Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian filmmaker and codirector of the Oscar -winning documentary “No Other Land”, was “beaten in a military base” after being assaulted by Israeli settlers, according to Yuval Abraham, Israeli journalist and also a codire of the film.
He would also have been handcuffed and with a sale during the base period. The information, according to Abraham, was passed on by Leah Tsemel, Ballal lawyer who managed to talk to the filmmaker.
The journalist wrote in X that the director was beaten by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken by Israeli soldiers on Monday (24). He did not witness the event in person.
This Tuesday (25), he stated that his colleague was loose and that he was returning home, where he would meet the family.
Five American center activists from the center for Jewish nonviolence, which were at the scene, reported that they were also attacked by Israeli settlers.
After the Assault, Hamdan Was Handcuffed and Blindfolded All Night in An Army Base Two Soldiers Beat Him Up On The Floor, His Lawyer Leah Tsemel Said After Speaking With Him Just Now. He’s Still Held in the Kiryat Arba Police Station.
– Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) March 25, 2025
Director suffered threats other times
Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian farmer, has been the target of intimidation and threats from Israeli settlers. He told CNN Last year as the settlers put her flocks on their lands as he slept.
He told NIC Robertson of CNN, that the settlers planned to take their lands and farms and that the aggression intensified after Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.
Ballal documented his interactions with settlers, including threats of violence from one of them who claimed that God had given him the director’s lands. The artist reported that he called the police, but to no avail.
Oscar -winning documentary
Earlier this month, Ballal, Adra and Abraham received the Oscar for best documentary. The Israeli-Palestinian joint team film reports the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank.
“No other land” documents continuous demolition by the Israeli authorities of Masafer Yatta, a set of villages in the mountains of Hebron, West Bank, where Adra lives with his family.
Production highlights Israeli government’s efforts to force residents to force, with viewers seeing the local playground being demolished, the murder of Adra’s brother by Israeli soldiers and other Jewish settlers while the community tries to survive.
The film also explores the human connection between ADRA and Abraham.
This content was originally published in Palestinian director who won Oscar was beaten at a military base, says colleague on the website CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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