Israeli authorities have released “No Other Land” co-director Hamdan Ballal after holding him overnight at an army base.
“All my body is pain,” he told The Associated Press. “I heard the voices of the soldiers, they were laughing about me … I heard ‘Oscar’ but I didn’t speak Hebrew.”
Basel Adra, another of the film’s co-directors, says there’s been a massive upswing in attacks by settlers and Israeli forces since the Oscar win.
(AP) #HamdanBallal #Israel #WestBank
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-violence-settlers-oscar-hamdan-ballal-beb96478a55f42a7058a60ac5be7bd05
“All my body is pain,” he told The Associated Press. “I heard the voices of the soldiers, they were laughing about me … I heard ‘Oscar’ but I didn’t speak Hebrew.”
Basel Adra, another of the film’s co-directors, says there’s been a massive upswing in attacks by settlers and Israeli forces since the Oscar win.
(AP) #HamdanBallal #Israel #WestBank
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-violence-settlers-oscar-hamdan-ballal-beb96478a55f42a7058a60ac5be7bd05
Oscar-winning Palestinian director released by Israeli forces in the West Bank
An Oscar-winning Palestinian director and two others have been released by Israel, a day after he was badly beaten by Jewish settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.Julia Frankel (AP News)
