Following the premiere of “NAZA” at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for the introduction of a law that would “revoke the citizenship of anyone who slanders IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] soldiers.” “We will hit them in their pockets and also in their citizenship, because their place
Israel’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli co-directors of Naza, a documentary that accuses the Israeli army of mass civilian killings in Gaza, to be stripped of their citizenship over “treason against the state”. Named for the Hebrew military acronym for collateral damage, the film speaks to 24 unidentified Israeli military and intelligence
Israel’s Minister of Culture Miki Zohar threatened to revoke the Israeli citizenships of “NAZA” co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. He called the documentary “shocking” and accused the filmmakers of “betraying the state.” “The self-loathing that burns in the creators, who are willing to harm their homeland just to get applause from antisemites around the
The Trump administration plans to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who entered the US as short-term visitors and later applied for asylum. “Obtaining a visa in order to seek asylum is fraud – which is grounds for visa revocation,” US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said. Pigott said the number of revocations “remains dynamic”