Rachel Szor (; born 1994) is an Israeli investigative journalist, film director, editor, cinematographer, and activist. She rose to international prominence when she co-directed No Other Land (2024), an Oscar-winning documentary about the Israel Defense Forces and settler violence in the West Bank.
Her second documentary feature, NAZA (2026), follows the Israeli Government involvement in the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza, and won the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
Biography Born in Tel Aviv, Szor attended the Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts. In 2017, she participated in a four-month program at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.
Career
No Other Land
Szor co-directed, co-filmed and featured in the documentary No Other Land (2024) with Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, and Hamdan Ballal, about Adra's long-term attempts to resist Israeli settler violence and displacement from his home in Masafer Yatta. The group had no experience in documentary filmmaking and initially approached the story as activists and journalists. Working together for over five years, with Adra and Ballal having footage including home videos from Adra's family, the documentary depicts Adra befriending Abraham and juxtaposes Adra's life under occupation with Abraham's life of freedom.
No Other Land premiered in February 2024 to critical acclaim at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), where it won two awards: The Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film and the Berlinale Documentary Film Award.
NAZA
Szor co-wrote, co-directed, co-filmed and featured in the documentary NAZA (2026), again with Yuval Abraham. It was shot in Tel Aviv during the ongoing Gaza war, and reveals the Israeli government’s role in the mass killing of Palestinian civilians during the conflict. Produced by The Guardian and British producer James Wilson's JW Films, the film was selected for the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
On 14 September 2026, shortly after the Venice awards ceremony, The Guardian reported that Israeli culture minister, Miki Zohar, had declared on X that he would "act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship of these despicable creators [Abraham and Szor] for treason against the state". Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu subsequently announced that his government would seek to pass legislation to revoke the citizenship of Israelis who "defame" Israeli soldiers abroad, citing Abraham and Szor in the statement.
Filmography YearEnglish titleOriginal titleNotes2024No Other Landلا أرض أخرىCo-directed with Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, and Hamdan Ballal2026NAZACo-directed with Yuval Abraham
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