Moment heckler tries to derail Pro-Palestinian speech at Oscars: ‘Get rid of Hamas!’

An Oscar winning director was heckled as he delivered an impassioned critique of Donald Trump’s foreign policy relating to the Israel-Palestine crisis during his acceptance speech on stage.

Basel Adra gripped the Oscar for Best Documentary for his film No Other Land, which captured the plight of Palestinians througout the ongoing war with Israel.

But as he slammed ‘this administration’s foreign policy’ for blocking the path to peace, a member of the crowd shouted ‘get rid of Hamas’, according to a Vulture reporter who heard the interaction.

Adra is a Palestinian activist who created a film documenting how he made sense of the destruction of his homeland in West Bank alongside Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham.

Speaking to the crowd of Hollywood bigwigs, Abraham said: ‘When I look at Basel, I see my brother. But we are unequal. We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law, and Basel is under military law that destroys his life and he cannot control.

‘There is a different path. A political solution without ethnic supremacy with national rights for both of our people… the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path.

‘Why?’ he asked as the crowd cheered.

‘Can’t you see that we are intertwined, that my people can be truly safe if Basel’s people are truly free… There is another way. It is not too late.’ 

Adra is a Palestinian activist who created a film documenting how he made sense of the destruction of his homeland in West Bank alongside Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham

Adra is a Palestinian activist who created a film documenting how he made sense of the destruction of his homeland in West Bank alongside Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham

Basel Adra gripped the Oscar for Best Documentary for his film No Other Land, which captured the plight of Palestinians througout the ongoing war with Israel

Basel Adra gripped the Oscar for Best Documentary for his film No Other Land, which captured the plight of Palestinians througout the ongoing war with Israel

More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched strikes in the wake of the October 7 Hamas terror attack

More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched strikes in the wake of the October 7 Hamas terror attack

Adra was equally impassioned about the plight of Gazans during his speech, expressing his desire for his two month old daughter to grow up in a safer world than he did.

‘Two months ago I became a father, and my hope to my daughter is that she will not have to live the same life I’m living now,’ he said.

‘The harsh reality we have been enduring for decades and still resist. 

‘We call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.’

Despite now being an Oscar winning film and enjoying buzz for several months leading up to the big night, No Other Land has failed to secure an American distribution contract.

Trump shocked the world when he revealed he had ambitions to turn Gaza into the Riviera of the Middle East.

‘I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza,’ he said in February.

In his vision, US reconstruction would create thousands of jobs and spare Palestinians the pain and expense of rebuilding once again.

Trump shocked the world when he revealed he had ambitions to turn Gaza into the Riviera of the Middle East

Trump shocked the world when he revealed he had ambitions to turn Gaza into the Riviera of the Middle East

An Oscar award winning director was heckled as he delivered an impassioned critique of Donald Trump 's foreign policy relating to the Israel-Palestine crisis during his acceptance speech on stage.

An Oscar award winning director was heckled as he delivered an impassioned critique of Donald Trump ‘s foreign policy relating to the Israel-Palestine crisis during his acceptance speech on stage.

He claimed his plans were based on humanitarian ideals, but has sparked outcry from his critics and foreign leaders who say it amounts to ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the two million Palestinians who call Gaza home. 

Control of the territory has been one of the key flashpoints in the Arab-Israeli conflict, triggering waves of violence and spreading instability through the region for decades.

More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched strikes in the wake of the October 7 Hamas terror attack. 

‘If we can get a beautiful area to resettle people, permanently, in nice homes where they can be happy and not be shot and not be killed and not be knifed to death like what’s happening in Gaza,’ Trump said.

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