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| Trending on X: in response to antisemitic film about IDF using AI to target Gazans, Netanyahu Proposes Revoking Citizenship for Defaming IDF Soldiers Abroad | |
| 2026-09-18 | |
Last updated 2 hours ago Netanyahu announced two bills: one to revoke citizenship from Israelis who defame IDF soldiers abroad, and another to increase defamation damages twentyfold. He pointed to the Venice-premiered documentary 'NAZA'—featuring anonymous insider accounts of Gaza targeting—as a prime example fueling an international campaign against the military. Critics label the plans an assault on free speech, while supporters see them as vital defense amid wartime scrutiny; the proposals await Knesset approval and face legal hurdles. This story is a summary of posts on X and may evolve over time. Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs.
Sarit Zehavi: The Truth Behind the Film “Naza” (Collateral Damage): What the Filmmakers Deliberately Missed [MailChimp] The creators of the recent documentary dealing with the topic of "Naza" (a Hebrew military acronym for Nezek Agavi - collateral damage) did not have to work too hard to discover the truth. They could have simply interviewed me. I would have stood in front of the camera, without hiding my identity, on the roof of my house located nine kilometers from Lebanon, after we absorbed endless barrages of rockets here, and explained the reality on the ground to them. A little less than 20 years ago, I was one of the founders of the field within the IDF that deals with warning populations on the other side of enemy lines and preserving the lives of their civilians. We built the work processes that define how to call upon the population to evacuate, and how to track that evacuation. I was personally involved in formulating the target approval processes and operational discussions. If they had spoken with me, I would have explained to them that the chart shown at the beginning of the film is not a chart for conducting killings, but rather a planning chart for a target identified as being used by Hamas. Its purpose is to determine whether to strike a target at all, who in the command echelon is authorized to approve it, with what munitions, and under what conditions. In stark contrast to what is stated in the film, when the words "Naza 500 – collateral damage estimated at 500" appear in the approval process, the meaning is that action must be taken to reduce the collateral damage. There are a variety of ways to do this, such as a call for evacuation, precision munitions, or canceling the strike entirely (what is known as an unapproved target). Noting the collateral damage on the target sheet does not signify an intention to carry out the killing of civilians or a "genocide"; it is intended, first and foremost, to prevent it. | |
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