What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo reportEarlier this month, No Other Land won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The film chronicles the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta as it resists being driven off its land by settler violence and the demolitions of the Israeli military. The film’s two protagonists, Palestinian film-maker Basel Adra and Israeli film-maker Yuval Abraham, gave speeches when they accepted their award.Yuval Abraham: “We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law and Basel is under military laws that destroy his life … There is a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people.” Continue reading…
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Author : Presented by Michael Safi with Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo; produced by Eli Block and Tom Glasser; executive producer Courtney Yusuf
Publish date : 2025-03-28 03:00:00
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From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast
