Basel Adra
Basel Adra | |
|---|---|
| باسل عدرا | |
 Adra in Masafer Yatta, June 2022 | |
| Born | June 13, 1996 At-Tuwani, Hebron Governorate, Palestine |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer(s) | +972 Magazine Local Call |
| Organization | B'Tselem |
Basel Adra[a] (or Al-Adra;[b] Arabic: باسل عدرا or باسل العدرا; born June 13, 1996) is a Palestinian activist and journalist.
In 2021, Adra was falsely accused of framing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In 2022, he was beaten while he was filming the IDF demolishing a structure that he had built.[1][2] Adra co-wrote and co-directed the 2024 documentary film No Other Land with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and two other activists. The film premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film and the Berlinale Documentary Film Award.[3][4][5]
Early and personal life
[edit]Adra was born to father Nasser in At-Tuwani, Hebron Municipality, in the West Bank of Palestine. He lives in Masafer Yatta, Hebron.[6][7][8][9][10]
Career and activism
[edit]Adra is an activist and a volunteer photographer for B'Tselem. He works as journalist for online publications +972 Magazine and Local Call along with photojournalist Oren Ziv, who wrote the +972 Magazine article following the Channel 12 allegations made against al-Adra.[1][11][12][13]
Channel 12 and HaKol HaYehudi false allegations
[edit]In 2021, the HaKol HaYehudi and Channel 12 news outlets falsely accused al-Adra of setting fire to a building in the Hebron Hills (the West Bank) claiming that he tried to frame Jewish settlers and Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers for the incident. The body camera footage used by Channel 12 instead shows that the fire was caused by a tear gas canister fired by the Israeli army, and al-Adra can be seen trying to put it out. Since then, Channel 12 News and the right-wing media in Israel have failed to provide any evidence to support their claims against al-Adra, and the news channel has said it does not intend to investigate the incident further.[1]
On May 8, 2022, he was beaten by IDF forces while reporting on IDF soldiers dismantling a structure that he had built.[13][14][15]
No Other Land Documentary
[edit].jpg)
In February 2024, the film No Other Land about the situation of Masafer Yatta that he co-wrote and co-directed with Israelis Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and Palestinian Hamdan Ballal, premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Berlinale Best Documentary film award and Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film.[16][17][18] The film was also nominated at the 97th Academy Awards for the Best Documentary Feature Film.[19]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ziv, Oren (October 7, 2021). "Israel's top news show falsely accuses +972 writer of framing settlers for arson". +972 Magazine. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Adra, Basel [@basel_adra] (June 13, 2022). "#SaveMasaferYatta" (Tweet). Retrieved October 22, 2024 – via Twitter.
It's my birthday today. I'm 26. My biggest wish, since I was a child, is to be free from occupation. Now as our community of Masafer Yatta is being destroyed, day by day, it's honestly hard to celebrate. Still, my wish remains: to remain. To have a future.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (January 17, 2024). "The Panorama strand of the Berlinale to open with Levan Akin's Crossing". Cineuropa. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (February 24, 2024). "Berlin: Memories of a Burning Body, No Other Land Win Panorama Audience Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (February 24, 2024). "Mati Diop Doc Dahomey Wins Berlin Golden Bear". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Ziv, Oren; Abraham, Yuval (May 8, 2022). "תיעוד: חיילים מכים את כתב "שיחה מקומית" בעת סיקור אירוע". Local Call (in Hebrew). Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "'The world doesn't care when the victims are Palestinians, they will keep selling weapons to Israel,' says activist". Middle East Monitor. March 20, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Cypel, Sylvain (2021). The State of Israel vs. the Jews. Other Press. ISBN 978-1-63542-097-5.
...Basil al-Adraa, an activist from the nearby village of at-Tuwani, reported that...
- ^ Anouar, Souad (May 6, 2022). "Israeli Supreme Court Legalizes Masafer Yatta Evictions". Morocco World News. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ ""No nos iremos": palestinos de Masafer Yatta prometen resistir al desalojo del Supremo israelí". France 24 (in Spanish). May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Krauss, Joseph (May 5, 2022). "Israel upholds expulsion order against West Bank hamlets". ABC News. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Settlers versus Palestinians: 'This was a battle for our homes'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Israeli Soldiers Beat Palestinian Journalist Documenting West Bank Demolition". Haaretz. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Shireen Abu Akleh: Israël assassine de sang froid un symbole palestinien et arabe*". Leaders (in French). Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Ali Shah, Hamza (May 11, 2022). "Israel Assassinated Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh". Jacobin. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (February 24, 2024). "Mati Diop's Dahomey bags the Berlinale Golden Bear". Cineuropa. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ "No Other Land". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham by Conor Williams".
- ^ "The 97th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 23, 2025. Archived from the original on January 23, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
