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‘Let down by a world that claims to be humane but does nothing’: Palestinians speak out as Israeli bulldozers raze West Bank villages

IN DEPTH: Masafer Yatta, a collection of villages in the West Bank, has long been a target of forced evictions and settler attacks. After the month of May saw a village almost entirely wiped out and the announcement of 22 new Israeli settlements, Palestinians are losing hope, Alex Croft reports

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Masked Israeli troops block media visit to West Bank site of Oscar-winning film

Group of international reporters stopped on way to Masafer Yatta, which features in documentary No Other Land

The Guardian - UK

Israeli soldiers bar visits to West Bank villages on tour organized by 'No Other Land' Oscar winners

The directors of 'No Other Land' said they had invited journalists to interview residents about increasing settler violence in the area. Israeli soldiers prevented them from doing so. "It's clear they don't want the world to see what is happening here.”

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IDF bars media from visiting West Bank villages on tour organised by Oscar winners

ISRAELI soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organised by the directors of the Oscar-winning…

The National (Scotland)

Israeli soldiers bar media from visiting West Bank villages on tour organized by Oscar winners

Israeli soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of Oscar-winning movie “No Other Land."

The Independent UK

Israeli bulldozers demolish most of a West Bank Bedouin hamlet displacing dozens of Palestinians

Israel informed Palestinian officials on 1 May that it planned to carry out the demolition of 106 buildings in the West Bank’s Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, citing “military purposes”.

Euronews

From Hamdan Ballal to La La Land: A short history of Oscars apologies

The Academy has apologised to 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal after criticism for failing to address his violent attack, adding to a list of public apologies by the institution.

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Academy apologizes for failing to mention No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal in statement

Mark Ruffalo and Olivia Colman were among the 690 Academy members who complained

The Independent UK

No Other Land co-director condemns Academy’s letter to members after Hamdan Ballal attack

Yuval Abraham criticised the Academy’s statement defending its silence after Israeli settlers attacked his co-director Hamdan Ballal

The Guardian - AU

Academy hit by backlash for statement failing to mention No Other Land director detained by Israeli army

The Academy said they condemned ‘harming or suppressing artists for their work or their viewpoints’ without mentioning the film or director by name

The Independent UK

No Other Land co-director calls out the Academy for 'refusing' to publicly support Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal after attack

On Monday, reports surfaced that Ballal was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and later detained by the Israeli military, though he has since been released

Evening Standard

Palestinian co-director says Israel attack was 'revenge for Oscar'

Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director who was detained by the Israeli military, has spoken out for the first time since he was…

The National (Scotland)

No Other Land co-director accuses Academy of ‘refusing’ to publicly support Hamdan Ballal during attack

Yuval Abraham claimed the Academy ‘declined to publicly support’ his ‘No Other Land’ co-director while he was ‘beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers’

The Independent UK

Oscar-winning Palestinian director 'in hospital' after 'beating by Israeli soldiers'

Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is in hospital after being "beaten" by…

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Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked in ‘revenge’ for making West Bank film, colleagues say

No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal had blood on his clothes as he was released from Kiryat Arba police station on Tuesday, colleagues said

Euronews

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal released by Israeli authorities after attack

Hamdan Ballal, one of the Oscar-winning directors of 'No Other Land', has been released by Israeli authorities after he was detained last night following clashes in the West Bank.

The Independent UK

No Other Land director freed after being attacked by Israeli settlers and detained

Hamdan Ballal was reportedly attacked by Israeli settlers on Monday before being detained by the military

Evening Standard

Channel 4 ‘deeply disturbed by detention of Oscar-winning Palestinian director’

Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, before he was detained by the Israeli military, according to reports.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Like a punishment’: witnesses describe Israeli settler attack on No Other Land director

Activists from Center for Jewish Nonviolence say Israeli police ‘did not intervene’ in attack on Hamdan Ballal

Evening Standard

Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director freed after he was 'attacked by Israeli settlers & detained'

Mr Ballal, who is believed to have suffered head and stomach injuries, is now set to be reunited with his family, according to his No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham

Euronews

Oscar winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal allegedly attacked by Israeli settlers

Oscar-winning filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, one of the co-directors of 'No Other Land', was beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank before being detained by the Israeli military, witnesses have said.

The National (Scotland)

Oscar-winning Palestinian director 'detained by Israeli soldiers' after attack

ISRAELI settlers have beaten one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land in the occupied West Bank and was then…

The Guardian - UK

Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested

No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say

The Guardian - AU

No Other Land director calls Florida mayor’s campaign against his film ‘very dangerous’

Israeli Oscar-winner Yuval Abraham speaks out after Miami Beach mayor proposed evicting a local cinema for screening the Palestinian-focused documentary

The Guardian - UK

Ignore the row: Oscar-winning No Other Land offers a vision of a shared Palestine forged in solidarity

The documentary is both antisemitic and Israeli propaganda, according to critics. The truth is, it provides a rare glimpse of hope

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