Documented attacks — not facts about the filmmakers
Pressure
After the prize they were not answered with a screening in Israel. They were answered with street protests at a family home, a painted target, treason talk, a threatened statelessness, and language press-freedom groups say is edging toward physical danger.
Miki Zohar, Culture Minister
Called the Venice win shocking, accused Abraham and Szor of harming Israel for “applause from antisemites,” labeled the work treason, and said he would act immediately to revoke their Israeli citizenship.
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Itamar Ben-Gvir, National Security Minister
Called the filmmakers “a disgrace and an embarrassment” and told them to go away.
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Naftali Bennett
Described the film as a “blood libel,” a charge that recasts documentary evidence as racial incitement.
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Public petition
An Atzuma petition circulated to revoke their passports for “defaming Israel.” A minister’s post is not a court finding. Israeli law still requires other officials and judges for citizenship revocation.
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Street protests at family homes
IPI and partner groups record dozens of people outside Szor’s family home, a vow to repeat that at addresses tied to Abraham’s family, and chants of “death sentence for traitors.” ABC News independently reported a protest outside a director’s parents’ home in Tel Aviv.
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Ashdod “traitor” mural
France 24 reports a mural in Ashdod that paints the two directors as red targets and brands them traitors, while the artist insults them as they remain abroad.
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Shin Bet and IDF inquiries
ABC News reports Culture Minister Zohar asking Shin Bet chief David Zini to investigate the filmmakers and the soldiers who spoke, and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir ordering a probe of “unauthorised disclosure of classified materials.”
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IPI and 10 press-freedom groups
The International Press Institute and ten partners asked Israeli authorities to end the official campaign, protect Abraham, Szor, and their families from vigilante violence, and keep journalists free to scrutinise the army.
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Solidarity
1,000+ filmmakers signed for them
A petition reported by Ynet says the campaign of vilification is “drawing ever closer to effectively sanctioning violence and posing a physical threat to their lives.” That is why this site exists: to keep the couple visible as filmmakers, not as a government talking point.