Basel Adra (also Basil and also Al-Adra or Al-Adraa
) is a Palestinian activist and journalist who in 2021 was falsely accused of framing the
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and who in 2022 was beaten while filming the IDF demolishing a structure that he built.
Personal life
Adra was born to father Nasser in
At-Tuwani,
Hebron Municipality, in the
West Bank of Palestine. He lives in
Masafer Yatta
Masafer Yatta ( ar, مسافر يطا, also spelled Mosfaret Yatta) is a collection of 19 Palestinian hamlets in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located between 14 and 24 kilometers south of the ...
, Hebron.
Career and activism
Adra is an activist and a volunteer photographer for
B'Tselem. He works as journalist for online publications ''
+972 Magazine
''+972 Magazine'' is a left-wing news and opinion webzine established in August 2010 by a group of four Israeli writers in Tel Aviv. Noam Sheizaf, a co-founder and the ''+972'' chief executive officer, said they wanted to express a new "and most ...
'' and ''Local Call''.
In 2021, Adra was falsely accused of setting fire to a building in the
Hebron Hills area of the West Bank, in order to frame the
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
On May 8, 2022, he was beaten by IDF forces
while reporting on IDF soldiers dismantling a structure that he built.
References
External links
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+972 Articles by Adra* 2021
Haaretz
''Haaretz'' ( , originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , ) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel, and is now published in both Hebrew and English in the Berliner f ...
OpEd
I Grew Up Watching Settlers Attacking My Palestinian Village. They're Getting Bolder'
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Palestinian journalists
Palestinian activists
Palestinian photographers
People from Hebron Governorate