'Israeli' protesters chant death threats at 'NAZA' director's family home

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to introduce two government bills aimed at revoking the citizenship of individuals involved in the project and multiplying civil defamation damages twenty-fold.
•  State authorities expanded retaliatory measures against the film's creators, with the military examining potential legal actions and the Culture Ministry urging a Shin Bet investigation.

Far-right demonstrators gathered outside the family residence of ‘Israeli’ filmmaker Rachel Szor on Wednesday evening, chanting death threats following public and political backlash over her documentary NAZA.

Szor, who co-directed the project alongside Yuval Abraham, was not at the residence during the demonstration as she is currently abroad. 

Police personnel and counter-demonstrators were present on site in the town of Savyon as tensions escalated between the opposing groups.

Footage circulating online captured demonstrators uttering chants like “death penalty for the traitors” toward the home and surrounding counter-protesters. Commenting on the video, social media user @academic_la posted:

"Protestors tonight gathered outside the home of the parents of Rachel Szor, in the affluent town of Savyon, (when she is not there, she is abroad) one the directors of the NAZA movie and are terrorizing them and counter-demonstrators by calling for their death. This is what fascism looks like."

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The demonstration follows a public video statement by ‘Israeli’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, in which he announced government plans to introduce legislation targeting individuals involved in the film.

"Regarding the film NAZA, which portrayed Israeli army officers and soldiers as war criminals, I will now introduce two bills, both government bills," Netanyahu stated. "We will hit them in their pockets and also in their citizenship, because their place is not among us."

The proposed legislation includes one bill aimed at stripping the citizenship of individuals accused of defaming soldiers, and a second bill that would increase twenty-fold the maximum financial compensation allowed in civil defamation lawsuits.

Military Chief Eyal Zamir instructed the military prosecutor to examine legal avenues against those behind the project, asserting that the army acts within international law. Concurrently, Culture Minister Miki Zohar requested an investigation from Shin Bet chief David Zini, according to public broadcaster KAN.

The documentary recently premiered at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize. 

Directed by Szor and Abraham, NAZA derives its title from an ‘Israeli’ military intelligence acronym indicating expected civilian casualties in air strikes.

Filmed over three years in Tel Aviv using digital alterations to conceal the identities and voices of participating personnel, the documentary features insider testimonies from ‘Israeli’ military and intelligence service members describing operations in Gaza, including civilian deaths during aid distributions and targeted strikes.