The tunnels ‘NAZA’ refuses to enter
The Venice Film Festival recently awarded its Special Jury Prize to NAZA , an 80-minute documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. Its official synopsis promises to expose the machinery behind Israel’s “calculated mass killing”…
Assessment
The film's Venice recognition gives it cultural legitimacy that its makers likely intend to translate into political pressure. By omitting Hamas's extensive tunnel network built for fighters while providing no shelters for Gaza's civilians, the documentary presents a one-sided moral framework that treats Israeli actions as unprovoked. The central question the film sidesteps is whether a military force that deliberately places its own population in harm's way bears primary responsibility for civilian casualties. Watch whether this award becomes a talking point in ongoing ICC proceedings and campus activism.