Captivity survivor Liri Albag published a scathing response to Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham, who directed the NAZA documentary, a libelous film that sparked a wave of international antisemitism and caused widespread outrage in Israel.
Albag wrote: “Hey… Do you know that although you only served for two weeks in the IDF and were discharged because of your political views, if you had fallen into Hamas captivity, they would have considered you a soldier anyway? And they would have tortured you for being a soldier. Don’t ask me how I know.
“Do you understand that if you had been in the Gaza border area on October 7, none of the terrorists would have stopped and said, ‘Hey, leave him alone—he’s okay; don’t hurt him’? Or perhaps you would simply have joined the ‘struggle to liberate Palestine’ and harmed your own people?
“At first, I wanted to write ‘blood of my blood,’ but then I remembered that we most certainly do not share the same blood—and fortunately so! Ugh, disgusting. You sold out your own people for people who yearn for your death, and that is unforgivable. How do people like this have citizenship here?! They should be launched out of our country on a missile.”
Former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman commented on the documentary, writing: “Everyone on the left is talking about ‘NAZA’ — the film that portrays the IDF as ruthless killers of innocent Palestinians. But even a cursory review of the motives, biases, and journalistic standards of the filmmakers exposes this trash as hate-filled propaganda.
“Just one example: an Israeli soldier says he finds great value in his work (presumably in eliminating Hamas terrorists who murdered and raped Israeli civilians), but the quote is falsely delivered out of context as a soldier speaking with pride about killing children.
“The film was backed by the Guardian, one of the worst actors throughout the war, and produced by Israelis who never served in the IDF and despise their country.
“Disgraceful.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
