Basel Adra

Basel Adra (also Basil and also Al-Adra or Al-Adraa, باسل عدرا or باسل العدرا) is a Palestinian activist and journalist who in 2021 was falsely accused of framing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and who in 2022 was beaten while filming the IDF demolishing a structure that he built. He co-wrote and co-directed the 2024 documentary film No Other Land, which premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, at which it won two best-documentary awards.

Personal life
Adra was born to father Nasser in At-Tuwani, Hebron Municipality, in the West Bank of Palestine. He lives in Masafer Yatta, Hebron.

Career and activism
Adra is an activist and a volunteer photographer for B'Tselem. He works as journalist for online publications +972 Magazine and Local Call.

In 2021, HaKol HaYehudi and Channel 12 falsely accused Adra of setting fire to a building in the Hebron Hills area of the West Bank, in order to frame the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). On May 8, 2022, he was beaten by IDF forces while reporting on IDF soldiers dismantling a structure that he built.

In February 2024, the film No Other Land about the situation of Masafer Yatta that he co-directed premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Berlinale Best Documentary film award and Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film.