Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ attacked by Israeli settlers and detained, activists say
- Israeli settlers attacked Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Academy Award-winning documentary No Other Land, leaving him injured, as reported by activists on the scene.
- Activists from the Center for Jewish Nonviolence stated that dozens of settlers destroyed property in the village of Susiya during the attack.
- While Ballal was receiving treatment in an ambulance, Israeli soldiers detained him, leading to uncertainty about his whereabouts, according to activists.
- Yuval Abraham, the film's Israeli co-director, stated that soldiers intervened during the ambulance treatment and took Ballal away.
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"No Other Land" And Us — What The Oscar-Winning Documentary Leaves Untold
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Oscar-winning Palestinian director injured in attack by Israeli settlers and arrested
The Oscar-winning director of a documentary on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was arrested late on Monday after being injured during a raid by Israeli settlers on his village in the occupied West Bank, a local official who was present said.
Wife of Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal says he was savagely beaten outside his home
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Channel 4 statement on Hamdan Ballal
“We are deeply disturbed by reports that Hamdan Ballal, the co-director of Oscar winning documentary No Other Land, which aired on Channel 4, has been injured while being attacked by settlers in the West Bank, and that he has been subsequently detained by Israeli authorities. Ballal is a remarkably brave filmmaker who has spent several years chronicling the treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank by settlers and the Israeli military. As a sta…
Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director of No Other Land Attacked by Israeli Settlers in the West Bank
Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land, was reportedly assaulted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and subsequently detained by Israeli soldiers on Monday, 25 March, according to his colleagues and eyewitness accounts. Several witnesses have confirmed the attack to the media. Ballal’s co-director, Basel Adra, told CNN that he went to Ballal’s home in the West Bank village of Susya on Monday…
Oscar winner beaten by settlers and arrested by military in the West Bank
Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors behind the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," was attacked and beaten on Monday by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and was subsequently taken into custody by the Israeli military.
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