Palestinian activist Odeh Hadalin (a.k.a. Awdah Hathaleen), who was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot to death in the West Bank on Monday. The news was initially reported by the film’s co-director, Yuval Abraham, who posted a video of an Israeli settler, identified as Yinon Levi, …
Read More »'No Other Land' Director Calls Israeli-Settler Attack 'Worst Moment of My Life'
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the celebrated documentary No Other Land, has published a new essay about being beaten and degraded by Israeli settlers, then blindfolded and detained at an army base, just weeks after winning an Academy Award. Ballal offered a detailed account of the harrowing experience, which he called …
Read More »'No Other Land' Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed. “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to …
Read More »Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Attacked by Israeli Settlers and Arrested, Co-Directors Say
Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli authorities, according to his co-directors and a Jewish activist group. Yuval Abraham, one of the Israeli co-directors on the film, wrote on X Monday, March 24, …
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