Film Screening: No Other Land
Introduced by the testimony of Suheir T. from the West Bank
On Friday 5 December, we will meet at the Moviment Graffitti premises at 67 Strait Street, Valletta, for the screening of the film No Other Land. The film offers a direct testimony of the challenges faced by Palestinians living in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills of the occupied West Bank.
Through the lens of a unique filmmaking collective, it documents the relentless struggle of Palestinian communities facing systematic harassment, home demolitions, and violent displacement by Israeli forces. More than just a chronicle of loss, No Other Land is a profound story of sumud (steadfastness) and a testament to the human spirit’s resilience in the face of erasure, capturing both the brutality of occupation and the bonds of solidarity that form in its shadow.
The event will be introduced by a testimony from Suheir T., who will share her account from Palestine. Suheir is the mental-health adviser for an organisation that provides mental-health and health services to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
While the world’s attention may drift with headlines about ceasefires in Gaza, this film and the testimonies coming from Palestine compel us to confront a different, ongoing reality. The violence of displacement is a daily, grinding experience for Palestinians living under occupation, particularly in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli military control. Communities are forcibly displaced while facing daily settler and military harassment, and their homes and schools are bulldozed, scattering families into the desert.
These are not isolated events but part of a systematic pattern to ethnically cleanse the West Bank and Gaza of their Palestinian populations. In this context, as an act of awareness, by bearing witness to these stories we move beyond the headlines to understand the human cost of this conflict.
Indeed, it is through this understanding that meaningful advocacy can be built — advocacy that insists there can be no peace without justice, and no justice without a Palestine free from the river to the sea.