Israeli Director of "No Other Land" Slams Claims of Antisemitism over Apartheid Comment at Berlinale
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We continue our conversation with Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham, who discusses the award-winning documentary No Other Land that he co-directed with Palestinian activist Basel Adra, about land dispossession in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. While accepting the audience award for best documentary at the Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, Abraham said Israel was practicing apartheid, a comment for which he later received death threats. "You have German politicians who are not Jewish who labeled me as an antisemite. For what? For calling for a ceasefire? For calling for equality between Israelis and Palestinians? For using the word 'apartheid,' which should be common sense to describe these parallel systems of inequality?" says Abraham, who calls for an end to the "apartheid reality" in Israel and Palestine. "If there is no full political equality and really full freedom to everybody who lives in this land, then there can be no future here. We are going to continue to fight to change this."
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Again, Germany is on the wrong side of history. What a shame
True. And in the company of the other worst of war criminals.. USA, Israel, UK, France etc.
Not surprising tho tbh
Nazies
Nope, you are.
Always SHAME ON GERMANY
This is the disgusting time I witnessed my German minister of culture claim she only applauded the Israeli artist and not the Palestinian artist. I was sickened to the core.
It seems she has fully normalised the Apartheid reality in Israel-Palestine
I was recalling her saying this with huge disgust, as I was watching this video. You know I, too, live in Germany. I am originally from Lebanon. I am a practising Muslim. My wife is a Christian from Bulgaria. I have named my first son Samuel. I used to be very proud of my multicultural life in Germany, the country where I have gained my independent thinking and reasoning. Now I feel soooo disconnected. All I see is hypocrisy... Die Heuchelkratie
Same here. I am disgusted and sickened.. So disgusted; a shiver ran down my spine...
@@LeKontrast Heuchelkratie trifft es sehr gut!
@@LeKontrast I know exactly what you mean.
Stop the genocide!
I wonder how many genocide supporters realise that they are fomenting hatred against Jewish people by posting their ignorant comments? Or is that done with purpose?
@@ms-jf1iz You're the kind of lowlife this world doesn't need. The VAST majority agrees with me.
@@ms-jf1iz
We've that. Do you need one?
@@nattycooper6622in your mom
Well, Israel is doing everything it can to do just that. Learn what words mean before you use them.
Trying to completely evict a community from their land is a great crime.
Agree!
United Snakes, United Kondom, and Germ-many are the enablers of these heinous crimes against humanity.
And yet nothing is done about it
they've been doing so and lying to the world for 75 years, the world failed the Palestinians
And UN cannot do anything about it. Israel must be so powerful that even US and Europe are under their control.
Germany has not learned from its fascist history. In fact, it's doubling down on it.
@@nattycooper6622 Don't know who you mean by "you". But if you mean the USA, no they have not learned anything from history either. The almost full puppet support for Israel on both the Left and the Right is disgusting.
Those who protest are called terrorists here and fired from their jobs if they as much as utter that the Palestinians have a right to exist.
100%❤❤❤
@@ms-jf1iz The question is; did you? Not him. He's right, and you're the one who doesn't understand or can even barely grasp the atrocities committed by the West and Israel.
Your IGNORANCE is what's truly transparent.
Understand about what?@@ms-jf1iz
@@ms-jf1iz fascist to me means once again supporting a genocide. Germany was directly responsible for one against the European Jews and is now assisting with one against the Palestinian people. It's fascinating to me that those same European Jews are the ones now carrying out this genocide. It's like they have transferred their collective hatred from the countries that stood idly by until Germany forced them into the war onto the very welcoming Palestinian people. They have even adopted the same mentality of the Germans in their de-humanization of themselves and the Palestinian people. You have to de-humanize yourself before you can de-humanize anyone else.
Yuval and Basel are an example of not only what is possible but what should be.
Yuval looks like the original semitic Jews. One cannot even tell Basel and Yuval apart by just looking at them. The ones who control Israel and have been committing genocide sine 1948 are the Zionist often blond, blue eyed Jews from all over Europe. The Zionist's aim from the beginning was to eradicate all Palestinians and later Arabs from the region. And the idiotic US thinks that the Middle East Arabs are our enemies.
so true
So looking forward to seeing a film which honours the humanity of the Palestinians
As most the victims are WOMEN and kids, we need global WOMEN & MOTHERS march to stop this atrocity.
Well said!
Where do you see atricities?
Your complaint is with the arab leadership who puts their own women and children in harm's way. Do you know what civilized nations do?
@nattycooper6622 Sorry to hear you are blind, my commiserations. You are to be pitied
@@nattycooper6622 in your existence
Germany has shown why it was capable of the horrors of WW2
The Daily Express March 24 1933 explains it
Growing up, I never understood "why" the nazis did what they did to european jews >> now I understand much better.
The only problem is that they were not [only] German. SS soldiers were mainly Danish, Dutch, Vlaams in the West... the ones who passed the gruesome testings of "RACIAL HYGIENE". Look it up. There were approx 14 'Baby Houses' where they impregnating the strongest of women by the strongest, tallest, most handsome of men. It's all documented, search for Occult History and the Third Reich. Which is why the Dutch are very tall... xx..
The arabs are using the Nazi playbook. Not the Jewish people. October 7th was a pogrom. Look it up.
Calling Israel a democracy, is like calling a Brothel a dating service!
Or like calling the US a democracy
😂
And being a democracy has nothing to do with following international law.
@@Arsenic71 No it does not.but ALL genocides are committed by democracy. Human just sucks?
@@davidwong5197 I don't quite agree. Dictatorshiops are known to have committed mass murder, usually on their own population.
People aren't the problem, the rulers are. They used to be called dukes and kings and emperors, now we call them "elected representatives". They are driven by money, greed and power. And THAT is the problem. People can get along just fine, it's politics (and religion!!!) that poisons everything.
God bless this Israeli Jew and protect him and his family from the evil Zionists. Really sad.
Using Zionism became political correctness, just to avoid antiseminism blame.
What's the difference between how people think of Nazi sympathisers and Israeli sympathisers? 2 years!
@@ukomiukomi887 not really, I just straight up don’t consider Zionists as Jews. It’s really simple just like how Zionists don’t consider non-Zionists Jews as part of them. Also, Semitic by definition does not refer to Jews only. And Anti-Semitic has lost all meaning because of the way the Zionists have abused it. What’s your favorite color? Blue. OMG!!! You’re antisemitic.
Ameen Ameen Ameen. May God bless him,
@@ukomiukomi887bro zionst arent semantics they come from Europe real jwesh lived in peace with Muslim s until the colonizers zionst came and claim its there land and god give it to them before dinosaur s were excited 😂😂😂😂
Germany: Somehow always finding themselves on the wrong side of history.
That's because they always choose to follow the money...which is rarely owned by the incident.
Germany is fully struggling with this topic. I am amazed by how immature and unreasonable they have been about what is going on. It is like they are still under the spill of what happened in the past. They are haunted and unable to mature and get out of their foggy heads. I don't know how to explain it, but I am shocked by German's responses--both government and public. Get out of your comfort zone. We live in a different world now. The roles have changed. It is Israel that is now committing Genocide.
Sry but I strongly sisagree with this take. The roles haven't changed. Jews still suffer from antisemitism and Israel shouldn't be confused with "the jews".
Also it's not like people who identify with Germany should get over what happened in NS. Wanting to finally be done with guilt is the exact reason why those people are so obsessed with being pro israel. The wanna make it right 'the easy way', because they don't wanna face what their nation is built upon.
Here in Germany, the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party have a tradition of using Germany's Nazi past to justify NATO's aggressive imperialist policy. The former Foreign Minister Fischer (Greens) notoriously used this justification to support NATO's war of aggression against Yugoslavia, which violated international law. He argued that it was necessary to prevent a new Auschwitz. Today, the German Foreign Minister Bärbock (Greens) is traveling around the world to educate every country on what a proper feminist, peaceful foreign policy should look like. She invokes Germany's past as a difficult exam that the country passed with honors. Her party and she should not be taken lightly - they are not intelligent, they are a disgrace. And they are a danger to every peaceful development.
@mostly_harmless1 I absolutely agree. It's really strange that it is the GREEN Party that are the worst of warmongers. The holier than thou crowd!! Little Baerbock is a disgrace
Well said.
The global Israeli lobby is insane.
That is what a normal, unbiased, fair and decent human being acts like. Thank you, Mr Abraham.
People like Israeli director is the reason we still have some humanity left on the planet
The people fighting on the side of lies, will not got away with it.
It is nice to think there is some justice, but that just simply isn't often the case.
@@nsbd90nowwhat do YOU do to change your community’s opinion on this ?
Inshallah
@@LeKontrast Yeah... the god of Abraham is part of the problem, to say the least.
THAT is the right question. I watch this every day, I struggle with the inhumanity , I write comments on UA-cam but in the end, I do NOTHING. NOTHING. Just like the huge majority of us. It’s shameful.
None of us would just have the attitude of "c'est la vie" about our home being destroyed so we have no moral right to expect it of anyone else. God bless these men.
🙏🕊🇵🇸❤💚💟👁🍉
And omg the horror of over a million people's homes destroyed in Gaza! Everything they owned.😭
And they are selling the land already!
I'm an excon, and his comment about Basel always wearing his shoes(even to bed) parallels the behavior of convicts in US prisons. In prison, you also keep your shoes/boots on all the time when a fight, riot, or similar might happen soon. The West Bank and Gaza really are just open air prisons but none of the inmates have even been convicted. Solidarité 🇵🇸✊
Well said and so true
Haaretz:
"Just this week, two prisoners had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries, which unfortunately is a routine event," the physician said in the letter.
He said inmates are fed through straws, defecate in diapers, and are held constant restraints, which violate medical ethics and the law.
Haaretz
I have no words for this evil. The zionist have learned from WW2, how to behave like nazist.
Sad
UA-cam deleted my comment, fuck you youtube
I have no words for this, israel is the new nazis
My God these people are EVIL.
How is Basel? Is he safe? I'm very surprised these questions weren't asked. 😔
As a german i feel very sad about the reactions of the of the german goverment.
as an american i'm sorry for the actions of the usa government.
as an american, i am right there with you. our countries' governments have gone mad and do not represent us.
in the 1984 german logic. "geno.cide by Euro.peans to the Arab people is good self-defense". why ? because ero.upeans (germ.ans) geno.cided other Europeans (ashke.nazies).
1984 "germany is not fasciest". even though there is no democracy without truth.
google german crimes agnist african people. germans are only guilty about their crimes against other western eroupeans.
Having been born in Berlin and becoming an immigrant as a child, I am so ashamed of the Mayor of Berlin's comments about the film No Other Land. Support for Israel should not exclude criticism for policies that are harmful to other religious/ethnic peoples. Thank you for making this film. I hope to be able to see it when it comes to North America.
He was labeled an Antisemite. Shocking.
I know right
He is Jewish
Antisemitism label is being used like the Boy Who Cried Wolf
I'm in Germany and I keep having moments in which anger and frustration and sadness build up so much that tears start rolling down my face. I will never forgive Germany for the way it's acting right now. From politicians in parliament to joe blow down the street, the ignorance and arrogance of "my fellow Germans" is relentless.
IsraHELLi Govt. bans All DNA testing for their citizens.
Hmmmm..... questionable avoidance... reich?
After two world wars Germany was neutered and had any fighting spirit in it fully removed. Now they are too cowardly to say "no" to Israel lest they get labeled "antisemite". It's the same reason why Germans refused to tell Merkle to go to hell when she opened the doors to let in millions of "migrants"...too afraid to be called "racist".
Me2 in The Uk, seeing this Evil will stay with me forever 💔Feeling so helpless 😢
I feel the same in the US. 💔😭🙏🏻
Are you allowed to wear the scarves again yet?
As a Palestinian American, thank you for your humanity Yuval. You're an incredible human being and your work is inspiring.
Germany didn’t atone for their genocide, they just taught Israel how to continue it.
Israel seems to be very receptive to genocide and ethnic cleansing. Let's not forget settler land grabs. Yes we all know these vices are disgusting.
Exactly!!!
Awful take. Germany is one of a rare few nations that actually has "atoned" for its genocide. This is them atoning too hard in the other direction
@@cement_eateratoning would have been giving these demon zionsts a part of their land. But i guess germans were aware that they would take over
This injustice has to stop! All of this evil is done in the name of Zionism. This will stop one day.
Let's make it today. Global BDS on steroid.
Yes , let’s end Zionism!
Send the chosen people to heaven to be with their God!
never!
@@ernesthofmeister3054you meant never again?😂
BS.
Say NO to colonialism.
Say NO to apartheid.
Say NO to genocide.
Say NO to israel.
Nope. You're wrong. We're saying no to terrorists in Gaza.
@@Marss13z Brainwashed and indoctrinated zio
The idf is just "fancy" terrorists with a uniform nothing different than a terrorist 😊@@Marss13z
@@Marss13z - I agree with you. I also say No to Jew haters like hitrest029
lol
I guess u get ur info from the internet
Why not just come visit and see the “apartide”
lol
Fantastic journalism! Something so sadly missing in the MSM. People like Yuval are rare gems among mankind.
ONLY Yuval?!!
Israeli lebensraum. No difference between Israel and Germany.
Absolutely no difference at all
IsraHELLi Govt. bans All DNA testing for their citizens.
Hmmmm..... questionable avoidance... reich?
Hitler's Third Reich. That's who the Zionists mirror.
I saw a comment once that summed it up nicely i think: Zionazism
huge difference, The Daily express headline March 24 1933 needs to be read again
Brave men, speaking out is dangerous for them, Ilan Pappe a Jewish professor had to leave Israel because he spoke out, now professor at British University. He has written many books, latest, Ethic Cleansing of Palestine’
I thought he lived in Tel Aviv - no?
1948 we humans stand with palastine ❤❤❤❤❤
how would you know what a human is?
😂🤣😂🤣😂 there nothing funnier than seeing someone displaying willful ignorance and thinking others don't see through it. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@ms-jf1izThe palestinians are not human for you?
@@ronstephen-wy4ibThe Nakba is a history fact.
@@andreaoliva4502 Only the palestinians who condemn the rapes and murders are human. And shooting women in their private parts too. Why? Do you think humans do that sort of thing? Watch Aren Shapiro video showing Gazans throwing live grenades into a room full of unarmed children. Do human beings do that?
Great interview ❤
This is disgusting behavior
We won't forget, we won't forgive!
NEVER!!! Palestine shall NEVER die!
Stop the genocide
This man speaks with common sense and his friendship with his Palestinians counterpart is what can be possible for the future between Israelis and Palestinians.
I am a Canadian. I've been a fan of your channel for a long time. I wish your politicians would listen to people like you and stop the war. They have the power.
No, the people have the real power.
Divided we fall, United we succeed.
Politicians are mere powerless puppets.
I cry the joy from seeing seeing this beautiful soul of young jew fighting with and for the young Palestinian in that much passion, strength, and commitment. 🫡
I can only say thank you to all for standing up for the defenceless. They are really suffering. Love from Tanzania...
How can humans be so evil 💔
Zionists are not people!
Because They’re indoctrinated from birth. They want to destroy Israel
I doubt they are people
Delete comments
Maybe they are robots?
😢😢😢
Great work by both courageous directors! So much respect 🙏 🙌
United Satans
*United Snakes of Amnesia*
@@PauloAdriano-zo2ngYep fk the divided snakes of so-called ameriKKKa
@@PauloAdriano-zo2ngNorth American Terrorist Organisation!
@@PauloAdriano-zo2ng 😂😂
? who? Yuval and Basel??
Tragedia
A big Bravo to Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra for the human documentary "No Other Land"
I Love Them. ☮+❤+⚖
I'm canadian (non muslim and non jewish)
Fellow Canadian.
Looking forward to watching Yuval + Basel's film 👏 Masafer Yatta is another tragic atrocity in the ongoing Nakba by the Apartheid State of Israel 😡 glad it's getting recognition ✊🏆
“Auntie Sam, Auntie Sam!” We’ve been hearing that “Oh poor moi!” for 75-years. Nonsense! We see the truth! The new Hollow Cause.
Nicely done! izzy's AI couldn't break the code!👍👌
@@ArleeStarr Merci beaucoup. Yeah, they keep muting me. We shall overcome- MLK
I prefer this play on words it's deep
Thank You for your Fairness! Stay safe and strong!
Thank you Democracy Now, Amy and Team, wonderful work, all praise and blessings 4 Always reporting the TRUTH, THE UNBIASED TRUTH 💞Without Democracy Now and Al Jazeera English💕
The world was under the impression that unbridled cruelty ended with the Nazis. But this is 2024!!
I have never been this embarassed to be German. Fyi, nothing has changed. Politicians use any and every opportunity to avoid even talking about Gaza. And when they do, they talk about how Hamas is the real problem.
God bless this righteous Israeli man for endeavouring to shed more light on his nation's dark existence.
I feel I am watching an NOT-Z era documentary of OCCUPIED Europe.
I’ve been watching many documentaries about Nazi germany. Check out The People Profiles on UA-cam, they have many docs on the Nazi leaders and you can see the correlation between Nazis of Germany and Nazis of Israel. Mirror images.
May God continue to bless these peacemakers. I hope to see the film soon!
just casually on a peaceful day they home destroy your home and leave again and next day they come claiming your land..
Can’t wait for the documentary to come out
This one cannot be swept away.
If I were palestinians it would be a pleasure for me to share my land with people like you
Yuval and Basel you are Heroes
Wow?! I am shocked to my core 😮
"Full political equality." Amen 🙏
Thank you and God bless you! I’m looking forward to seeing the film! It will be one step closer to changing humanity in Palestine and all over the world!
Evil is all I can say at this point. Raw, unmasked hypocrisy and evil
If it wins an Oscar it will be the first Hebrew language documentary to win. But it would probably get the same treatment as The Zone Of Interest Oscar win
And the fact that it’s by an Israeli
I am Pak Canadian, really concerned about your safety. Allah bless both of you.amen
COLLABORATION Is A BEAUTIFUL THING WEN FOR TRUTH & JUSTICE!!!
Thank you so much Amy and Democracy Now, for giving Yuval Abraham the platform to speak to this audience! 🙌
I’m really bad at faces (and apparently sometimes bad at names!) and it took until the moment of me watching this to put two and two together, and realise that the brilliant Israeli film director behind “No Other Land” and the brilliant Israeli journalist behind the recent +972 Mag article on the AI war machines are one and the same (despite watching several recent interviews with Yuval, as well as the speech at the Berlinale several times!) 🤦🏻♀️ 😆
I think my admiration and respect for Yuval has just multiplied by a factor of itself! 🤩 I still haven’t yet had a chance to watch the film, but I very much intend to. He is very much one of the honourable heroes of the entire country of Israel as seen by the outside world, and I salute him 🫡
Yuval by doing the right thing is inspiring, I hope one day he and Basel and their people can live in peace in a state of equal rights, they are the future.
Thank you for telling the truth!!! ❤
We Support You Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra. Thank you for your artistry and thank you for your bravery.
Thank you Democracy Now. 😞
There are still some good people left in this World.
Thank you humans ❤
Yuval and Basel 💞💕❤🩹
Its like a spoilt child not wanting to share his toys or make friends and the parents giving in to his tantrums, no good will ever come of the child when he grows into adulthood, only for the parents to see the monster they have created.
Brave inspiring human beings.
Yuval made the most important comment and truism, that without some kind of equality and freedom for everyone, 'there can never be any real future here'. Why doesn't everyone else, especially the Israeli and western governments understand that?
WE HUMANS SEE YOU ❤❤❤❤
😮 No one will be busting down my door tonight either, thus I will find a way to speak out from my position of security, whilst I still can.
A great part of the political establishment in Germany believes the savest way to prove that Germany is no longer antisemitic to go along with the dominant view in Israel (broadcast throughout the world by various organisations like the ADL) of what is antisemitic, ignoring the fact that unpleasant facts (like the Apartheid reality) are smeared as antisemitic for purely cynical political convenience
The Palestinian people are Semites too. But of course.... that's never acknowledged.
@@71suns Yes, good point. I've posted that too a couple of times but I think it will take quite some time before it registers with more than a few people
Danke
Germany is a very confused nation.
I live here and I second that. Germany's completely lost.
They're on the wrong side of history
Se arrodilla frente a Israel.
@@Brentford704correction:Germany is once again on the wrong side of history
@@protect_trans_lives Deutschland ist so verloren
Id like to hear from Basel Adra - the Palestinian filmmaker. Why are we only hearing from and centering Yuval?
Because it's not in their narrative
Internet connection will be more difficult and dangerous from where he is.. I would also argue that isnotreali voices standing with 🇵🇸 are one of the most powerful ways to counteract the narrative of antisemitism
Yuval was being interviewed for investigative journalism on the IDF's Lavender AI weapons system, and they also discussed his film. But the film was not the focus of the interview, otherwise they probably would've involved Basel
Most People know about AIPAC but some do not know ADL ( Anti-defamation league) . please make a video about it..
Yes please
Most don't know about the JNF.
I pray for their protection. They are very brave!
I’m in tears, god bless
Big Respect to you Yuval Abraham. You are totally right about the fact that by constantly saying that every criticism is Anti S, has made the word meaningless to most of the world.
Kudos to those who were courageous enough to make this film 🥰
Stop genocide
God bless you Yuval.
I can't wait to see this film!
Respect to the Media channel that promotings Truth.
I had a friend in college USA she was Israeli, she came to me introduced herself and I in return introduced myself. She is Israeli, and I am Palestinian. We were friends throughout college. Some days we meet for lunch or dinner, she will come to my house and visit. One day she called me crying and said to me she will be not be able to be my friend anymore bc she got married to this crazy Israeli in the military and asked never to speak to me again.
husbands are the main danger to women. they separate us and deny us our own humanity. next, he will babytrap her and she'll be stuck with him. it's tragic.
@@margaretjohnson6259She can get a divorce and take half his money.
@@gfys756 in marriage money is owned by both people. just because the woman's labor is unpaid doesn't mean she isn't earning it. you can devalue women and their work all you like, but you are wrong.
@@margaretjohnson6259 What labor? Modern women don't even raise their kids. They just pawn them off on a daycare. It's not 1950 anymore.
Brave person. God bless you for your correct position to others people.
Excellent reporting, Amy. This show is vital.
Ïsræl needs to give Palestinians their land back🏴🇵🇸🍁
The land of Palestinians are located in Jordan.
And the Israelis are mostly Europeans and Americans so they should go back to their homeland.
No, the Zionist need to join their God in heaven and leave the meek to inherit the lands of Israel.
@@samtkach5255The land of these families is exactly where they live.
You could try and purchase the land for a reasonable price, but just pushing them out is criminal.
Sunday after the baseball game.
What a beautiful person ❤️
It gets even more pathetic. Claudia Roth, the German Minister of Culture was criticized for applauding their acceptance speeches. Frau Roth immediately pulled back, stating that she was applauding the Israeli, not the Palestinian. Does get anymore disgusting and vulgar than that? Leave it to
Germans again to get everything wrong.
Where can you watch the film at?
This is very powerful. Respect to these guys. Canadian here and I stand with Palestine
Yes, please continue to fight against the apartheid for people of both sides to live peaceful lives.❤❤