PR Executive Slams Israeli Filmmakers for 'Worse Than Terror Attack' Gaza War Documentary

Public relations executive Ran Rahav has strongly criticized a documentary film by Yuval Avraham and Rachel Shore, which features testimonies from 24 soldiers of Unit 8200 detailing IDF operations during the Gaza war. The film, produced by The Guardian, includes interviews with individuals who claim involvement in 'war crimes and genocide,' and describe destruction and killings in Gaza.

Rahav, owner of the PR firm Rahav Communications, stated on i24NEWS that the film has severely damaged Israel's global image, calling it a "horrific thing" and a "mass attack" worse than a terrorist act against the entire nation, Zionism, the IDF, its soldiers, the wounded, the murdered, and bereaved families. While supporting criticism, Rahav suggested Israel should establish a state commission of inquiry, but defended the IDF's chief of staff as a "enlightened man of peace."

Rahav argued that the filmmakers should have focused on the actions of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, questioning why they blamed Israel for the destruction in Gaza and the deaths of Palestinian civilians. He asserted that the responsibility lies with the Palestinian people in Gaza for not removing Sinwar themselves, and that the IDF acted to save the Israeli nation.

Furthermore, Rahav attacked Israel's right-wing government and ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, claiming their inflammatory statements about Gaza contributed to the prime minister and defense minister facing proceedings at The Hague. He questioned the filmmakers' decision to target the IDF instead of scrutinizing politicians like Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, asking if they had no shame that the IDF is being blamed worldwide.