An Israeli raid at the Balata camp for Palestinian refugees, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 31 August 2026<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the stripping of citizenship from those who “defame” the Israeli army.<\/p>\n
His comments reflect anger from the Israeli government over the documentary NAZA, which featured soldiers testifying to the commission of war crimes in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu said he would introduce two bills to Israel’s parliament in a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n
“The first would revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames [Israeli army] soldiers, and the second would hit them in the pocket by increasing twentyfold the amount in damages for which they can be sued for defamation,” Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n
“We will hit them both in the pocket and in citizenship, because they have no place among us.”<\/p>\n
Israeli ministers have already called for NAZA directors\u00a0Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor to lose their citizenship over the film.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Culture Minister Miki Zohar called the film \u201cdespicable\u201d and said its winning of the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday was \u201cshocking\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe creators\u2019 burning self-hatred, and their willingness to harm their homeland in order to receive applause from antisemites around the world, is beyond comprehension and constitutes a betrayal of the state,\u201d Zohar said on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship of these despicable creators on the grounds of treason against the state.”<\/p>\n
The film features interviews with 24 anonymised Israeli military and intelligence insiders who describe using AI-powered systems to identify targets and carry out remote bombings, often knowing that large numbers of civilians would be killed.<\/p>\n
One military insider interviewed for the film said that, in one incident, the killing of up to 500 civilians was approved to kill a single high-value Hamas member.<\/p>\n
The Israeli army rejected the allegations made in the film.<\/p>\n