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New Delhi: The BJP-led Indian government has cancelled screening of No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary, showing the ongoing plight of Palestinians.<\/p>\nNew Delhi: The BJP-led Indian government has cancelled screening of No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary, showing the ongoing plight of Palestinians.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the film, co-produced by a team of Israeli and Palestinian activists, was set to be featured at the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) and the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. However, both screenings were abruptly canceled after the Indian government refused to grant the necessary censor exemption.<\/p>\n
A poignant sequence in No Other Land, showing an Israeli bulldozer demolishing a Palestinian home, was intended to be part of the opening trailer for the film. This scene, was described as a \u201cringing reminder\u201d of the story that would not be seen due to the Indian government\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n
The film was produced by four Israeli and Palestinian activists and journalists \u2013 Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini \u2013 and documents the struggles of Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta and the constant attempts by Israeli settlers and the army to take over the land and demolish Palestinian properties. Masafer Yatta is a collection of 19 Palestinian villages in the south of occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
The cancellation of the screenings comes amid a broader crackdown by Indian authorities on expressions of solidarity with Palestinians, particularly following Israel\u2019s brutal military strikes on Gaza after October 7, which resulted in the killings of nearly 50,000 people. Since then, Indian authorities have taken aggressive action against protests and solidarity events organized by students and civil society groups, with FIRs filed and arrests made in response to demonstrations against Israeli violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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