Far-right Israelis call for NAZA co-director to be hanged in protest outside parents' home

Dozens of far-right Israelis gathered outside the family home of
NAZA filmmaker Rachel Szor on Wednesday, demanding that she be
hanged over her documentary on war crimes Israel committed during
its genocidal war on Gaza.

Szor and her co-director, Yuval Abraham, have faced growing
backlash in Israel since their film won the Special Jury Prize at
the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that several of the
protesters demanded the “death penalty for traitors.”

One demonstrator said that when Szor and Abraham return to
Israel, “they should be tried and go to the gallows, and the family
should be expelled and the house sealed.”

A far-right activist with connections to National Security
Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also urged protesters to identify the
filmmakers if they saw them in public.

“They won’t sit in any restaurant or any place,” Ben Gvir’s
close ally said, referring to Szor and Abraham. “Whoever sees them
should circulate it in all the groups - these scums have nowhere to
run.”

“This is an act of treason from within,” another protester said,
according to the right-wing Israeli news site Walla.

Protesters were also seen holding signs reading “traitors” and
waving Israeli army unit flags.

Other protesters vowed to continue demonstrations against Szor
and Abraham “until all of Israeli society understands that there
are no more blood libels” directed against Israeli soldiers.

NAZA, directed by Oscar-winning filmmakers Szor and Abraham,
examines the AI-powered systems used in Israel’s war in Gaza and
allegations that high numbers of Palestinian civilian deaths were
factored into military targeting decisions.

The documentary features interviews with 24 Israeli military and
intelligence insiders, whose identities remained anonymous.

The backlash against the film has extended beyond far-right
protesters, with Israeli politicians, journalists, and other public
figures attacking the filmmakers and questioning the documentary’s
claims.

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