Jonathan Glazer, an executive producer on NAZA, said Israel’s retaliation against the documentary was “more venal” than he expected and that he was “shocked into silence” the first time he watched it. NAZA assembles 24 interviews with Israeli military insiders to reveal how an AI-assisted mass-surveillance apparatus was activated during the Gaza war and how targeting systems were used with awareness that large numbers of Palestinian civilians would die. Filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor framed the film to examine the mechanisms that enable ordinary people to dehumanise others, even using scenes of Tel Aviv living rooms to show how public ritual and media consumption normalize or justify violence. International bodies including the UN, Amnesty International, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights have said Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide.
The film’s exposure has provoked intense backlash from Israeli officials and far-right activists: denunciations, accusations of treason against the directors, plans to strip citizenship from those who “smear” soldiers, orders to seek prosecutions of interviewed officers, and an official 10-page military response. Creators have faced threats, demonstrations at family homes and hostile murals. Despite this, NAZA premiered to a record 25-minute standing ovation at Venice, won a special jury prize, opened strongly in international markets and will be widely released in cinemas and online.
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