" Hamdan was clearly targeted for making No Other Land, he was also targeted for being Palestinian – like countless others every day who are disregarded. This, it seems, gave the Academy (of Arts and Sciences) an excuse to remain silent when a film-maker they honoured, living under Israeli occupation, needed them the most.”
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/29/academy-apologises-for-failure-to-back-palestinian-oscar-winner-over-attack-hamdan-ballal
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