{"id":438489,"date":"2025-03-25T14:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=438489"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:58:19","slug":"israelis-beat-up-and-kidnap-palestinian-oscar-winning-director-hamdan-ballal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/israelis-beat-up-and-kidnap-palestinian-oscar-winning-director-hamdan-ballal\/","title":{"rendered":"Israelis Beat Up and Kidnap Palestinian Oscar-Winning Director Hamdan Ballal"},"content":{"rendered":"

After winning an Oscar for the eye-opening documentary on Israel’s atrocities against Palestine<\/a>, No Other Land\u00a0<\/em>co-director Hamdan Ballal has been attacked and abducted by Israeli settlers.<\/p>\n

The incident, which took place in Susya, in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, has sparked widespread condemnation and calls for his immediate release.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Hamdan Ballal, whose documentary No Other Land<\/em> recently won Best Documentary at the Oscars for its harrowing portrayal of the destruction of Palestinian villages in the West Bank, was reportedly surrounded by a group of about 15 armed settlers on Monday night.<\/p>\n

According to five Jewish American activists from the Center for Jewish Nonviolence who witnessed the attack, the settlers began throwing stones at Palestinians and destroyed a water tank near Ballal\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey started throwing stones towards Palestinians and destroyed a water tank near Hamdan\u2019s house,\u201d said Joseph, one of the activists, who requested anonymity for security reasons.<\/p>\n

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The situation escalated when settlers destroyed Ballal\u2019s car, slashing its tires and shattering all the windows and windshields. Witnesses reported that settlers dressed in military uniforms, alongside Israeli soldiers, chased Ballal to his house, where he was beaten and handed over to the military.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis car was completely destroyed, and there was blood on the floor inside his house,\u201d said Raviv, another witness. Family members confirmed that Ballal was hit on the head during the attack.<\/p>\n

Ballal, injured and in need of medical attention, was reportedly pulled from an ambulance by Israeli soldiers and taken into custody. According to his co-director Yuval Abraham, Ballal has not been seen since. Abraham shared videos of the attack on X (formerly Twitter), calling attention to the brutality of the settlers and the complicity of the Israeli military.<\/p>\n

Basel Adra, another co-director of No Other Land<\/em>, also confirmed Ballal\u2019s disappearance, stating that all attempts to locate him have failed. Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif echoed these concerns, saying, \u201cUnder the tyrannical occupation, even the Oscar can\u2019t protect you from harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The news of Ballal\u2019s attack and arrest has sent shockwaves across social media, with users expressing their anger and disbelief. Many drew sharp contrasts between Ballal\u2019s recent Oscar win and the violence he has now endured.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFilmmakers will not be silenced,\u201d wrote one user, highlighting the bravery of Ballal\u2019s work. Others condemned the Academy Awards for its silence on the matter, with some pointing out the lack of response from Western media and celebrities.<\/p>\n

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Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine, was one of the few public figures to immediately comment, sharing his support for Ballal and condemning the attack.<\/p>\n

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After winning an Oscar for the eye-opening documentary on Israel’s atrocities against Palestine, No Other Land\u00a0co-director Hamdan Ballal has been attacked and abducted by Israeli settlers. The incident, which took place in Susya, in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, has sparked widespread condemnation and calls for his immediate release. Hamdan Ballal, whose documentary No Other Land recently won […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":438499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2576,2374,2199],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-news","8":"category-crime","9":"category-featured"},"wps_subtitle":"The 'No Other Land' director has been missing, sparking outrage worldwide.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Collage-61-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Collage-61.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Collage-61.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Celebrity News","Crime","Featured"],"title_text":"Israelis Beat Up and Kidnap Palestinian Oscar-Winning Director Hamdan Ballal","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2576,2374,2199&exclude=438489","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438489"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=438489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}