The Palestinian co -director of the documentary Oscar winner “No other land”, Hamdan Ballalwas attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by troops from the Israel Security Forces in the West Bank. The fact was denounced by his partner in the direction of the movie Yuval Abraham, and his whereabouts is still uncertain.
“A group of settlers has just lynch Hamdan Ballalco -director of our movie ‘No other land ‘. They hit him and is injured in the head and stomach. It is bleeding. Some soldiers invaded the ambulance they had called and took it. We don’t know anything about him”Abraham denounced.
An hour after publishing this message, he shared a video where a masked man is seen pushing another person who later escapes with two others in a car. “The masked colone of the video is part of the peat that attacked the Hamdan village and has continued to assault US activists, whose car broke to Pedradas. We continue without knowing the location of Hamdan,” said the filmmaker.
On the other hand, Basel Adra, another of the participants in the direction of the film declared in dialogue with CNN that he had been at home in Susy on Monday after Ballal called him anguished. When he arrived, he saw how the military took him while two other people were introduced into police patrols.
Outside the house there was a group of Israeli settlers and some of them were throwing stones. Israeli police and forces were also out of the house and the soldiers shot at anyone who tried to approachAdra said.
According to the film’s producer, the events occurred around 6:00 p.m. on Monday when a dozen Israeli settlers They attacked the Palestinian village Susiyaof Yatta Masafersouth of Hebron, hurting people and Destroying properties, Efe reported.
“The group of assailants arrived with cheers, knives and at least one assault rifle; Many were also masked. Five American Jewish activists went to the place to document the attack And they were violently attacked For the settlers, who also used stones to destroy their vehicle with activists inside, ”he said.
Five Jewish American activists who witnessed the aggression cited by The Guardian reported that a group of about 15 armed settlers surrounded Ballal. “They started throw stones at the Palestinians and burst a water tank near Hamdan’s house”Joseph said, activist of the Center for Jewish non -violence.
The attacks and invasions of the Palestinian properties by emboldened Israeli settlers are increasingly frequent in the West Bank.
“No Other Land”, the documentary that portrays the reality of the West Bank during the war
The winning documentary of the Oscar It was made by four journalists: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the first two of Palestinian origin and the other two Israeli. The film addresses how the Israeli army destroyed its village in Yatta Masafer (West Bank) with the argument that It is an area they need for military training.
“‘No other Land’ reflects the such raw reality in which we livewe have been persists for decades and persists. We ask for actions to end this injustice and ethnic cleaning of the Palestinian people”He said at the Oscar Basel Adra delivery ceremony, who explained that the reason they recorded “Between Palestinians and Israelis” is because together, they make their “voices stronger.”
Source: Ambito
