Oscar-winning Palestinian director speaks at UN on Israeli settlements

Palestinian director Basel Adra, who won an Oscar this year for co-directing a documentary on Israeli violence in the West Bank, sounded the alarm at the UN on Thursday, saying the situation was worsening despite the film’s success.

Adra was invited to speak by the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at a screening of his film, “No Other Land.”

The documentary chronicles the forced displacement of Palestinians by Israeli troops and settlers in Masafer Yatta — an…