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Netanyahu Warns NAZA Filmmakers: Citizenship at Risk

By Drooid · Oct 10, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Netanyahu threatens directors

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office gave certificates to Ariel Averbuch, Roy Danino and Hagai Gutman for NAZA.
NAZA won Venice’s Special Jury Prize on September 10, 2026.
Netanyahu called the directors traitors and warned they could lose citizenship.
NAZA: The Real Story, by Ariel Averbuch and Roy Danino, claimed Israel has “the most moral army.”
Analysts said the site’s advertised 42 million views likely reflect bot traffic.

Summary

Bartov critiques surveillance

Omer Bartov, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies, criticizes the documentary’s use of the Hebrew acronym NAZA (“nezek agavi”).
The film interviews 24 Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers about Gaza surveillance and targeting.
Interviewees say they accessed civilians’ phones, voices and photos before strikes, with approval levels tied to target seniority.
Bartov connects these testimonies to past genocides, naming Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Rwanda, Armenian and Herero atrocities.
Participants express moral conflict; one calls Israel’s actions genocide, another describes airstrike work as “insanely fun.”

History

Historical Context

In April 1994 the downing of President Habyarimana’s plane sparked the Rwandan genocide, killing an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu over roughly 100 days. The United Nations created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995, convicting 93 perpetrators with sentences up to life. That legacy underpins the Israeli documentary NAZA’s warning that unchecked digital warfare could echo past mass killings.

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Netanyahu threatens directors

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office gave certificates to Ariel Averbuch, Roy Danino and Hagai Gutman for NAZA.
NAZA won Venice’s Special Jury Prize on September 10, 2026.
Netanyahu called the directors traitors and warned they could lose citizenship.
NAZA: The Real Story, by Ariel Averbuch and Roy Danino, claimed Israel has “the most moral army.”
Analysts said the site’s advertised 42 million views likely reflect bot traffic.

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