Watch and read the most powerful Oscars speech for years

Hollywood has from the Palestine votes from the Burn From Melissa Barrera from 'Scream 7' to degradation By Caa Power Agent Maha Dakhil to Susan Sarandon say Your “projects were drawn”.

It was therefore a pretty pleasant surprise to see the Elite -Hollywood audience from everyone -the amount at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony in the Dolby Theater on Sunday evening -Lautstine invited and cheered on stage in Primetime The “Ethnic Cleaning” of his people and the “Atrocious disorder of the Gaza”.

Basel Adra is the Palestinian co-director of 'No Other Land', who won the Oscar for the best documentary on Sunday. The film was shot by a Palestinian Israeli collective of four activists – Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor – and tells the history of the destruction of Masafer Yatta on the occupied west bank, the Israeli military. The title “No Other Land” comes from a woman in the film who asks where the Palestinians of the West Bank should go.

In his acceptance speech, Abraham not only emphasized the “ethnic dominance” that his country initiated in the occupied Palestinian areas, but also questioned the destructive role of the United States: “I have to say how I am here that foreign policy in this country helps to block this way,, [to peace]. “”

Do you have that? A film about occupied and persecuted Palestinians not only won an Oscar, but also the good and probably Hollywood brought their hands together for two speeches that beat “ethnic cleansing” and “ethnic dominance” in Palestine. To quote the title of A The best song of the previous Oscar winner: Times have changed.

Nevertheless, they have not changed enough. Like that New York Times listed On Sunday evening, the Oscar victory of the film represents “a landmark and a reprimand. Despite a number of honors and enthusiastic reviews, no distributor would take this film in the United States, which makes American film visitors almost impossible to see it in the cinemas or stream it. “

As I have said many times, the greatest victims of so -called “culture” in the United States remain the Palestinian people and their supporters. The shameful treatment From 'No Other Land' from the big distributors in our film industry is only the latest and best example of this.

Let us do our best to ensure that the powerful and historical speeches by Adra and Abraham are far and wide. You can view and read them completely below.

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Basel Adra

“Many thanks to the academy for the award. It is such a great honor for us four and everyone who supported us for this documentary. About two months ago I became a father, and my hope for my daughter is that she does not have to live the same life that I now live, always afraid of violence, demolition at home, forced shifting with which my community of Masafer Yatta is confronted every day. “No other country” reflects the hard reality that we have endured for decades and still resist when we call up the world to take serious measures to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleaning of the Palestinian people. “

Yuval Abraham

“We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis because our voices are stronger together. We see each other. The cruel destruction of Gaza and his people who have to end; The Israeli hostages, which were brutally included in the crime of October 7, must be released. When I look at Basel, I see my brother. But we are unequal. We live in a regime in which I am free under civil law and Basel is among military laws and destroys life that he cannot control. There is a different way, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both people. And I have to say how I am here, foreign policy in this country helps to block this way. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? That my people can be really sure when Basel are really free and safe? There is a different way. It is not too late for life, for the living. “

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