# Netanyahu vows citizenship crackdown over Gaza war documentary

https://mins.news/en/video/63797

- DW News, 2026-09-18 06:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1jCPVFz9tk

> An award-winning documentary depicting civilian deaths in Gaza has sparked a political firestorm in Israel. After senior officials denounced it as anti-Israeli and antisemitic, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged legal and financial penalties for those accused of defaming the military and proposed legislation that could strip citizenship from Israeli critics of the armed forces.

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