On the eve of the New York premiere of their film, "NAZA," co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor sat with Haaretz U.S. senior writer Etan Nechin to talk about the journalistic investigations behind the film, the unprecedented criticism of them in Israel – including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s threat to strip them of their citizenship – and why it’s important to them to come back home and engage with Israelis.

In this episode of the Haaretz podcast, you can listen to Abraham discuss what he thought of Netanyahu likening the documentary to “dozens of missiles” being fired at Israel; the Trump administration's material support of the Gaza war and U.S. debate about arms sales to Israel; the film’s title and thematic association with Nazi Germany; why so many specific details were taken out of the film; and his plan to return to Israel and continue his work.

“I don't want to be an exile,” he said, declaring that “there are no grounds” to revoke his or Szor’s citizenship. 

“We're journalists. We're filmmakers. … The storm will pass, and we will come back and move on to the next thing.”

The full interview with Abraham and Szor will be available on haaretz.com on Sunday. 

On the eve of the New York premiere of their film, "NAZA," co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor sat with Haaretz U.S. senior writer Etan Nechin to talk about the journalistic investigations behind the film, the unprecedented criticism of them in Israel &ndash; including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s threat to strip them of their citizenship &ndash; and why it&rsquo;s important to them to come back home and engage with Israelis.
In this episode of the Haaretz podcast, you can listen to Abraham discuss what he thought of Netanyahu likening the documentary to &ldquo;dozens of missiles&rdquo; being fired at Israel; the Trump administration's material support of the Gaza war and U.S. debate about arms sales to Israel; the film&rsquo;s title and thematic association with Nazi Germany; why so many specific details were taken out of the film; and his plan to return to Israel and continue his work.
&ldquo;I don't want to be an exile,&rdquo; he said, declaring that &ldquo;there are no grounds&rdquo; to revoke his or Szor&rsquo;s citizenship.&nbsp;
&ldquo;We're journalists. We're filmmakers. &hellip; The storm will pass, and we will come back and move on to the next thing.&rdquo;
The full interview with Abraham and Szor will be available on <a href="http://haaretz.com">haaretz.com</a> on Sunday.&nbsp;

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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Haaretz Podcast

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.