Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director Was Beaten by Mob of Masked Israelis Armed with Stones and Held Captive Overnight
Hamdan Ballal accepted an Oscar on March 2 for co-directing No Other Land, a documentary that showed Israel's destruction of a Palestinian community in West Bank.Three weeks later, the Palestinian director was reportedly attacked by an Israeli mob in his West Bank village, abducted by Israeli forces and detained overnight.Ballal's co-director Basel Adra, who witnessed the attack, told the AP that he and others behind No Other Land have faced daily attacks since the Oscars, suggesting, "This might be their revenge on us for making the movie.
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