Israeli director Nadav Lapid decries ‘blindness’ over Gaza

Director Nadav Lapid said his new film “Yes” about a musician asked to re-write the Israeli national anthem is a response to his country’s “blindness” to suffering in Gaza.

Lapid has previously dissected his country’s ills in “Synonyms”, which won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2019, and “Ahed’s Knee” (2021).

In “Yes”, he portrays a society buried under its own “dark side” since Palestinian militants Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

“Blindness in Israel is unfortunately a fairly…