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In Masafer Yatta, we need more than awards — we need protection
‘No Other Land’ exposed the world to our struggle. But as settlers and soldiers escalate their attacks after the Oscars, our existence hangs by a thread.
By
Ahmad Nawajah
April 8, 2025
Must the Palestinian have an Oscar for the world to care when he’s attacked?
We can't accept the rules of recognition set by the very powers that dispossess us, especially the idea that our success is what makes us worthy of protection.
By
Sleman Altehe
March 25, 2025
Make no mistake: ‘No Other Land’ is a victory for the Palestinian struggle
While some have accused the Oscar-winning film of normalization, leaders and activists in Masafer Yatta are unwavering in their support for joint resistance.
By
Samah Salaime
March 7, 2025
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Our film is going to the Oscars. But here in Masafer Yatta, we’re still being erased
As the world watches ‘No Other Land,’ Israeli settlers are raiding and burning our villages while soldiers arrest us, abuse us, and demolish our homes.
By
Basel Adra
February 10, 2025
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence
Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers — almost always with the backing of the army and police.
By
Oren Ziv
December 4, 2024
In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire
Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school can be a challenge. But still we fight for our students.
By
Mahmoud Al-Omour
November 7, 2024
From attack dogs to prison time, this is how Israel is trying to thwart my activism
The Israeli army wants to make an example of Palestinians who protest the occupation — a campaign my village At-Tuwani has faced for generations.
By
Sami Huraini
October 24, 2024
After expulsion by settlers, Palestinians embrace precarious return to Zanuta
As residents trickled back into the destroyed West Bank village following a court ruling, fear of further attacks was outweighed by the joy of being home.
By
Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini
September 9, 2024
In Umm al-Khair, the occupation is damning us to multigenerational trauma
I saw the first bulldozers arrive in my village 17 years ago. Now, after the most brutal weeks in our history, my son will carry similarly painful memories.
By
Awdah Hathaleen
July 22, 2024
A settler shot my husband. Then Israel bulldozed my childhood home
Zakariyah has suffered immensely since being wounded by an Israeli settler. Yet his attacker roams free, and demolitions continue to devastate our communities in Masafer Yatta.
By
Shoug Al Adara
June 20, 2024
In Masafer Yatta, our camera can be stronger than the bulldozer
At a screening in At-Tuwani, we realized our film isn’t just sharing our story with the world, but showing our people how we are fighting for change.
By
Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini
March 29, 2024
‘If you don’t leave, we’ll kill you’: Hundreds flee Israeli settler violence in Hebron area
Seeing the Gaza war as a golden hour to fulfill their West Bank ambitions, Israeli settlers have chased out entire Palestinian communities in Area C.
By
Imad Abu Hawash
November 22, 2023
Settler-soldier militias threaten Susiya with death and displacement
Like other rural West Bank communities, Susiya is being subjected to escalating Israeli assaults aimed at chasing Palestinians out of their homes.
By
Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini
October 31, 2023
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