The Israeli military has forcibly evicted over 1,000 residents from Masafer Yatta, a collection of 19 Palestinian villages in the West Bank, south of Hebron. The state of Israel has seized the land and the displaced residents are left with nothing. A documentary film, “No Other Land” has been produced by a Palestinian and an Israeli collective, showcasing the ethnic cleansing in Palestine. The film has won several awards, including the Oscar for best documentary, but has been met with hostility from Western opinion leaders, who have accused the filmmakers of antisemitism.
The German public broadcasters, ARD and ZDF, have largely ignored the documentary, with the ARD news program only mentioning it in a brief, after-the-fact report. The documentary’s release has been met with a campaign of disinformation and defamation, with the Israeli government and its supporters accusing the filmmakers of being one-sided and antisemitic.
The film’s director, Yuval Abraham, has received death threats and had to cancel a trip to Israel due to the threats. His family in Israel has been threatened by a right-wing mob and Abraham has accused the Berlin government and some media outlets of fueling the hatred.
The Israeli government has criticized the film’s win, claiming it is an affront to the state of Israel and its people. The film’s producers have been accused of being antisemitic, despite being Jewish themselves.
The documentary has been banned from being shown in US cinemas, with the filmmakers believing it is due to political reasons. Despite being shown in 24 countries, including Germany, the film has not been given a release in the US.
The article concludes that the Israeli lobby and its apologists use intimidation, threats and existence-denial to silence critics and that the real antisemitism is the use of Jewish people as soldiers to further the imperialist and military interests of the West.