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Incredibly hard to watch, but vital. The viewpoint we in North America are not allowed to see. Documentation of the devastation wrought by modern day colonialism, which needs to remembered, and recognized. History is being made and it the film makers are telling the side of the oppressed, who have been ignored for too long. This film is a complete embodiment of what the people need to see and hear. The truth in this movie is unwavering and its depicted with live footage throughout the entire documentary, leaving no other conclusions to be made but the one that is in front of your eyes. Captivating for any fan of real life documentaries, this is as real as it gets.

One minute you're in your home, the next minute it's demolished by The Israeli Army, and further, you're not allowed to drive, and told it's illegal to be on the land, that reality is captured on film.

Where to begin, first off, it fully deserves the many accolades, it's not just a fascinating storyline and a daring piece of journalism, but it's actually a terrifically well made documentary, it's impressive.

There are no grey areas or 'misreading' of events here, it doesn't really matter which side of the fence you sit on, and whether you lean one way or the other, it will hammer home just how appallingly The Israeli Army behaved, against people who literally had nothing, and could offer zero credible resistance. You see what it is to live under occupation.

Several times it had me in tears, if you're not moved by it, I'd suggest there's something seriously wrong.

There are some astonishing moments, the scenes between Basel and Yuval are fascinating, two incredibly brave men.

Revealing, powerful and sobering, don't go in expecting any happy resolutions, as we all know this painful, excruciating war marches on.

This will make every liquid in your body boil with anger and rage, it's obscene. Please someone find a way to end this.

10/10.

I don't know the route to a happy Middle East any more than the next person; that it will never be achieved if Israel continues on its current path seems certain. Defenders of the Israeli state dislike the use of the term "settler-colonialism" to describe what has been happening, but it's hard to find an alternative for the bleak reality shown in this film, a collaboration between a Palestinian facing eviction from the family land in the West Bank and a sympathetic Israeli. That collaboration is perhaps the only heartening thing in an otherwise deeply depressing, but important, film. Tellingly, it was all shot before autumn 2023; it's hard to believe that anything has got better since then.

There is no other land and there should be no need for one.

A tragic story of greed and inhumanity that has been falling on deaf years for decades because one country is powerful and has powerful friends and allies and the other one has nothing to offer, therefore nobody cares what happens to it outside of a few minutes or days of noteworthy news and public outcry, which also tends to die down quickly as people go about their daily business and forget about the sorrows of people in a faraway land whom they'll never meet. That too is a story as old as time and history never seems to teach us much. When the weak become powerful they forget what it was like and they become oppressors without a second thought.

What a tame word "settler" is. It doesn't say anything, when in fact it means occupier.

"...He's a journalist that wants to write about the demolitions. - But does anyone actually care to read about it? - Honestly, not many."

And just like that, No Other Land became my favorite Oscar winner from the last ceremony, as this film may be one of the most significant and best documentary works for humanity in the 21st century. A joint effort by Palestinians and Israelis, led by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamadan Billal, and Rachel Szor, set out to document the heartbreaking events in the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian villages are illegally and forcibly demolished, homes and schools disappear, and farmers' land is seized-leaving them with caves as their only refuge in the land where they were born. Exile or a bullet-those are their remaining options, all for the purpose of creating space for IDF military training grounds...

A film that exposes the greatest human disgrace of our time, revealing how deeply evil, oppression, fascism, and racism can take root in the human heart, but also how vast, yet powerless, human suffering can be. It also reminds us that, without a tyrannical regime, a life of mutual solidarity, respect, and friendship is not only possible but natural. This is something that manifests a cry for freedom, for our attention... a cry for something that should be a fundamental right of every decent human being.

Without exception, you all must watch this.