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Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, has vowed to pass legislation that would revoke the citizenship of individuals who defame Israeli soldiers, targeting specifically the filmmakers behind the documentary "NAZA." The film, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, highlights allegations that Israel deliberately targeted civilians in Gaza during military operations. Following the Venice Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize, Netanyahu accused his political rivals of not taking sufficient action against the documentary, proposing bills to address what he calls “immense damage” done to soldiers’ reputations.
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Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, Israeli directors, won a special jury prize at the 2026 Venice Film Festival for their documentary "NAZA," which examines Israel's AI-assisted targeting systems used in Gaza. The film features interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli military and intelligence whistleblowers who claim these systems led to systemic civilian deaths. Abraham stated during the award ceremony that Israel had killed six Palestinian children since the festival began.
However, the documentary has faced severe criticism from Israeli officials. Culture Minister Miki Zohar accused the filmmakers of treason and threatened to revoke their citizenship for harming Israel's reputation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it "shocking incitement" against Jews. Meanwhile, army chief Eyal Zamir ordered a legal review to investigate potential actions against those involved with the film.
The documentary's win highlights the growing international scrutiny of Israel’s military operations in Gaza and the internal debate over free speech versus national security concerns within Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to pass a law that would revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames Israel’s soldiers, including the directors of NAZA, a documentary about Israeli soldiers’ killings of civilians in Gaza.
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who → pledge → Gaza
Directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, NAZA documents allegations that mass civilian deaths were built into Israel’s target decisions in its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza – something Netanyahu and the army reject.
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Netanyahu → direct → Gaza
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sanctions → spark → Semitism
minister threatens to revoke filmmakers’ citizenship over Gaza film
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minister → threaten → demolitions
The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival last week.
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film → win → Festival
During his acceptance speech, Abraham said “our country is doing these crimes” and highlighted that Israel is systematically and deliberately targeting Palestinians in Gaza.
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Israel → say → Gaza
“NAZA” takes its title from an Israeli military term for expected “collateral casualties” and is built around anonymous interviews with intelligence officers and soldiers.
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NAZA → take → officers
It has been harshly criticised in Israel, with the military examining potential legal action against those involved in it.
But it has also played into the charged domestic political atmosphere before Israel’s October 27 election, as public opinion polls suggest Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition could fall short of a majority in parliament.
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coalition → criticise → parliament
On Tuesday, Netanyahu accused several of his election rivals of failing to take a tough stand against the documentary, claiming this made them unfit for office.
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them → accuse → office
On Wednesday, he pledged to advance two bills that he said would address the “immense damage” done to Israeli soldiers in the film.
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he → pledge → film
“The first [order]: To revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames [Israeli] soldiers, and the second: To hit them in their pockets and increase the statutory damages for defamation they can be sued for by 20 times,” Netanyahu said in a social media video.
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Netanyahu → revoke → video
“We will hit them both in their pockets and in their citizenship, as their place is not with us.”
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place → hit → us
Netanyahu cited three examples in proposing the bills: “The recent film NAZA which portrayed [Israeli] officers and soldiers as war criminals”, 2025 remarks by left-wing ex-general-turned-politician Yair Golan that “a sane country does not kill children as a hobby”, and a military legal officer’s 2024 leak of a video showing soldiers abusing a Gaza detainee.
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soldiers → cite → detainee
In 2022, Israel’s Supreme Court passed a law that permits stripping citizenship from Israelis who carry out actions that constitute a breach of trust against the state.
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that → pass → state
Any new legislation would likely face similar court challenges.
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legislation → face → challenges
More than 73,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023, according to health authorities.
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