Basel Adra
Basel Adra | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1996 |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer(s) | +972 Magazine Local Call |
| Organization | B'Tselem |
Basel Adra (also Basil and also Al-Adra or Al-Adraa, Arabic: باسل عدرا or باسل العدرا; born June 13, 1996 in the West Bank) is a Palestinian activist and journalist who in 2021 was falsely accused of framing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and who in 2022 was beaten while filming the IDF demolishing a structure that he built. He co-wrote and co-directed the 2024 documentary film No Other Land, which premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, at which it won two best-documentary awards.[1][2][3][4][5]
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.[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 built.[13][14][15]
In February 2024, the film No Other Land about the situation of Masafer Yatta that he co-directed 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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ziv, Oren (2021-10-07). "Israel's top news show falsely accuses +972 writer of framing settlers for arson". +972 Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Adra, Basel (13 June 2022). "#SaveMasaferYatta". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 22 October 2024 – via
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>.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.
— #SaveMasaferYatta (@basel_adra) <a href="https://twitter.com/basel_adra/status/1536426429327474688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a>
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (17 January 2024). "The Panorama strand of the Berlinale to open with Levan Akin's Crossing". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (24 February 2024). "Berlin: Memories of a Burning Body, No Other Land Win Panorama Audience Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (24 February 2024). "Mati Diop Doc Dahomey Wins Berlin Golden Bear". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Ziv, Oren; Abraham, Yuval (2022-05-08). "תיעוד: חיילים מכים את כתב "שיחה מקומית" בעת סיקור אירוע". שיחה מקומית (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "'The world doesn't care when the victims are Palestinians, they will keep selling weapons to Israel,' says activist". Middle East Monitor. 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Cypel, Sylvain (2021). The State of Israel vs. the Jews. Other Press. ISBN 9781635420975.
...Basil al-Adraa, an activist from the nearby village of at-Tuwani, reported that...
- ^ Anouar, Souad (6 May 2022). "Israeli Supreme Court Legalizes Masafer Yatta Evictions". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ ""No nos iremos": palestinos de Masafer Yatta prometen resistir al desalojo del Supremo israelí". France 24 (in Spanish). 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Israel upholds expulsion order against West Bank hamlets". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Settlers versus Palestinians: 'This was a battle for our homes'". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ a b "Israeli Soldiers Beat Palestinian Journalist Documenting West Bank Demolition". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Shireen Abu Akleh: Israël assassine de sang froid un symbole palestinien et arabe*". Leaders (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Ali Shah, Hamza (11 May 2022). "Israel Assassinated Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (24 February 2024). "Mati Diop's Dahomey bags the Berlinale Golden Bear". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "No Other Land". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
