At the intersection of art, war, and political power, two Israeli filmmakers received one of cinema's highest honors in Venice for documenting their own military's use of artificial intelligence to select targets for killing in Gaza — only to be met at home with a minister's threat to erase their citizenship. The episode asks an ancient question in a modern register: when a state wages war, who is permitted to bear witness, and at what cost? The answer offered by Culture Minister Miki Zohar is unambiguous — dissent voiced to the world is, in his framing, indistinguishable from treason.
Israeli minister threatens citizenship revocation for Gaza documentary filmmakers
The documentary documents calculated mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza using AI-powered targeting systems.