UKLFI Charitable Trust invites you to a webinar on NAZA – Unpacking False Claims about Nezek Agavi and International Law with Lt. Col. (Ret.) Sarit Zehavi and Natasha Hausdorff on Monday 28 September at 5pm UK time (7pm Israel, 6pm Europe, 12.00 ET)
A film called “Naza” received a 25-minute standing ovation on its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 10 September 2026 and was awarded the Special Jury Prize. “Naza” is the acronym of “Nezek Agavi”, the Hebrew term for “collateral damage”. The film has not yet been publicly released. However, reports about it suggest that it may misrepresent the processes used by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to consider the risk of civilian casualties when deciding whether to strike military targets.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Sarit Zehavi played a major role in developing processes used by the IDF to minimise civilian casualties. In this webinar, she will explain these processes, their purposes, and the dilemmas faced when fighting armed forces operating in civilian areas. This webinar will also address the legal framework provided by International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and how it applies in relation to these processes.
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MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Lt Col (Ret) Sarit Zehavi is the Founder and CEO of Alma Research and Education Center, an independent research and education center specialising in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. She served for 15 years in the IDF Intelligence Corps., initially in the research and analysis section, and later on with the Northern Command including during the second Lebanon war.
Sarit holds an MA in Middle East Studies from Ben-Gurion University and is a member of Forum Devora, promoting the equal representation of women in key decision-making positions in the fields of national security and foreign policy. She was selected by the Jerusalem Post as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021.
Natasha Hausdorff is a barrister at 6 Pump Court Chambers and a frequent speaker on International Law. She has a law degree from Oxford University, qualified as a solicitor at Skadden, and subsequently gained an LLM from Tel Aviv University, focussing on public international law and the law of armed conflict. She clerked for Miriam Naor, President of Israel’s Supreme Court, and was a fellow at Columbia Law School’s National Security programme. Natasha is legal director of UKLFI Charitable Trust.
Natasha’s work explaining legal issues relating to Israel has been recognised by the American Jewish Committee’s award for moral courage and by the honour of lighting one of the torches on Har Herzl to mark Israel’s Independence Day.