A Palestinian and an Israeli sit at night in a village in the West Bank.
They wonder aloud whether Basel will ever be able to freely visit Yuval's home in Israel, whether Basel's village will receive a building permit, and whether they will one day have stability.
For years, the two friends filmed the Israeli army destroying homes, wells, and schools after a court ruled that the Basel community was illegal.
They tell each other that they hope they will be the ones who will succeed in changing reality.
Now that film scene has reached some of the world's biggest stages.
The film in which she appears, I have no other country., was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA for Best Feature Documentary.
It follows the struggle for Masafer Yata, a community of about 20 villages, and the friendship between Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham.
In the film, Bazel is nearly detained after a protest, his father is arrested, and a soldier shoots a community member in the neck while confiscating a generator, leading to the man's paralysis and, ultimately, death.
"It's scary because, yes, the film is a success and people have heard about it, but I don't think enough is being done, especially among those who have the power to change this," Yuval tells the BBC.
"I don't live under the illusion that movies can change the world, but I know they can change individuals, and I know they can be part of a broader change, and we really need this right now."
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Asked about the man who was paralyzed, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said their investigation did not indicate any crime was committed.
The spokesman said that during an operation against an "illegal settlement," two Palestinians grabbed a soldier by the weapon and body armor, leading to the opening of fire.
Palestinian eyewitnesses told Israeli media that they were not contacted as part of the initial investigation and that they believed the fire was opened deliberately.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967.
Israeli settlements in the territory are considered illegal under international law, although Israel persistently denies this.
They have been expanding over the past 55 years, becoming a major point of contention and conflicting claims to this land.
On October 2023, 1.200, Hamas attacked Israel, killing about 250 people and taking more than XNUMX hostages.
That sparked an Israeli military campaign that has killed at least 47.500 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.
Since then, settler-involved violence in the West Bank has intensified, with 13 Palestinians killed by settlers, according to UN figures.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health claims that during the same period, the Israeli army killed more than 850 Palestinians in the West Bank, many of whom were militants.
The UN says Palestinians in the West Bank killed 30 Israelis during the same period.
In 2024, the UN recorded some 1.420 violent incidents by Israeli settlers – the highest number that reportedly resulted in casualties, property damage, or both, since records began being kept in 2006.
There have been more attacks on Palestinians since US President Donald Trump returned to power, Bazel said, and filmmakers fear it could only get worse.
Trump lifted sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on some immigrants.
The president's ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said Israel has a "deed" to the West Bank and that "there is nothing like" an occupation or settlements.
Asked Tuesday whether he agreed that the U.S. should recognize Israel's sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, Trump said he had yet to take a position on the issue but would issue a statement within four weeks.
The dispute over Masafer Yata began in the 1980s when Israel declared the area a closed military zone, meaning no one was allowed to live there.
According to notes from a 1981 meeting, then-Israeli Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon offered the army additional training areas to limit "the expansion of Arab villages from the hills into the desert."
Israel claimed that the residents had not previously lived there permanently.
The Palestinian population took the case to the Israeli Supreme Court, claiming that the communities have lived there for generations and pointing to a 1945 map showing some villages.
In 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Israel and allowed the demolition of homes and the expulsion of more than 1.000 villagers.
Scenes from the film show a bulldozer destroying an elementary school, a truck pouring mud into a well, and machinery trampling a house as villagers confront the army.
The girl cries, and when her mother is asked if there is anywhere else she can go, she says, "We don't have any other countries."
The documentary also captures personal human moments, such as when a mother, who moves into a cave, kisses her daughter and tells her: "You are my love... Tomorrow will be a new day."
The film also explores Basel and Juval's friendship.
Although they are roughly the same age and share similar values, their inequality is pervasive.
While Yuval can travel freely within Israel and the West Bank, Basel cannot travel to Israel without permission, as part of what are claimed to be security measures.
In the film, Bazel laments that, despite studying law, he can only work in construction in Israel, and when he thinks about it too much, "I start to feel a huge depression coming over me."
The film is not afraid to explore the tensions created by Yuval's identity, when a Palestinian asks him: "How can we remain friends when you come here and it could easily be that your brother or friend destroyed my home?"
Yuval told the BBC that he "feels responsible for what is happening in the Basel community" because "when everything is added up and subtracted, the fuel in the bulldozers was paid for with my tax money."
Last year, Yuval faced harsh criticism during his acceptance speech while accepting the award for best documentary at the Berlin Film Festival, along with Basel, in which he criticized the "apartheid situation" and called for a ceasefire in Gaza.
American director Ben Russell, who was present and wore a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, said he stood up against the "genocide" in Gaza.
Israel categorically denies accusations of genocide.
German Culture Minister Claudia Roth said the statements were "shockingly one-sided and characterized by a deep hatred of Israel," while Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner posted on social media that it was an "unacceptable relativization" and that "anti-Semitism has no place in Berlin."
Israel's public broadcaster called Yuval's comments anti-Semitic.
Yuval, who said he regularly receives death threats, told the BBC he was "very angry about that label" which "robs the term of its meaning at a time when anti-Semitism is growing on both the right and the left".
He said it was "absurd" to hear such criticism when most of his family was killed in the Holocaust, adding that learning from this history "should tell us that we must fight against dehumanization... regardless of who the victim is."
Despite the film winning several international awards, We have no other countries. is distributing itself in the US because it couldn't find an official distributor there – a rarity for an Oscar-nominated documentary.
One of the last scenes in the film is from October 13, 2023, when Bazel filmed a settler shooting his cousin in the stomach, his hands appearing empty.
In another video, settlers throw rocks at homes as soldiers watch.
The IDF said the case had been referred to the state prosecutor's office, which the BBC contacted for comment.
Currently in Masafer Yat, Bazel said that the settlers have "unlimited power" and that "new abuses occur every day."
He said there had been three major immigrant attacks in January, including a 72-year-old man being taken to hospital after being hit in the head with batons, and about fifteen people were arrested in the two days before January 30 while taking sheep to pasture or driving away immigrants' sheep.
Israeli police did not respond to the BBC's request for comment.
The UK has sanctioned three immigration outposts and four organisations it says support violence against communities in the West Bank.
Yuval called on the UK to sanction all immigrants, believing that this would "have a real deterrent effect".
A Foreign Office spokesman told the BBC that the Foreign Secretary "was unequivocal with Israeli ministers in telling them that they must stop settler violence and end settlement expansion."
"We have regularly taken action against settler violence, including targeted sanctions, and we will continue to do everything we can to ensure that the rights of Palestinians are protected and that those responsible for violence are held accountable," the statement said.
Yuval said: "I truly believe that there is no other way forward than to achieve a just and fair political solution in which the Palestinians can be free, truly free, and our people, both of our peoples, will have security and self-determination."
"It really angers me that not only is my own government going in the opposite direction, but that the world has allowed this to happen for so long."
In the film, Bazel recalls Tony Blair's seven-minute visit to his village – after which Israel rescinded the demolition order.
"It's a story about power," he says.
Today, Basel "draws strength and power from the people around him," which does not allow him to give up.
"One drop of water doesn't make a difference," he says during the protest in the film, "but if you keep dripping water, it will make a difference."
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