Did Gal Gadot refuse to present Oscar to Palestinian film No Other Land? Viral post debunked

Rumors are swirling that Israeli actress Gal Gadot allegedly refused to present the Oscar award for best documentary to Palestinian film No Other Land. The news has been generating traction on X, and at the time of writing, the post has already been viewed over 750,000 times.

The film chronicles the lives and displacement of Palestinians from their homes at the hands of Israeli forces in Masafer Yatta, which is a community that resides in the West Bank region. It was directed by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers and took four years to complete, from 2019 to 2023.

Regarding the claims that she refused to present the award, Gal Gadot's representatives have confirmed to The Daily Mail that she was never scheduled to present Best Documentary. Instead, she was slated to present the Best Visual Effects award alongside her Snow White co-star Rachel Zegler, which went as planned.

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No Other Land's directors call on the US to lend a hand in ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Read more

After winning for No Other Land, Palestinian director Basel Adra took the stage to deliver a speech, calling for the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"About two months ago, I became a father, and my hope to my daughter: that she will not have to live the same life I am living now," Adra said in his acceptance speech. "No Other Land reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades and still resist." He added, "We call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people."

He also slammed Donald Trump's foreign policy relating to the crisis in his speech, prompting a few in the audience to heckle at him:

"There is a different path, a political solution, without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people. And I have to say, as I am here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path," he said. "Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? That my people can be truly safe if Basel's people are truly free and safe? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living."

As for Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham, he said on stage:

"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."

He added that they 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."

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As reported by The Daily Mail, despite being an Oscar-winning film, No Other Land will not be distributed in the US for "political reasons," the filmmakers have revealed.