A Palestinian director of Oscar winning documentary no other land has been arrested by the Israeli army after masked people attacked their house. According to the five Jewish American activists, who witnessed the attack, one of the four directors of the film depicting the destruction of villages in the West Bank, Hamdan Ballal was surrounded and attacked by a group of about 15 armed people in Susia of Masafar Yatta region south of Hebron. Regarding the workers of the Center for Jewish non -violence, Joseph said, “They started throwing stones at Palestinians and destroyed a water tank near Hamdan’s house,” who requested not to use his full name for security reasons. Witnesses said that a group of soldiers along with others wearing military uniforms reached the spot, chasing Hamdan to his house and handed over to the army. Another witness, Raviv, told the Guardian, people destroyed his car with stones and cut a tire. All windows and windshields were broken.
Attorney Lee Tsamel said that three Palestinians were arrested in Susia village, including filmmaker Hamdan Ballal. She claimed that she could not contact the police, who told her that she was kept in custody in a military facility for medical treatment. Another co-director, Basel Adra saw the detention and said that more than two dozen settlers attacked the community, some were wearing Israeli uniforms, others wearing rifles and some were wearing masks. While the settlers were constantly throwing stones, the soldiers pointed their weapons on the Palestinians.
Adra told the Associated Press, “We came back from the Oscar and since then we are being attacked every day.” “It can be like taking revenge on us to make a film. It sounds like punishment.” The Israeli army claimed that it has arrested an Israeli citizen involved in a “violent confrontation” between Israeli and Palestinians, as well as three Palestinians arrested, who are suspected of throwing stones on military personnel.
However, AP spoke to the witnesses who denied this. According to the army, he took an Israeli citizen out of the area for medical care and handed over to the Israeli police for questioning. According to Adra, shortly after the local people broke their fast for the holy month of Ramadan, they reached the immigrant community on Monday night. The soldiers fired bullets in the air, when a resident of which Adra claims that he regularly attacks the village, reaching Ballal’s house with the army. According to Adra, Ballal’s wife shouted, “I am dying,” when she heard her husband shouting out.
About Oscar winning documentary film ‘No other land’
The Israeli-Pilstinian activists’ film “No other land” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary this year. The documentary, which was filmed in a nearby city of Masafar Yatta, focuses on a teenage Palestinian, which is forced to flee from its community as the Israeli army demolish his homes to create firing range.
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