If the Academy Awards have any interest in preserving their legitimacy--or even basic credibility--they must consider rescinding the Oscar handed to "No Other Land" for Best Documentary. To do otherwise would not only reward a flagrant distortion of the truth but would confirm what many have long suspected: that the Academy has abandoned even the pretense of valuing journalistic integrity in favor of political pandering.

The documentary follows activist Basel Adra and journalist Yuval Abraham and their coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The film tells the story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from demolition by the Israeli military.

The 2025 Academy Award for Documentary Feature Film was handed over to No Other Land, a political record keeping — and personal account — of the occupation and destruction of the West Bank village Masafer Yatta by Israeli Occupation Forces.

When No Other Land won this year’s Academy Award for best documentary feature, corporate media outlets didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet. The film captures Palestinians’ struggle to survive in the occupied West Bank,

Thanks to its victory at the Oscars and a passionate acceptance speech from its filmmakers, the searing documentary “No Other Land” has drawn more attention than ever both to itself and to the ongoing crisis between Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank.