Middle East latest: Israeli military orders evacuation of parts of Gaza City https://www.byteseu.com/865582/ #BassemNaim #Evacuations #GeneralNews #Hamas #HostageSituations #Israel #IsraelGovernment #IsraelHamasWar #MiddleEast #Religion #WarAndUnrest #WorldNews #YuvalAbraham

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Says U.S. Academy ‘Refused’ to Issue Statement in Support of Hamdan Ballal: They Were ‘Silent When a Filmmaker They Honored Needed Them the Most’
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #HamdanBallal #NoOtherLand #YuvalAbraham

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/no-other-land-us-academy-1236347390/

Alex Gibney, Christine Vachon Among Global Film Community Members Behind Petition to Free ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #AlexGibney #HamdanBallal #NoOtherLand #YuvalAbraham

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/no-other-land-director-freedom-petition-1236347367/

#Eurovision / Israel still allowed to maintain access to platforms of cultural diplomacy despite an ongoing genocide

Israel's strategic deployment of cultural representation in the face of allegations of genocide is relentless. While facing #ICJ investigation and scholarly condemnation of a genocide that has resulted in over 46,000 Palestinians deliberately and systematically murdered by the #IDF (using U.S.-supplied weaponry,) Israel's Eurovision participation—featuring a survivor of the October 7 attack—is attempting, once again, to instrumentalize personal victimhood in service of state legitimation.

It’s difficult to ignore the fact that this centering of Israeli suffering within international cultural forums occurs simultaneously with the systematic marginalization of Palestinian perspectives and experiences. The disproportionate media attention given to Israel's Eurovision candidacy, relative to, say, coverage of ongoing genocide in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, not to mention a brutal occupation, reflects broader patterns of narrative control that obscure accountability for actions against an occupied population.

As one Israeli commentator wrote, “the song written for her [Yuval Abraham] by Keren Peles lacks even a trace of originality and freshness, resembling something more on the level of a young talent night at an unpopular brasserie - and conveys an oppressive sense of extra effort to be appealing.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​[…] And if that doesn't help either, one can always say that the problem isn't the lyrics, the melody, the French, the clip, the Keren, or the Peles: in the end, everyone is antisemitic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Hebrew https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/bjkqmw3s1x

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‘No Other Land’ Directors Use Oscar Speech to Call on World ‘to Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian People’
#Variety #News #BaselAdra #NoOtherLand #Oscars #YuvalAbraham

https://variety.com/2025/awards/news/no-other-land-oscar-speech-ethnic-cleansing-gaza-1236321688/

[05:45] Hoeveel aandacht hebben de Palestijnen nodig voordat er iets verandert, vraagt deze docu ons

In No Other Land documenteerden twee vrienden, de Israëlische Yuval Abraham en de Palestijnse Basel Adra, de verveling en vernietiging van de Westelijke Jordaanoever. Dat deze indrukwekkende documentaire dit weekend misschien een Oscar krijgt, helpt de Palestijnen vooralsnog niet. Maar het maakt ons tot ooggetuigen — en dat is het minste wat we kunnen betekenen. Basel Adra en Yuval Abraham in hun documentaire ‘No Other Land’. Beeld: Filmdepot
Dit weekend kunnen twee vrienden, de Palestijnse Basel Adra (28) en de Israëlische Yuval Abraham (30), een Oscar winnen.
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An exclusive [Webinar] conversation with Oscar nominees Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra on filmmaking and journalism in Israel-Palestine (+972 Magazine)

https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8&section_id=182767&utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=33cd535971-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_03_12_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33cd535971-1401469782

"Following the Oscar nomination of No Other Land for Best Documentary Feature of 2025, we invite +972 members to an exclusive webinar with the filmmakers: +972 Magazine and Local Call reporter Yuval Abraham and longtime +972 and Local call contributor Basel Adra."

"The webinar will take place on February 10, 2025, 20:00 Jerusalem time, 18:00 GMT/13:00 EST.

"To participate in the webinar, please consider becoming a member, and we will send you an invitation."

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‘No Other Land’ Review: A Frank, Devastating Protest Against Israel’s West Bank Occupation
#Variety #Reviews #BaselAdra #BerlinFilmFestival #HamdanBallal #NoOtherLand #RachelSzor #YuvalAbraham

https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/no-other-land-review-1235919336/