A confrontation broke out Thursday evening during a screening of the film NAZA in the Dutch city of Delft after the wife and mother of two Israelis murdered by Hamas in the October 7 massacre confronted the film’s directors, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
“Look into my eyes,” Sabine Taasa urged Abraham and Szor. “Are you talking about collateral damage? My husband and my son were murdered by Hamas. Where does this appear in your film?”
Taasa’s husband, Gil, and one of her sons, Or, were murdered in the massacre. Other of his children were also injured in the attack. She traveled to the screening in the Netherlands with members of Ad Kan, intending to protest the way the war is portrayed in the film and to share her family’s story with the audience.
“I came here to tell my story. My name is Sabine Tassa. I came from Israel to tell you the truth,” she said.
According to footage shared by Israeli organization Ad Kan, several members of the audience responded by shouting: “We don’t care,” “Shame on you” and “We don’t want to hear.”
The founder and leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom, Geert Wilders, criticized members of the public in a post on X/Twitter in response to the incident.
“The insensitivity is astounding,” Wilders wrote. “Sabine Taasa survived the October 7 massacre. Her 17-year-old son was murdered on Zikim beach. Her husband was killed while protecting their two young sons from a grenade.”
“‘We don’t care.’ It’s their response to his suffering.”
“The truth means nothing to the left. Its alliance with Islam is an expression of moral bankruptcy that threatens the future of the Netherlands and our civilization. A mob can drown out a voice. Not the TRUTH,” Wilders said.
In a later article, Wilders said he welcomed Taasa to the Dutch Parliament.
“Her 17-year-old son and her husband were killed. She is a strong and wise Israeli friend,” he said. “I will always support Israel and fight against Islamic terrorism. Never surrender.”
What is “NAZA”?
NAZA focuses on the war in the Gaza Strip and the damage caused to the Palestinian population during the conflict. The film has drawn criticism in Israel over the way it depicts the war and the actions of the IDF, including the attention it gives to the October 7 massacre and the actions of Hamas.
The protest in the Netherlands focused specifically on this issue, with Taasa demanding that filmmakers also address the murder of his family members.
Ad Kan attempted to show a film about the October 7 atrocities
At the start of the screening, Avichai Shorshan, CEO of Ad Kan, who had accompanied Taasa on her trip to the Netherlands, attempted to use a portable projector to project the atrocity film documenting the October 7 massacre onto a cinema screen.
According to the organization, spectators tried to prevent the screening from continuing and a confrontation broke out on site.
Shorshan criticized the film after the event. “The collateral damage caused to the State of Israel by this fake film is inconceivable,” he said. “This brainwashing can only be corrected by a swift effort to expose false witnesses and confront them with the truth. »
“We will not accept the spread of anti-Semitism in Europe; we will continue to fight,” he added.
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