News

"I feel, when they attack me, I will lose my life," Ballal said. TEL AVIV, Israel -- Three weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on the stage at the Oscars, golden statue in hand, winner of the award for ...
Ballal left a West Bank police station Tuesday with “bruises on his face and blood on his clothes,” according to Associated Press journalists on the scene.
Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, has been freed, his Israeli co-director Yuval Abraham said on Tuesday. "After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a ...
The Academy faced criticism from a number of Hollywood stars for its initial response to the attack on filmmaker Hamdan ...
His co-directed alleged that Ballal was released after being "handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base." ...
With bruises on his face and blood on his clothes, Ballal was released from an Israeli police station in Kiryat Arba, the West Bank settlement, today. He and two other Palestinians were attacked and ...
Numerous Hollywood stars, including Sandra Hüller, have criticized the Oscar Academy's handling of the attacked filmmaker ...
One of the directors of No Other Land is calling out the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science letter, and he isn't ...
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for their work on No Other Land at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles ...
The Academy issued a follow-up letter naming Hamdan Ballal and apologizing for omitting both him and "No Other Land" from a message sent earlier.
Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Susya and later detained by Israeli forces on March 25, 2025. Ballal, who ...
An Israeli military spokesperson said Monday that three Palestinians had been arrested after “violent clashes” erupted near ...