The documentary, which earned a standing ovation and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, draws its title from the acronym Israeli intelligence officers use to predict the number of civilian deaths in planned strikes. Abraham and Szor based their project on interviews with 24 military and intelligence personnel, detailing a system where the state reportedly accepts high civilian collateral damage to neutralize individual Hamas targets.
Israeli Minister Threatens to Revoke Filmmakers' Citizenship
Culture Minister Miki Zohar has moved to strip the citizenship of documentarians Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, labeling their Venice Film Festival award-winning work as treasonous. The film, NAZA, investigates the Israeli military’s use of artificial intelligence to calculate civilian casualties during airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Zohar condemned the filmmakers for allegedly seeking applause from antisemites by harming their homeland. Under a 2022 Supreme Court ruling, Israel can revoke nationality for a lack of loyalty, though the process requires coordination between the interior and justice ministries. Critics, including International Crisis Group analyst Mairav Zonszein, dismissed the minister's threat as a desperate political maneuver. Meanwhile, government officials continue to face scrutiny over their handling of the October 7 Hamas attacks, with recent reports suggesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received prior warnings.
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