Israeli culture officials are demanding the revocation of citizenship for the Oscar-winning directors of NAZA, a documentary exposing Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza, accusing them of "treason" for their portrayal of civilian casualties. The film, produced in collaboration with The Guardian, uses the intelligence term NAZA—an acronym tied to expected civilian death tolls—to illustrate the human cost of military operations. Authorities argue the project undermines national security, while critics say it provides a stark, evidence-based account of the conflict’s toll. The controversy highlights deep divisions over artistic expression and state secrecy in Israel’s ongoing war.
Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligenceIsrael’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of NAZA, a documentary about the country’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, to be stripped of their citizenship, accusing them of “treason against the state”.NAZA, which was produced by the Guardian, is named for an acronym used by Israel’s intelligence service to indicate how many civilians it expects to die in an airstrike on Gaza. Continue reading...
