One of the co-directors behind the Academy Award-winning Best Documentary film No Other Landhas been assaulted in his home in Masafer Yatta by Israeli settlers and is currently being detained by the Israeli military for unknown reasons. According to TheAssociated Press, filmmaker Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers. The report said that a group of 10-20 masked settlers attacked him and other Jewish activists with stones and sticks, smashing their car windows and slashing their tires.
Less than a month after winning Best Documentary at the Oscars, filmmaker Hamdan Ballal has been assaulted and detained in Masafer Yatta. Read More