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Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Attacked by Israeli Settlers and Arrested, Co-Directors Say

Hamdan Ballal, one of the co-directors of the Oscar-winning doc 'No Other Land,' was reportedly attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested.

In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, the Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), an activist group with members who were on the scene, said Ballal is currently being held at a police station, though details about his condition remain unclear. The group said “dozens of settlers” attacked the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank at around 6 p.m. local time Monday. Made between 2019 and 2023, the film documents Israel ’s violent treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank, with a particular focus on Masafer Yatta, where both Adra and Ballal live.

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