Filmmaker from Israeli Occupation receives death threats after criticizing apartheid
Israeli Occupation journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham has faced death threats and has altered his travel plans following his acceptance speech at the Berlin International Film Festival.
During the ceremony, where he and his Palestinian co-director Basel Adra received the Best Documentary award for their film "No Other Land," Abraham denounced the "situation of apartheid" and called for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Their remarks were met with accusations of antisemitism by German and Israeli Occupation officials.
A right-wing Israeli mob came to my family’s home yesterday to search for me, threatening close family members who fled to another town in the middle of the night. I am still getting death threats and had to cancel my flight home. This happened after Israeli media and German…
— Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) February 27, 2024
"A right-wing Israeli mob came to my family’s home yesterday to search for me, threatening close family members who fled to another town in the middle of the night," Abraham wrote in a post on Twitter.
"I am still getting death threats and had to cancel my flight home. This happened after Israeli media and German politicians absurdly labeled my Berlinale award speech - where I called for equality between Israelis and Palestinians, a ceasefire and an end to apartheid - as ‘antisemitic’."
Berlin's mayor condemned the speech as unacceptable, while Israeli Occupation's ambassador to Germany labeled it as antisemitic. Abraham criticized the misuse of the term antisemitism to stifle criticism of Israeli Occupation and silence calls for peace.
Our film “No Other Land” on occupied Masafer Yatta’s brutal expulsion won best documentary in Berlinale. Israel’s channel 11 aired this 30 second segment from my speech, insanely called it “anti semitic” - and I’ve been receiving death threats since. I stand behind every word. pic.twitter.com/2burPfZeKO
— Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) February 25, 2024
