Gaza documentary 'NAZA' wins Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival

At the Venice Film Festival, a documentary called 'NAZA' received the Special Jury Prize for its examination of the Gaza conflict — bringing into one of cinema's most hallowed spaces a set of claims that reach far beyond the screen. Co-director Yuval Abraham asserts that Israeli intelligence officers described the mass killing of Palestinians as deliberate policy rather than the unintended toll of war, and extends the charge of complicity to the United States and European governments. The prize does not settle the documentary's arguments, but it ensures they will be harder to ignore.