Basel Adra

Basel Adra (also Basil and also Al-Adra or Al-Adraa,[1] Arabic: باسل عدرا or باسل العدرا) 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,[2] at which it won two best-documentary awards.[3][4]

Basel Adra
Born
at-Tuwani, Hebron Governorate, West Bank
NationalityPalestinian
OccupationJournalist
Employer(s)+972 Magazine
Local Call
OrganizationB'Tselem

Personal life

Adra was born to father Nasser[5] in At-Tuwani, Hebron Municipality, in the West Bank of Palestine.[6][7] He lives in Masafer Yatta, Hebron.[8][9]

Career and activism

Adra is an activist[10] and a volunteer photographer for B'Tselem.[11] He works as journalist for online publications +972 Magazine and Local Call.[12]

In 2021, HaKol HaYehudi and Channel 12 falsely accused Adra of setting fire to a building in the Hebron Hills area of the West Bank, in order to frame the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).[1] On May 8, 2022, he was beaten by IDF forces[12][13] while reporting on IDF soldiers dismantling a structure that he built.[14]

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.[15][16]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Abbatescianni, Davide (17 January 2024). "The Panorama strand of the Berlinale to open with Levan Akin's Crossing". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. 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.
  4. Roxborough, Scott (24 February 2024). "Mati Diop Doc Dahomey Wins Berlin Golden Bear". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. 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.
  6. "'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.
  7. 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...
  8. Anouar, Souad (6 May 2022). "Israeli Supreme Court Legalizes Masafer Yatta Evictions". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  9. ""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.
  10. "Israel upholds expulsion order against West Bank hamlets". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  11. "Settlers versus Palestinians: 'This was a battle for our homes'". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  12. "Israeli Soldiers Beat Palestinian Journalist Documenting West Bank Demolition". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  13. "Shireen Abu Akleh: Israël assassine de sang froid un symbole palestinien et arabe*". Leaders (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  14. Ali Shah, Hamza (11 May 2022). "Israel Assassinated Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  15. Abbatescianni, Davide (24 February 2024). "Mati Diop's Dahomey bags the Berlinale Golden Bear". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  16. "No Other Land". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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