EBN- No Other Land,” a story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from Israeli destruction, won the Oscar for best documentary and is the result of a collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers.
We made No Other Land film as Palestinians and Israelis because our voices together are stronger,” said Israeli journalist and director Yuval Abraham, one of the film’s creators.
Abraham used the Oscars platform to criticize his country’s government, describing its actions as “the wanton destruction of Gaza and its people.” He also called on Hamas to release all Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip.
It is worth noting that the film “No Other Earth” did not find a distributor in the United States, despite being shown in 24 countries around the world.
The Israeli media also largely avoided covering the film documenting the destruction of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, with coverage limited to some scattered reports in left-wing media inside Israel.
This snub is a stark shift from other Israeli films that were previously nominated for Oscars, which usually received widespread media attention before the awards ceremony.
“The timing is very sensitive,” said Raya Morag, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who specializes in cinema and trauma. “Everyone is in mourning or trauma, and it’s hard to hear any other voice on any other topic.”
Morag, who belongs to the left-wing peace movement, said she believes the film, made in cooperation with Palestinians and Israelis, will find a place in the national debate in the future, but only after the hostages are returned, the destroyed homes are rebuilt, new elections are held to replace the current right-wing government, and the country goes through a “collective mourning process.
