“No Other Land,” a documentary about a West Bank village under Israeli military occupation, won the Oscar for best documentary feature at the 97th Academy Awards. Co-directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham used their acceptance speech to call for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, highlighting the injustices faced by Palestinians and advocating for a political solution. This political moment stood out in an Oscars ceremony that largely avoided world events or domestic politics, with other brief expressions of support for Ukraine also made during the event.
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