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Sheldon Kirshner

Sep 19, 2026, 5:11 PM

An Israeli Documentary Touches A Raw Nerve

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor should not be surprised that their controversial documentary, NAZA, has been vociferously condemned by mainstream Israeli leaders. NAZA, which premiered at the recent Venice International Film Festival, claims that Israel loosened its rules of engagement...

Michael J. Salamon

Sep 18, 2026, 6:33 PM

The Delusion Perpetuated by NAZA

The controversy surrounding NAZA is not difficult to understand. The film presents itself as a serious account of Israel and the war in Gaza, yet its framing appears less interested in examining a painful and complex conflict than in...

Sep 18, 2026, 5:49 PM

Australia’s examination of a ‘war hero’, a lesson on Israel’s response to NAZA

For years Australian soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith was celebrated as the embodiment of Australian military courage — a Victoria Cross recipient (highest military honour for bravery), one of the country's most decorated soldiers, and for many Australians a living symbol...

Sep 18, 2026, 2:31 PM

Rereading Jonah after NAZA

'Jonah Cast Forth by the Whale,' by Gustave Doré, 1874. (National Library of Poland, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Abraham is my hero for his complex faith, but Jonah's intense loyalty to the Jewish people spotlights the fallacy of extending compassion to just everyone

Sep 18, 2026, 11:41 AM

She’s Not a Child

I just finished an awkward, self-imposed 25-minute standing ovation in my living room after the final episode of Season 5 of Fauda. I figured their fictional series based on the real-life events of October 7 deserved the same standing...

Sep 17, 2026, 11:03 PM

What ‘Naza’ really means: The truth about collateral damage

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The filmmakers mistook the IDF’s system for limiting civilian casualties for something far darker. They should have asked me; I helped build it

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Sep 17, 2026, 9:28 PM

Beyond the Screen

A film ends. The people whose lives it touches remain. They return to a street, a family, a language, a fear, or a disagreement that the final credits cannot resolve. Some have no home to return to. Others discover...

Sep 17, 2026, 3:33 PM

NAZA Lies Through an IDF Soldier’s Eyes

Wounded IDF soldier being medivaced to safety. Photo ©️A. Agronov , 2026

I have knelt in the sand of Gaza with a dying soldier's blood on my hands. I have served in Lebanon, in Judea and Samaria, and now, since October 7th, for hundreds of days on the front lines with...

Sep 17, 2026, 11:01 AM

Collateral Benefit

The real test raised by NAZA - the Hebrew military acronym for collateral damage - is not whether its filmmakers are right. It is whether a state confident in its force is equally confident in evidence, law and institutions...

Raheli Baratz Rix

Sep 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

The Film, the Silence, and the Dove That Never Lands

There's a moment that repeats itself every time the media cycle turns against Israel. A film drops, dramatic graphs appear, sad music swells, and we react. Always reacting. Never leading. This time it's NAZA, short for "incidental harm," a...

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