Netanyahu orders punishment of interviewees in film exposing Gaza horrors

[Financial News] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a criminal investigation into Israeli soldiers who appeared anonymously in Naza, a documentary exposing conditions in Gaza.
The British newspaper The Guardian reported on the 12th (local time) that Netanyahu had sent a letter to Israel’s attorney general, the military chief of staff and the director of the Shin Bet, instructing them to “urgently identify everyone who appears in the documentary.”
According to the report, Netanyahu urged authorities to open investigations and bring charges against those whose identities were confirmed, on suspicion of violating information security, criminal defamation, and undermining Israel’s diplomatic and security interests.
Naza anonymously features whistleblower accounts from 24 Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers who said they were involved in surveillance of civilians and mass killings in Gaza. Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, co-directors of No Other Land, which won an Oscar last year, took part in producing the film.
Major figures in the global film industry expressed solidarity with the two directors over the incident, saying they “strongly support the right to address difficult and urgent subjects without fear of retaliation.”
Ricardo Gutiérrez, secretary-general of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), also criticized the move, calling it “a blatant act of intimidation against the press” and saying it “shows that the Israeli regime is prepared to do anything to cover up the crimes against humanity and ongoing genocide it has committed in Gaza.”
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