranging from `` Audience applauds violent anti-Semitism on Egypt TV '' ( Jerusalem Post ) to `` Reality show reveals ingrained Egyptian hatred for Israel '' ( Israel Today Magazine ) . But al-Feel said `` there is a difference between expressing hate for Israel and its politics and expressing hate for the Jewish people . '' He said celebrities were happy to give consent so their footage could be aired on the show . `` Once the guests found out it was prank , they really loved the idea and enjoyed the show and agreed to be on it , '' he said . `` We felt there was an overwhelming sense of patriotism and pride in standing up for Egypt and the Arabs . '' All of the episodes were taped before the show became one of the top five Ramadan programs on Egyptian television station Al Nahar . The show also boasts more than four million YouTube viewers , and the show 's producers say the success should n't be overshadowed by the punches and the insults . `` We have produced 95 episodes , and in only three did the personalities attack the crew , '' al-Feel said . `` The normal reaction is for people to reject the dialogue because they were duped . ... Others refused to complete the interview because it was on an Israeli TV station and they boycott all relations with Israel , which is their right . '' `` The program intends to deliver a message , and I believe the reaction by Israel is very natural , '' said Waleed al-Feel , chairman of the show 's production company . `` A majority of Egyptians will boycott any interaction with Israel after its historical oppression of the Arab people . We are not against , however , the peace treaty with Israel . We are against the apartheid . '' In post-revolution Egypt , the end to the censorship of the Mubarak regime has fueled a wave of original new content set to tackle taboo issues from sexual harassment to AIDS . But it also means the media community is less inclined to curb what might be offensive . `` In America and Europe , there is no censorship on cinema or TV . No topic is off-limits , '' said Haytham al-Feel . `` So why are people against our show ? The show is an idea , and it is freedom of expression , and our guests also have freedom of expression to say what they believe . '' Images of Tahrir : Egypt 's revolutionary art .
A popular television show in Egypt plays pranks on unwitting celebrities . They are asked about their views on Israel and then told they are on Israeli television . Some have responded with anti - Israeli slurs and insults before being told it is a prank . Show 's creator : The show ` ` is an important gut - level issue ''