Basel Adra in Bologna, great success for the Oscar-winning director of 'No other Land'
In the center, the director Basel Adra, Oscar winner with (No Other Land) at the Comini Fund in Bologna
Basel Adra speaks to a world that knows and sees everything. Mutilated children, executed, parents who bury them. Humanitarian aid that becomes death traps. His ' No other land ' is the Oscar-winning documentary, directed, written and edited by the Israeli-Palestinian directors' collective of Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham. In Bologna , for the debate at the Fondo Comini , the free seats sell out well before Basel 's arrival, with many people listening standing in the garden of the neighborhood house. Next to the stage is the banner 'Show Israel the red card', 'show Israel the red card', during the evening organized by Assopace Palestina and Cucine popolari.
The documentary'No other land' documents the destruction of the Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, by the Israeli army and focuses on the resistance of the inhabitants and the unexpected alliance between Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, lawyer and journalist, and Yuval Abraham , an Israeli journalist. "Winning the Oscar did not improve the situation - comments the Palestinian director -. We thought that by managing to show what is happening in Masafer Yatta to the world, something would change. But it was not like that. Those who live in Italy and Europe have responsibilities: it is your governments that finance genocide and systematic oppression".
The complaintWhat is not perceived in this part of the world is the "very close collaboration between the state, the settlers and the Israeli soldiers ". If a "Palestinian calls the Israeli police because the army invaded his house, throwing him out, the police, instead of arresting the settlers, arrests him".
The solutionFor Basel Adra, talking about a solution is “anachronistic” . The two-state solution “would not give justice to the Palestinian people, who would only get 20% of the land”. To talk about a solution “someone has to look for it - he continues - But how can this happen if the West continues to send money and weapons that are used to kill us?”. At the end of the debate, the entire audience stands to applaud the director and chant “Free, free Palestine/Free Palestine”.
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