'No Other Land' director Hamdan Ballal attacked by Jewish settlers and arrested, activists say
A Palestinian filmmaker who was part of a team that won an Oscar for “No Other Land" was beaten by West Bank settlers and then arrested by Israeli forces, his co-director said Monday.
A Palestinian filmmaker who was part of a team that won an Oscar for “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting life under Israeli occupation, was beaten by West Bank settlers and then arrested by Israeli forces, his co-director said Monday.
Director Yuval Abraham said on X that co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten by a “group of settlers” and had sustained injuries to his head and stomach in the Palestinian village of Susiya, Masafer Yatta. He added that Ballal was able to call an ambulance but that Israeli soldiers took him from it.
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said, “Contrary to claims, no Palestinian who was inside an ambulance was arrested” Monday.
The IDF spokesperson said “violent clashes” between Israelis and Palestinians erupted near Susiya in the Yehuda Brigade. The “clashes” developed after, the IDF said, “several terrorists threw stones at Israeli civilians and damaged their vehicles.
“When IDF and police forces arrived at the scene to disperse the clashes, several terrorists began throwing stones at the security forces,” the spokesperson said in a statement, which NBC News translated from Hebrew. “In response, the forces arrested three Palestinians suspected of throwing stones at the force and an Israeli citizen who was involved in the violent clashes. The detainees were taken to the Israel Police for further questioning. An Israeli citizen who was injured in the incident was taken for medical treatment.”
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