Basel Adra

Basel Adra

Basel Adra is an activist, journalist, and photographer from the village of At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills.

Recent Articles
A burned children's toy following an Israeli settler pogrom in the Palestinian village of Tuba, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, August 6, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)
‘Darkness, flames, screaming’: Palestinian village terrorized by Israeli settlers
A night-time pogrom by dozens of settlers left residents wounded, houses burned, and solar panels destroyed in the isolated West Bank village of Tuba.
By Basel Adra August 7, 2026
A mural of Awdah Hathaleen in the community center with added writings by friends and family. (Omri Eran Vardi)
A year after Awdah’s killing, Umm Al-Khair struggles for its own survival
The community is facing violent settler expansion and the looming threat of demolition, while the Israeli who shot the beloved activist remains free.
By Basel Adra July 29, 2026
Israeli soldiers patrolling through the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, 4 July 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)
‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron
By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.
By Basel Adra July 14, 2026
Journalist Samir Amin-Khuwaira of Nablus before and after spending nine months in administrative detention following a nighttime arrest at his home in April 2025. (Courtesy of the family)
The Palestinian journalists held in Israel’s ‘cemeteries for the living’
Held without charge in Israeli jails, West Bank reporters describe beatings, starvation, isolation, and threats meant to force them into silence.
By Basel Adra June 1, 2026
Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian shepherds in the village of Rujum ‘Ulya, Masafer Yatta, West Bank, March 25, 2026. (Basel Adra)
Brief, arbitrary abductions: A new tool of Israeli intimidation in Masafer Yatta
In recent months, soldiers have arrested dozens of West Bank Palestinians — many blindfolded, beaten, and then released without explanation.
By Basel Adra April 15, 2026
Palestinians mourn the deaths of three residents of Khirbet Abu Falah who were killed during an Israeli settler attack, occupied West Bank, March 8, 2026. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)
Four dead in 24 hours: Israeli settler terror intensifies amid Iran war
Settler gunfire killed Palestinians in two West Bank villages as they tried to defend their land. In the aftermath, soldiers’ tear gas induced a cardiac arrest.
By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra March 9, 2026
Palestinians in the village of Qaryut mourn the killing of two residents who were shot dead by an Israeli settler, occupied West Bank, March 3, 2026. (Oren Ziv)
With West Bank under total Israeli closure, settlers are seizing the moment
Israeli settlers have killed two Palestinians and raided dozens of villages amid the war with Iran, as the army restricts movement and backs up the attackers.
By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra March 4, 2026
Palestinian residents and activists gather for a screening of "Coexistence my Ass!" in late December. (Mohanad Qufisha)
In Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors
The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.
By Basel Adra February 2, 2026
An activist helps extinguish a fire set during a settler attack in Al-Tuban, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, Jan. 27, 2026. (Roni Amir)
Inside a coordinated, multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfolded.
By Basel Adra January 30, 2026
Ahmad Mousa Al-Mash’ala next to a van torched by Israeli settlers during an arson attack in the West Bank village of Jaba, November 18, 2025. (Oren Ziv)
‘The fire devoured everything’: Israeli settlers unleash wave of arson attacks
At least five West Bank villages have been targeted as settlers lit Palestinian homes, cars, and a mosque ablaze, while the army delayed emergency vehicles.
By Basel Adra November 18, 2025
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