As elections loom, Naza controversy strikes at the heart of Israel's crisis

As elections loom, Naza controversy strikes at the heart of Israel's crisis Antony Loewenstein on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 14:46 The film exposes dark truths about mainstream Israeli society, from the far right to the supposedly enlightened centre and left Naza co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor at the Venice Film Festival on 12 September 2026 (Tiziana Fabi/AFP) On How threatening is an Israeli film about war crimes and AI-enabled mass killing in Gaza?  Release it during an Israeli election campaign, and watch almost the entire political establishment fall over themselves to defame, shame and threaten the filmmakers, while defending Israel’s campaign in Gaza as noble, justified and praiseworthy.  The newly released documentary, Naza, by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, details the elaborate ways in which Israeli military planners have unleashed hell on Palestinians in Gaza since 7 October 2023, with no care for the potential of civilian harm or death. In fact, the aim was a bloodbath.  The reality of this devastation has been copiously documented by Palestinian journalists in Gaza, who are being killed in unprecedented numbers by the Israeli army.  The film builds on the work done by Abraham in recent years, revealing in great detail the systems that Israel has developed to find new targets in its genocidal revenge campaign.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); These tools will inevitably be sold by Israel to other nations keen to replicate its actions in Gaza, backed by Silicon Valley companies such as Palantir, Amazon and Google, who have become vital backers of Israel’s war machine.  A key Israeli goal after 7 October wasn’t to pinpoint and target Hamas “terrorists” in Gaza, but rather to engage in a campaign of mass killing and destruction. By this definition, Israel’s war aims have been achieved.  No criticism tolerated My own Israeli sources have confirmed that the Israeli government,