Israel’s Culture Minister Threatens to Revoke the Citizenship of ‘NAZA’ Filmmakers
The film uses testimony from 24 Israeli military and intelligence insiders, and the army rejects its claims about AI-assisted targeting and civilian deaths.
- On Sunday, Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar threatened to revoke the citizenship of directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, accusing them of "treason" for their documentary "NAZA."
- The 80-minute documentary won a Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice Film Festival on Saturday, featuring testimony from 24 Israeli whistleblowers outlining AI-powered targeting systems used to bombard Gaza.
- Describing the film as "vile," Zohar argued it constitutes treason, while Abraham countered that "the Israeli intelligence officers we spoke with talked to us about how this mass killing is systemic: not by accident, but by design."
- National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir labeled the directors a "disgrace," while the Israeli military stated on Friday that whistleblower identities "cannot be verified."
- Although Israeli law allows citizenship revocation for "treason" or "terrorism," the process is rarely applied and requires approval from multiple ministers and judicial validation, complicating Zohar's threat.
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Israeli cultural minister Miki Zoar threatened to withdraw the citizenship of the directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Shore, whose documentary film "NAZA" received a special prize from the jury of the Venice Film Festival.
In the documentary "Naza" Israeli soldiers report on war crimes in Gaza. Does the filmmakers in Israel now threaten the withdrawal of citizenship? Or even worse?
"Whoever acts against the State of Israel during a war cannot continue to hold Israeli citizenship" said Israeli Minister of Culture Miki Zohar. The attack is directed...
The award-winning film prompted the minister to slam its filmmakers.
RECIT - The documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who was awarded the Venice Mostra, sparked a violent controversy in Israel, and even pushed a minister to demand the deprivation of nationality of his authors.
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