West Bank villagers view Oscars at night, outdoors
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Palestinian drama ‘Omar’ makes the shortlist for Best Foreign Film, while Israeli ‘Bethlehem’ snubbed
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Yuval Adler’s drama had been highly tipped to nab a coveted Oscar nomination
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The Jewish State gets dissed by Oscar, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is worse than Not Good For the Jews, and can preacher Ben Stiller get an ‘Amen’?
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Hany Abu-Assad was born in Israel, and he filmed some of ‘Omar,’ a West Bank love story, in Nazareth. But he calls his film Palestinian, and so does the Academy
View Article‘Gravity,’‘American Hustle’ lead Oscar nominations
Two movies head pack with 10 Academy nods each; ’12 Years a Slave’ garners nine; Palestinian film also heads to California
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‘Territories’ dropped from description of nominee ‘Omar,’ signaling a change in Academy policy
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