The documentary "NAZA" has sparked fierce political controversy in Israel, with Culture Minister Mickey Zohar announcing that he will seek to strip its directors, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Shor, of their Israeli citizenship, accusing them of "treason." The Israeli minister's reaction came after the film "NAZA" was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. "I will act immediately to strip Yuval." Abraham and Rachel Shor Israeli citizenship," said Mickey Zohar in a post on the X platform. The minister accused the two creators of trying to "damage their homeland to get the applause of anti-Semites all over the world," arguing that their stance amounted to "treason against the state." The two creators have also been targeted by other members of the Israeli government. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir launched an attack on them. via X, writing: "You are a disgrace and a source of shame to all the people of Israel. Get out!" The far-right minister continued in even higher tones: "I'm sure your friends, namely our enemies Hamas in Gaza, will welcome you with open arms."Yuval Abraham and Rachel Shor are investigative journalists and also collaborated on "Another Earth", the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary which talks about violence by Israeli authorities and settlers in the occupied West Bank. When can Israeli citizenship be revoked? Revocation of citizenship is provided for by Israeli law, although it is a measure rarely enforced. In 2022, Israel's Supreme Court upheld the state's ability to revoke citizenship from individuals deemed to have demonstrated a lack of "loyalty," such as in cases of espionage or treason. Frame The relevant law was expanded in 2023 to cover people convicted of "terrorism". For such a procedure to continue, an application from the interior minister, approval from the minister of justice and, subsequently, ratification by the courts is required. The 80-minute "NAZA" is based on the anonymous testimony of 24 members of the Israeli military and intelligence services, who describe the functioning of Israeli operations in Gaza and complain that a large number of civilians are killed during attacks against Hamas targets. According to the evidence presented in the film, various technological systems, including tools that use Artificial Intelligence, allowed the Israeli forces to identify people suspected of being members of Hamas, as well as their families, through their mobile phones, before attacks were carried out on their homes. The documentary "NAZA" exposes the machine Israel's artificial intelligence killers in Gaza. The title of the documentary comes, according to the film, from an acronym used within the Israeli military to describe the estimated number of civilians expected to be killed in an attack. One of the witnesses claims that the army has a tool through which it can know, for each house in Gaza, how many people are inside it and, therefore, how many could be affected in the event of a bombardment. Screening of the film "NAZA" at the Venice Film Festival caused a strong reaction from the audience, with the film receiving a standing ovation of about 25 minutes. The Gaza documentary "NAZA" earned a massive 24.5-minute pic.twitter.com/WuE0Lr7ZFiAfter the show, the Israeli army "categorically" rejected the accusations made in the documentary about the mass killing of civilians in Gaza, defending the way it conducts military operations. However, such lies no longer "drink water" in world opinion. The world is now clear about what a model country is in the Middle East, a big problem for it and not only for the peoples around it. /tesheshi.com/

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