NAZA filmmakers defend documentary at New York premiere amid threats
Filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor defended NAZA at its North American premiere in New York on Saturday, according to the source. The documentary features testimony from 24 anonymized Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers about surveillance and remote-killing systems used in Gaza, while Israeli officials have threatened to strip the filmmakers of their citizenship, the source says.
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor defended the findings of their documentary NAZA at its North American premiere in New York on Saturday, according to the source.
The film, directed by Abraham and Szor and produced by the Guardian, includes testimony from 24 anonymized Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers involved in surveillance and the remote killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
The participants describe AI-powered systems used to select targets, the source says. The film’s title comes from an acronym that Israeli intelligence uses euphemistically to indicate the expected number of civilian deaths in an airstrike.
The premiere took place amid protests in Israel and threats from Israeli officials to strip the filmmakers of their citizenship, according to the source.
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