Israel’s Culture Minister Threatens to Revoke the Citizenship of ‘NAZA’ Filmmakers
Miki Zohar said the filmmakers betrayed the state after their documentary cited 24 Israeli military and intelligence whistleblowers on Gaza targeting.
- 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 Minister Says Filmmakers Behind 'NAZA' Film Should Lose Citizenship
The day after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor‘s bombshell Israeli documentary NAZA alleging the Israeli army targeted civilians in Gaza won the Special Jury Prize at Venice, Israel’s Culture Minister Miki Zohar announced that he would “act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship” of the directing duo. According to a translation provided by X, Zohar went on to call […]
The Minister of Culture, Miki Zohar, called on Sunday evening for Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor to be deprived of their citizenship. Their film describes, testimonies of soldiers in support, how civilians are killed by the Israeli army in the Palestinian enclave.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Ji-heon = A documentary dealing with allegations that the Israeli military systematically killed civilians in the Palestinian Gaza Strip has won an award at an international film festival...
Israel Condemns New Gaza Documentary ‘NAZA’ After Venice Award
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A newly released Israeli documentary alleging that the military used artificial intelligence and other systems in operations that resulted in the deaths of Palestinian civilians has sparked fierce condemnation in Israel, including a call by the culture minister to revoke the filmmakers’ citizenship. The controversy erupted only days after “NAZA” made its […]
An Israeli minister has announced that he wants to strip the citizenship of the directors of the documentary “NAZA.” In the documentary, military personnel accuse the Israeli army of killing many civilians in Gaza, accusing the filmmakers of “treason against the state.” “I will act immediately to strip the Israeli citizenship” of directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Shor, whose documentary won the special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival on …
The documentary film that touched Venice tells of the techniques used by the IDF against the civilians of Gaza
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