The NAZA documentary, which focuses on testimonies from 24 soldiers who served during the attacks in Gaza, will be made available online for everyone to watch for free and without time limits during November.
The production, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival in Italy, is also the subject of efforts to arrange free screenings at cinemas in Israel while it is being shown in theaters in different parts of the world.
The film is based on three years of journalistic work
Director Abraham announced that the decision was made together with fellow director Rachel Szor and co-producer The Guardian. The documentary, the product of three years of journalistic work, features the accounts of 24 soldiers who served during the attacks in Gaza.
NAZA aims to spark public debate about the Israeli government's view that there are no innocent people in Gaza. Abraham drew attention to the attitude of indifference in Israeli society despite the deaths of more than 73,000 people, including many children, in the attacks on Gaza.
Reactions to the directors in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described NAZA as "anti-Jewish incitement" and announced that he would submit a bill to strip citizenship from people who defame Israeli soldiers. Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar also threatened on September 13 to strip directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of their citizenship.
In response to a post by Abraham, Zohar addressed the director by saying, "Do not return to the country; you are not wanted here. Traitor." Israel's state broadcaster KAN said that Zohar had asked cinema owners not to screen the film, either for a fee or for free.
After the documentary won an award at the Venice Film Festival, Israel's Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir instructed military intelligence, the military prosecutor's office and the air force to determine whether the soldiers who spoke in the film were serving in compulsory service or as reservists.
Dozens of far-right activists held a demonstration outside the home of Szor's family in the town of Savyon in central Israel. The demonstrators chanted, "The death penalty for traitors," referring to the directors.
