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Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Jewish settlers and detained, activists say


Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film " No Other Land " in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and he was then detained by the Israeli military.

"No Other Land," which won the Oscar this year for best documentary, chronicles the struggle by residents of Masafer Yatta to stop the Israeli military from demolishing their villages. Dozens of settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area, destroying property, said the activist group Center for Jewish Nonviolence. "No Other Land," which won the Oscar this year for best documentary, chronicles the struggle by residents of Masafer Yatta to stop the Israeli military from demolishing their villages.

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