The film "No Other Land", produced by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, won the Oscar for best documentary film. The film was created by Israelis Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham, and Palestinian Arabs Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal. In a speech delivered after receiving the award, Adra criticized Israel and said, "About two months ago, I became a father and my hope to my daughter is that she will not have to live the same life I'm living now, always fearing settlers' violence, home demolitions, and forest build displacements that my community is living and facing every day under the Israeli occupation.” “We call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people,” he added. The Israeli creator of the film, Abraham, said, "We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together our voices are stronger. We see each other, the atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people which must end, the Israeli hostages brutally taken in the crime of October 7th which must be freed." The film, which has caused a stir in Israel, focuses on the incursion of the villagers of Yatta into Firing Zone 918 in the southern Hebron Hills, known as Masafer Yatta, which has served as a training ground for the IDF and security forces for decades and actually held no villages whatsoever. Related articles: Maale Adumim - Jerusalem route - with no Palestinians Arab who jumped fence and stole vehicle is caught Hospitals ban wearing pro-Palestinian symbols Sisi supports Palestinian state, rejects displacement The IDF's training in the field was severely impaired by the massive incursion into the area, and the Supreme Court ruled that the incursion was illegal and that the IDF was entitled to evict the infiltrators and resume training in the area. The film falsely portrays Israel as systematically abusing and mistreating villagers who have lived on their ancestral lands for many generations. The film claims that "Israeli soldiers and 'settlers' exploited the war to lead massacres, shootings and threats."
